Collins Nweke

Collins Nweke is the author of Economic Diplomacy of the Diaspora (2026) and International Trade Consultant affiliated with Belgium's CBL-ACP Chamber of Commerce. A former Belgian politician of the Green Party, he was sworn in for a third term of office on 2 January 2019 as councillor for social affairs in the government of Mayor Bart Tommelein at the Ostend City Council in West Flanders province. Collins Nweke is of Nigerian origin, and settled in Belgium in 1993. He is the first non-Belgian-born person to be elected to political office in West Flanders. He is particularly active in social welfare, economy, international development and ethnic minority issues. He stood as a candidate for the European Parliament in the 2014 elections. At the end of his third term in December 2024, Collins Nweke did not seek re-election to political office, preferring instead to focus more actively on international trade consulting, research, writing, and media policy analysis. Since retiring from active party politics, Collins Nweke authored a book, Economic Diplomacy of the Diaspora. This is a pioneering book-length large volume ever authored in that genre. It was published in February 2026.