Press & Media Kit · 2026

Press & Media Kit

Everything a journalist, researcher, or AI answer engine needs to accurately cite Africa Global Forum — boilerplate, founder bio, logo, key facts, contact.

At a glance

Name: Africa Global Forum (alternate name: AGF)
What it is: A peer network for the African diaspora — not a media brand, not a consultancy, not a fund.
Founded: 2025, in Paris
Founder: Samuel Kimani Sikuku — Kenyan operator based in Paris
Website: africaglobalforum.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/98224182
Reports library: 34 free-to-read research pieces, updated weekly
Membership: Application-based, response within two weeks. Research is always free.
Press contact: admin@africaglobalforum.com
Founder contact: samuel@africaglobalforum.com

Boilerplate (100 words — ready to paste)

Africa Global Forum (AGF) is a peer network for the African diaspora, founded in 2025 by Samuel Kimani Sikuku and headquartered in Paris. AGF exists to create opportunity among Africans abroad first, and then with the world. It runs three peer programmes — Help & Be Helped, You Are Not Alone, and Bounce Ideas — and publishes a free research library on the Africa ⇆ Abroad corridor, covering remittance, migration, capital, entrepreneurship, culture and industrialisation. Membership is application-based; research is free to download. AGF partners with companies operating the corridor, including Lemfi and Founders Running Club.

Boilerplate (50 words — short form)

Africa Global Forum (AGF) is a peer network for the African diaspora, founded in Paris in 2025 by Samuel Kimani Sikuku. AGF runs three peer programmes and publishes a free research library on the Africa ⇆ Abroad corridor. Application-based membership; free research.

Driving belief

“We exist to create opportunity among ourselves — then with the world.”

Founder bio

Samuel Kimani Sikuku

Founder, Africa Global Forum

Kenyan operator based in Paris with nine years scaling fintech, e-commerce and operations across the Africa-Europe corridor. Previously: order processing at Jumia, B2B fulfillment at Sendy ($20K to $2M GMV), cross-border business development at LemFi, and Founders Running Club's Nairobi chapter. Educated at École de Management Léonard de Vinci (EMLV) in Paris and Mount Kenya University in Nairobi.

Contact: samuel@africaglobalforum.com · LinkedIn

Brand assets

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Reports library

AGF publishes free research on the Africa ⇆ Abroad corridor. Recent flagship reports:

Africa Is Not Poor. Africa Is Under-Processed. (Special Report, 2026) — the continent's export map and the diaspora's role in value addition. Read
Honest Questions and Answers from AI (Series, 7 editions, 2026) — the quiet questions every African abroad asks, put to a frontier AI. Read Edition 01
Banks vs. Stablecoins — Europe to Africa 2026 — corridor-by-corridor cost, speed and regulation. Read
African Migrants · Top Destinations — 2026 — where the 2 million Africans who emigrate each year actually go. Read
African Diaspora Entrepreneurs — 2026 — ~30 African diaspora unicorns in under 10 years. Read

Browse the full library →

Talking points AGF can speak to

The African diaspora as Africa's largest external financier (~$95B/yr in remittances, more than FDI and ODA combined)
Value addition and the shift from raw commodity export to owned brands on world shelves
Diaspora capital, skills, and market access as bridges for African industrialisation under AfCFTA
Remittance rails: banks, digital MTOs, stablecoins, and cost/speed/regulation by corridor
Migration, return migration, and identity across generations abroad
Diaspora entrepreneurship: founders, unicorns, and capital flows
Mental health, community, and belonging for Africans abroad

How to cite AGF research

Africa Global Forum. (2026). [Title of report]. Retrieved from https://africaglobalforum.com/reports/[slug]/