Samir Bouzidi is the founder and CEO of Impact Diaspora, a start-up specializing in mobilizing African diasporas. He is promoter of the pan-African program “Invest in diaspora” (2023-2025).
Samir Bouzidi wants to change the way we view diasporas in France and abroad. Far from the clichés often associated with immigration, Impact Diaspora highlights the key role of these communities as strategic resources for businesses and vectors of influence for territories. France is the oldest country of immigration in Europe. From the second half of the 19th century, mass immigration came to fill labor shortages. In 2020, the total population living in France amounts to 67.3 million inhabitants. France has 5.1 million foreigners, or 7.6% of the population, not counting the millions of French people of foreign origin.
Samir Bouzidi has set himself the objective of promoting the potential of these 2 million French people living abroad and millions of foreigners living in France, by highlighting their investment capacities, their skills and their networks of contacts. influence. According to Samir Bouzidi, the diasporas constitute a breeding ground that is still too little exploited.
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