Where African tech talent meets investors who build together
We connect African AI, robotics and digital talent with investors who share ownership instead of extracting value. We start with a conversation.
How it works
You introduce yourself, we read it, and if there's a fit we introduce you to someone on the other side.
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Introduce yourself
Tell us who you are and what you are looking for, in the form below.
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We read with care
We read every introduction ourselves and reply when we see a fit.
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Conversation first
If there is a fit, we talk: what you want, what you can offer, what matters to you.
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Warm introductions
When both sides agree, we introduce you to each other.
Your track
For African builders
We are looking for African technologists, creators and communicators who want to build technology that serves people and places.
AI & machine learning
AI that supports dialogue and human judgement, rather than chasing attention.
Robotics & engineering
Physical systems designed around people, their rhythms and their local environment.
Marketing & storytelling
Communicators who put connection, dignity and depth ahead of speed and outrage.
For investors: start with a conversation
We look for investors who share ownership and governance with local teams, and who expect to carry more of the early risk because they have more capacity.
What we offer today is a conversation. We learn what you would like to support, and when both sides agree, we introduce you to African builders. There are no fees or priced offers on this site.
Investing In Africans makes introductions between people. It does not offer, arrange or advise on investments or financial products and is not licensed by the AFM. Any investment decision is yours, made with your own advisers, and investments can lose value.
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Steward ownership
We favour shared governance and profit-sharing with local African communities over extractive models.
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High-trust relationships
We believe trust lowers the cost of working together, and we build for it.
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People and places, alongside the return
We look at how an investment affects people and places, not only at the return.
Introduce yourself
A few lines are enough, and it is free. We read every introduction and reply when we see a fit.
Our view
A border is not only a line on a map. We want systems where leaving is not losing, and returning is not failing.
Brain circulation, not brain drain
Go out to learn, to earn and to grow, and keep the road home open. We want African talent working abroad to stay connected to the continent, so knowledge, capital and ideas keep moving both ways.
Relational Visa: an idea we're exploring
Traditional visas ask: "Do you have money?" We are exploring a model that asks: "Do you have a relationship?" Communities, guilds or companies could one day sponsor professionals they know. It isn't available today, and we don't offer visa or immigration services.
Visit RespectfulMigration.org (opens in a new tab)Much of the modern economy was built on extraction: of labour, resources and talent. We reject the "Global Mall" that treats people as units of labour, and the "Fortress State" that fears exchange.
Inspired by Summanitism, we believe in relational sovereignty: trust corridors where capital circulates like blood, rather than serving as a tool of dominion.
Explore the Summanitism framework (opens in a new tab)Reciprocity
Power exercised with regard for mutual wellbeing.
Natism (roots)
Honouring lineage, culture and place.
Nitism (reach)
Continual renewal, growth and openness.
Coherence
Differences welcomed; coherence sought.