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

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

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 · Briefing New · Web Culture

    African Footballers & Social-Media Fame — World Cup 2026

    From 50K to 14M followers in a day — how a single World Cup performance now manufactures global fame, brand value and income for African players.

    Read · 15 min  →
  2. 2026 · Atlas New · Web Migration

    African Migrants · Top Destinations — 2026

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

    Read · 18 min  →
  3. 2026 · Outlook New · Web Business

    Africa’s Growing Economies — 2026

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

    Read · 16 min  →
  4. 2026 · YTD · WebNew Money

    Remittance Apps in Africa — 2026 YTD

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

    Read · 16 min  →
  5. 2026 · Tracker New · Web Money

    African Currency & Remittance Tracker — 2026

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

    Read · 14 min  →
  6. 2026 · Community guide New Money

    Sending Money Home to Africa — 2026

    Fees, FX, and what really reaches home — a fact-checked guide for the diaspora.

    8 pp  →
  7. 2026 · Corridor guide New · Web Money

    Banks vs. Stablecoins — Europe → Africa 2026

    Bank wires cost 8–12% and take days. Stablecoins cost 1–4.5% and settle in minutes. Fact-checked, country by country, for Africa’s top 10 economies.

    Read · 18 min  →
  8. 2026 · Edition 07 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Social Life, Networking & Community

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about networking when shy, choosing between African-only or mixed circles, judgment from older Africans, giving back from abroad, and jealousy from friends who stayed.

    Read · 6 min  →
  9. 2026 · Edition 06 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Business, Side Hustles & Investing

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about visa-safe side hustles, spotting real vs. scam family opportunities, property back home while renting abroad, investing together with the diaspora, and the first three financial systems to set up.

    Read · 6 min  →
  10. 2026 · Edition 05 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Immigration, Documents & Plans

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about staying or returning, when to apply for residency or citizenship, preparing for immigration interviews, retirement across two continents, and legal protection when depending on others.

    Read · 6 min  →
  11. 2026 · Edition 04 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Mental Health & Relationships

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about loneliness, boundaries with community, explaining life abroad to a spouse back home, finding trustworthy friends, and when to see a therapist.

    Read · 6 min  →
  12. 2026 · Edition 03 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Culture, Identity & Integration

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about integrating without losing themselves, raising children with African values, keeping the language alive at home, culture shock, and the guilt of enjoying life abroad.

    Read · 6 min  →
  13. 2026 · Edition 02 New · Web Honest Q&A

    Work, Career & Studies

    Five quiet questions every African abroad carries about work — earning respect without changing yourself, taking a survival job vs. waiting, negotiating salary as the only foreigner, local vs. portable credentials, and handling subtle racism at work.

    Read · 6 min  →
  14. 2026 · Edition 01 New · Web Honest Q&A

    How to Send Money Back Home Without Going Broke

    Five quiet questions every diaspora sender asks — invest here vs. buy land home, supporting parents, what amount is reasonable, avoiding debt, and saying no without seeming selfish. Put to a frontier AI, answered thoughtfully.

    Read · 7 min  →
  15. 2026 · Field guide · WebNew Tech

    Best Apps for Africans Abroad · By Region — 2026

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

    Read · 22 min  →
  16. 2026 · Guide · WebNew Migration

    Best Countries for African Students — 2026

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

    Read · 22 min  →
  17. 2026 · Field guide New · Web Business

    African Diaspora Entrepreneurs — 2026

    Founders, operators and businesses Africans abroad are building.

    Read · 15 min  →
  18. 2026 · Briefing · WebNew Migration

    Return Migration · Africa — 2026

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

    Read · 14 min  →
  19. 2026 · Field guide New · Web Culture

    Navigating Cultural Identity — 2026

    For the Africans abroad holding two worlds — how the diaspora keeps, blends and rebuilds identity.

    Read · 15 min  →
  20. 2026 · Landscape New · Web Tech

    Africa AI Landscape — 2026

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

    Read · 15 min  →
  21. 2025 · Primer Archive · Web Money

    Blockchain & Cross-Border Africa — 2025

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

    Read · 12 min  →
Samuel Kimani Sikuku, Founder of Africa Global Forum

About Africa Global Forum

Africa Global Forum is a peer network for the African diaspora. We believe Africa’s century will be shaped by its people abroad — and we’re the network where they meet, help and back each other.

We shape opportunity through community, live talks and free research across the Africa ⇄ Abroad corridor — among ourselves first, then with the world.

Africa Global Forum is where the diaspora helps the diaspora.


Samuel Kimani Sikuku Founder · Africa Global Forum Growth & Operations · Africa ⇄ Europe Corridor

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?

One driving belief sets us apart: we exist to create opportunity among ourselves — then with the world. 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. We read every application personally and write back within two weeks. Research is always free to download.

How do I contact AGF?

Write to admin@africaglobalforum.com — that’s our official inbox for everything: membership questions, partnership enquiries, press, and data requests under our Terms. For something specifically for the founder, Samuel is reachable at samuel@africaglobalforum.com or on LinkedIn. We read every message and write back personally.

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