Investment portal
Diaspora Fund
A pooling mechanism that supports the review and visibility of verified territorial projects, within a transparent governance framework.
What is the Diaspora Fund?
The Diaspora Fund is neither a vehicle for raising nor managing capital on behalf of third parties: the portal carries out no financial transaction and holds no funds on behalf of investors. It is a support mechanism that finances the review, verification and visibility of territorial projects, in order to reduce the information asymmetry between the diaspora and local project sponsors.
In practice, an investor who expresses interest in a project is put in direct contact with the project sponsor. The terms of investment, donation or loan are then freely defined between the two parties, outside the portal, in compliance with the applicable regulatory framework.
In line with the organization's business model, the activation of a management fee on a future structured investment fund will only be considered from year 3 onwards, once the regulatory framework has been secured in the relevant jurisdictions and the governance of the pilot fund has been validated by an independent audit committee.
Fund governance
A Selection Committee reviews every project submission before it is published on the portal.
An independent audit committee periodically validates the verification criteria and monitors the use of committed amounts.
Representatives of the diaspora and of local authorities sit on the oversight bodies, alongside the executive team.
A transparency report is published every six months, presenting the projects supported and the amounts mobilized by sector.
Project eligibility criteria
The project is carried by an identified local structure (cooperative, association, SME or group) based in Cameroon.
The project sponsor provides the required verification documents (legal statutes, feasibility study, sector-specific authorizations where applicable).
The project has a clear territorial anchoring and a direct, measurable impact on local employment or access to an essential service.
The project sponsor accepts transparency monitoring on the use of the amounts received (six-monthly progress report).
The project's sector falls within the portal's priorities: agriculture, energy, health, education or craftsmanship.
Transparency — amounts committed by sector
The breakdown by sector of the amounts committed by diaspora investors will be published on this page as the first verified projects are supported.
A six-monthly transparency report will present the details of the projects supported and the amounts mobilized by sector, validated by the independent audit committee.