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2 October 2026: diaspora investment statistics
Pages: the homepage, About, The Diaspora Toolkit, The Mainland Complete listing, and three guides (indentures in Ghana, power of attorney and recycling businesses).
What was wrong: we quoted three figures from AFFORD’s March 2026 research (81.4%, 7.7% and 86.3%) and described them as the share of the diaspora who want to invest back home, the share who have, and the share who cite trust. That research is about diaspora investment in energy crowdfunding. In it, 81.4% is the share who would invest in energy-access projects, and 7.7% is the share of past crowdfunding contributions that went to energy projects. Neither measures how many people want to invest back home or have done so.
What we changed: we removed the 81.4% and 7.7% figures. We kept 86.3%, worded as the report states it: the share of respondents who named distrust of home-country institutions as a deterrent. Where we needed a measure of intention against action, we now quote the Commonwealth Secretariat’s survey of UK-resident Ghanaians (fieldwork 2017–18, 452 respondents, a sample the authors describe as non-representative): 62% wanted to start a business back home and 16% had one.
Sources: AFFORD, diaspora energy-crowdfunding research; Commonwealth Secretariat diaspora investor reports.
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