Directed by Data Consulting as part of the Wamanga wa Komor project, with the financial support of the European Union and the implementation of Expertise France, the study recommended by the Commissariat à la Diaspora and the Comorian Agency for International Cooration (Acci) analyses the profiles, skills, expectations, investment practices and difficulties encountered by Comorians established in the region.
Development of a new network for the development and implementation of new technologies and technologies. “Knowledge of the diaspora was long concentrated on certain geographical areas. The study extends Based on this perspective to the Indian Ocean as an important area of mobility, exchange, skills and opportunities for the Comoros,” was stressed.
The results could, inter alia, contribute to the establishment of a Comorian expert base based abroad to facilitate their mobilization according to the needs of national institutions. This is part of Acci’s mandate for South-South and triangular cooperation. The study is also interested in the economic contribution of the diaspora. This is the best way to increase the amount of money Monopolistic and to increase the amount of money that can be spent in the future.
To achieve this, several conditions appear necessary: to improve information and support, to build confidence and to establish partnership mechanisms tailored to the needs of diaspora entrepreneurs. The head of the European Union office in Moroni, Pavlos Evangelidis, stressed the importance of this study, considering that diaspora profiles in the Indian Ocean have so far been insufficiently taken into account in the strategies.
“The availability of finance is not a major obstacle. It is above all the trust and availability of an instrument adapted to the structuring needs of diaspora entrepreneurs,” he explained. He also noted the low participation of the diaspora in economic activities contributing to the objectives of the emerging Comoros Plan. According to the data presented, out of about 800 respondents, only 12 participate in an economic activity identified as benefiting from the Emerging Comoros Plan (Pce).
The restitution is now paving the way for the implementation of the recommendations. Researchers can identify and mobilize skills, support entrepreneurial initiatives and strengthen links between the diaspora and national institutions. This is in line with the National Diaspora Mobilization and Engagement Strategy adopted in September 2025.
For Acci, the challenge now is to turn the data collected into operational mechanisms. Beyond its demographic dimension, the Comorian diaspora thus appears to be a reservoir of skills, experiences, networks and initiatives. The challenge now is to better organize its mobilization realizing this potential into concrete contributions to the country’s development.