First Diaspora Forum underway in Yaoundé

About 600 Cameroonians are taking part in a special forum at the Yaoundé Conference Centre today Wednesday June 28.
The forum, dubbed FODIAS2017, brings together Cameroon and its citizens living abroad.
The event ends on Friday. 
Cameroon and her diaspora population want to concretise abstract bonds and develop the land.
The first ever, this forum will provide a platform for project bearers to showcase their potentials.
Chosen fields include health, education and training, green economy, economics and finance,ICT, social security, tourism, sport, arts, and culture.
Cameroon intends to build solid and permanent communication links with its children living abroad. Several millions of Cameroonians live out of the country, as they seek greener grass on the other side of the fence.
However, Cameroon has begun a campaign to discourage its citizens from travelling to the Middle East, especially Dubai, where they are believed to be 'badly' treated. Dubai has become the watchword of most Cameroonians. This is even visible on posters in major cities of the nation.