It was the second workshop of the DFG project "On the saf(v)e side: Informal business associations and future aspirations in the Ethiopian diaspora". In addition to the 14 presenters, the workshop was attended by a number of staff from the University of Jinka, as well as employees of governmental and non-governmental organizations. It kicked off with Dr. Alula Pankhurst's keynote lecture, "Uncaptured civil society? iddir funerary insurance and iqqub savings institutions."