Featuring Jinan Vyent, Amina Adebisi Odofin, Amanda Boachie, Nate Agbetu and Marta Foresti, this conversation 'Global Cities and Borders' explored visa inequality, diaspora networks and how to build alternative models of mobility.

In collaboration with King's College London, LAGO exhibited data visualisations by Federica Fragapane and sonifications by Tiziana Alocci at Bush House, London, exploring what it means to give shape and sound to visa rejections and their costs.

What would it take to redesign mobility for the future of African creative leadership? Moderated by Kenji Maghoma, this panel with curators Basma Mansour and Alinta Sara explored exactly that.

Together with DJ CocoEm, Marta Foresti joined a panel at Switzerland's leading music industry conference to make the case for mobility as a driver of creativity, innovation and a thriving global creative economy.

LAGO curated a conversation with CoCo Em, Nora Akawi and Jessica Horn to explore cartographies of movement and sound, shifting the lens from what restricts African movement to what is being built, made and imagined across the continent.

Co-hosted with ODI Global, this evening brings together women whose innovation across culture, finance, policy, design and tech is accelerating the green and net zero transition. Join us on 23 June for an evening of conversations and creative work.

How do creative minds and talents drive social and economic change in global cities? A public event during Milan Design Week 2023 exploring the relationship between creativity, inclusion and urban life.

At ODI Global, Giuseppe Sala shares his vision for Milan and why international cooperation, particularly between African and European cities, sits at the heart of his priorities for the city.

What can creative brands do to change the world? LAGO joined Moleskine Foundation and Highsnobiety at Milan Design Week 2023 to explore the power of creative industries to drive meaningful global change.

Convened by the British High Commission, this summit brought together policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs and creatives from Ghana and the UK to examine how diaspora networks shape trade, investment and innovation.

The mayors of Freetown and Milan, Yvonne Aki Sawyerr and Giuseppe Sala, in conversation at Milan Design Week 2022 on why they collaborate on fashion and design and what a true partnership of equals between African and European cities looks like.

Moderation of high-level panel with global leaders at EU Development Days 2019

A day of events at Milan Design Week 2022 in collaboration with ODI, IKEA Foundation and IKEA Italy exploring the power of ideas, creativity and talent of people who move whether by choice or necessity.

Co-curated with the World Cities Culture Forum, ODI Global and the Moleskine Foundation, this panel brought together city and cultural leaders to explore the global influence of African creative cities.

Hosted by the Italian Ambassador to the UK, this evening curated by LAGO brought together Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala and Lord Marvin Rees to reflect on a decade of international engagement and what it takes for cities to shape global agendas.

Co-convened by Marta Foresti, Wakiuru Njuguna (Heva Fund) and Fran Sanderson (Figurative), this closed door roundtable at ODI Global examined what happens to investment in culture and creativity and what it would take to close the delivery gap.

In collaboration with the Cameroonian Pavilion, NZƏNDA: The Path Home, LAGO curated a talk exploring sound, home and what creative practice carries across borders and opened the evening with a DJ set.

Moving across borders is much more than just crossing them. An evening exploring the creativity, ideas and hopes of people making these journeys and why this beauty remains an untold migration story.

How does information design communicate stories and challenge myths? Marta Foresti, Natalie Kane, Leonardo de Vasconcelos, John Burn-Murdoch and Federica Fragapane explore the power of data to change minds.

In collaboration with Moleskine Foundation and Phaidon Press, LAGO's flagship event explored how passports act as gateways to visit, perform and travel - yet not for everyone.

An evening of radio documentaries, sound art, music and performance at Oxford House, London, curated by Fatuma Khaireh in association with In The Dark, exploring how we move through the world.

Hosted at the Whitechapel Gallery, this edition of LAGO's annual flagship event explored the metropolis as a crossroads for ideas, stories and people and what it means to live in a truly moving city.

Held at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, this masterclass explored how to read and understand data and how to transform it into data visualisations that are as beautiful as they are impactful.

Marta Foresti spoke at Prada Frames during Milan Design Week 2025 exploring borders, routes and resistances as physical and political infrastructures that shape how people move through the world.

A club night fundraiser during Shoreditch Design Week for Oroko Radio (Ghana), Jail Time Records (Cameroon) and Radio Alhara (Palestine). For more about the three organisations and the cultural work they are doing head to the LAGO IG.