The home of the African diaspora

Where the diaspora
helps the
diaspora.

A network for Africans abroad. Help each other. Sit together. Bounce ideas.

CONNECT · INVEST · BUILD · BELONG · CONNECT · INVEST · BUILD · BELONG ·
54
Nations · One Forum
160M+
Diaspora Worldwide

The frontier is African. We are the network.

Help. Sit together. Bounce ideas.

Three things. We insist on doing them among ourselves first.

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Help & Be Helped

Give. Receive. Pay it forward.

Search to find members who can help
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You Are Not Alone

Share what you carry. Find others who carry it too.

Channel · “We are together”
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Bounce Ideas

Inspiring talks. Open Q&A. Ideas in the open.

Live talks · Open Q&A

A network with real weight.

Reach across the global African diaspora.

54+
African nations represented
30+
Global city chapters
160M
In the global African diaspora
$95B+
Annual diaspora remittances

Winning the Africa ⇄ Abroad corridor.

Brands we’ve helped reach the diaspora.

Lemfi Fintech · Remittance
Founders Running Club Community

What we see in the corridor.

Research from the network — free to read.

  1. 2026 · Atlas New

    African Migrants · Top Destinations — 2026

    Where Africans are moving in 2026 — the corridors, the cities and what they’re looking for.

    13 pp  →
  2. 2026 · Outlook New

    Africa’s Growing Economies — 2026

    Where growth is coming from across the continent — sectors, capitals and capital flows.

    12 pp  →
  3. 2026 · YTD New

    Remittance Apps in Africa — 2026 YTD

    The latest snapshot of the apps moving money along the corridor.

    11 pp  →
  4. 2026 · Tracker New

    African Currency & Remittance Tracker — 2026

    Live read on African currencies and the cost of sending money home — corridor by corridor.

    10 pp  →
  5. 2026 · Field guide New

    Best Apps for Africans Abroad · By Region — 2026

    The apps Africans abroad actually use — money, identity, calling home — ranked by region.

    16 pp  →
  6. 2026 · Guide New

    Best Countries for African Students — 2026

    Where to study, work and stay — ranked for African students.

    15 pp  →
  7. 2026 · Field guide New

    African Diaspora Entrepreneurs — 2026

    Founders, operators and businesses Africans abroad are building.

    10 pp  →
  8. 2026 · Briefing New

    Return Migration · Africa — 2026

    Who’s going home, why, and what they’re reshaping.

    10 pp  →
  9. 2026 · Landscape New

    Africa AI Landscape — 2026

    The labs, founders and capital building AI on and for the African continent.

    10 pp  →
  10. 2025 · Primer Archive

    Blockchain & Cross-Border Africa — 2025

    How on-chain rails are reshaping cross-border value.

    8 pp  →
Samuel Kimani Sikuku, Founder of Africa Global Forum

About Africa Global Forum

Africa Global Forum is a network for Africans abroad. We help each other, sit together, and bounce ideas — among ourselves first, then with the world.

Africa Global Forum is where the diaspora helps the diaspora.


Samuel Kimani Sikuku Founder · Africa Global Forum

A few things worth asking.

Who are the current members?

Africans abroad — founders, operators, investors, students, creatives and parents — building lives, businesses and futures across the Africa ⇄ Abroad corridor. Cities most represented today: London, Nairobi, Toronto, New York, Dubai, Lagos and Accra.

What do I get as a member?

Three things: warm introductions to members who can actually help; a private channel to share what you’re going through (“You Are Not Alone”); and live talks from members with open Q&A. Plus quiet access to peer dinners and local chapter meet-ups.

How is this different from other diaspora networks?

Africa Global Forum insists on creating opportunity among ourselves first. We’re peer-led, not press-led — no glossy summits, no panels for panels’ sake. Just the diaspora helping the diaspora, plus clear free research on the corridor we live in.

Can I bring guests to events?

Member meet-ups are members-only to keep the trust real. If you’d like to nominate a friend who fits, send their LinkedIn and a line about them — we’ll consider case-by-case.

What kind of content do members receive?

Free research from the network — African migration, remittance apps, currency tracking, return migration, diaspora entrepreneurs and more. Members get the long version, plus quarterly notes from Samuel on what we’re seeing in the corridor.

Is the Forum free to join?

Membership is application-based. Fellowships are available for emerging diaspora members so no one is turned away for cost. Research is always free to download.

Season 01 · Now accepting applications

Step into the network.

Application only. Fellowships available — no one turned away for cost.

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    Help & be helped

    A network that actually shows up.

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    You are not alone

    Find others who carry what you carry.

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    Bounce ideas

    Talks, Q&A, and rooms to think out loud.

Registration

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We’re putting the new application flow together. Follow us in the meantime — we’ll announce the day it opens.

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When it opens, we’ll review every application within two weeks.