{"id":20326,"date":"2025-12-02T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/african-diaspora-should-play-key-role-in-wto-reforms\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:40","slug":"african-diaspora-should-play-key-role-in-wto-reforms","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/african-diaspora-should-play-key-role-in-wto-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018African diaspora should play key role in WTO reforms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior international trade consultant Collins Nweke has called on African countries to tap into the expertise of their diaspora as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepares for its most ambitious reforms in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to economics reporter Innocent Semosa, Nweke stressed that Africa\u2019s talent is abundant but often goes unrecognised.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is not short of skilled professionals; what it lacks are systems that identify and deploy this talent effectively,\u201d he said. \u201cOur diaspora includes top trade lawyers, negotiators, and economists. Bringing them into these reforms would immediately strengthen Africa\u2019s position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nweke warned that African nations cannot remain passive observers in global trade discussions. Integrating the Diaspora\u2019s knowledge and experience, he said, is key to closing gaps and ensuring the continent has a meaningful voice in international trade policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20327,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-20326","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepares for its most ambitious reforms in 30 years","published_date":"2025-12-02 11:38:57","news_description":"World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepares for its most ambitious reforms in 30 years","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24403,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20326\/revisions\/24403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}