GADS is a strategic engagement and collaboration with Diaspora networks around the world, through the platform of the African Union (AU), and the Africa Diaspora Alliance (AFDA) including the United States of America, the Caribbean, Brazil, Canada, Guyana, Fiji, Trinidad, Australasia, Europe and the ‘Diaspora in Africa’, which included those who have repatriated back to the Continent, as well as those who reside, work and/or operate businesses in countries other than their own.