Internal Diaspora Assimilation Formation of the Internal Diaspora
Mobilizing Diaspora Direct Investment
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Mobilizing Diaspora Direct InvestmentA new source of capital
Individual Impact Investing in the 21st Century
London – United Kingdom
What are the facts?• What we know about Diaspora capital flows:
– US$450B in remittance flows from West to Emerging Markets (10%-15% per year) - WB
– US$40B in flows into Africa alone (P2P)
– Conventional Wisdom: Subsistence Consumption
What do Remittances say? • Remittances outstrip any other form of flows
– Size – Resilience
• Do Remittance flows = Diaspora Investment Flows?
• What do we know about remitters and their motivations…
GWU – Western Union Research
• GWU-Western Union Afro Migrant Study:– About 1,000 members of US-based African
Diaspora were surveyed – sponsored by WU– Research Objectives:
• Profile?• Investment interest and activity?• Obstacles to investments?• Diaspora investment advantages?• Investment motivation?
GWU-WU Findings (1)• Profile?
– Average stay in the US: 22.18 years– 72.2% plan to return “Back Home”– Average age of respondent: 46 years old– More than 50% have annual incomes in excess of
US$100,000– Average remittance in past 3 yrs: US$12,974 (std
dev: US$22,873.)
GWU-WU Findings (2)• Demographics:
GWU-WU Findings (3)• Risk Tolerance
GWU-WU Findings (4)• Contact with “Back Home”
GWU-WU Findings (5)• Investment Interest (%)
GWU-WU Findings (6)• Investment Activities (%)
GWU-WU Findings (7)• Diaspora investment motivation summarized:
• Financial• Emotional• Social-status• Political
Implications?• How to translate into a palatable proposition?• Need to:
– Facilitate Access to Impactful Opportunities– Provide Reasonable Prospects for Returns– Provide Process Transparency– Address Voice Mechanism
• Must do this in a single proposition…
Solution…
Homestrings Update• Over $10 million invested via Homestrings.com since
2/2012• Over 1000 members in database• Infrastructure bonds - key drivers
– Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique…• Public financing debt:
– Cote d’Ivoire (2032), Congo, Uganda, Egypt,…• Financing Pipeline: Healthcare, Housing, Agribusiness
and Mining…
Next Steps?• Diaspora and Other interested Investors
• Registering at the average rate of 100 a month• Growing book of Opportunities
• Private Equity Funds• Diaspora Bonds (gvts, corporations, n/profits)• Housing (investment, lending, buying)• Deals (co-investment and stand-alone)
Conclusion• Homestrings – a repository of investment
opportunities for Diaspora and other investors
• Homestrings – a platform for vetted project promoters
• Homestrings – first impact investment “shopping mall” for the Diaspora.
Contacts• Eric V. Guichard – Founder/CEO
• Derek Smail – Senior Advisor/Member of Advisory Board [email protected]
• Address: www.homestrings.com