Angela Naa Afoley Odai is an international civil servant, a Migration and Diaspora expert with 16 years of professional experience. She is currently the Acting Head of the Diaspora Division at the Directorate of Citizens and Diaspora Organisations (CIDO) of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa.
Angela has previously worked as a Labour Migration Advisor with the Programme Migration for Development of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as well as with the IOM as a Diaspora Engagement Consultant to set up an operationalise the National Platform for Diaspora Engagement, Migration and Development for Ghana.

She holds a BA in Political Science with Information Studies from the University of Ghana and a Research MA in Democrative Governannce and Civil Society from the University of Osnabrueck. Angela started her career in Public Relations and Communication with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana.