Nairobi Chapter · March 2025
July 18–20
Atlanta, Georgia
847 Registered
Across 34 cities
18 workshops
The Next SummitStarts WithYour Seat.
July 18–20, 2026 · Atlanta, Georgia. Three days where diaspora youth debate Pan-African economics, rehearse spoken word, and build the networks that follow them home.
Already registered from 34 cities
The Ordinary World
Brilliant. Scattered.
Looking for the table.
68%
of diaspora youth report feeling culturally isolated in their first year abroad
African Diaspora Youth Survey, 2024
1 in 3
young Africans abroad say they have no community space that reflects their full identity
Pan-African Youth Report, 2024
4.2M
African-born youth currently studying or working outside the continent
African Union Migration Data, 2025
I almost didn't come. My cousin basically dragged me. By the second day I was the one dragging everyone else to the morning session.
Adaeze Okonkwo
First-time attendee · Houston, TX
"The summit isn't a conference. It's the first time many of us sit in a room and realize we were never the only one."
— Kwame Asante-Boateng, Umoja Co-Founder
The Summit Agenda
Every session is a challenge to step into.
Atlanta, Georgia · July 18–20, 2026 · Clark Atlanta University
Day 1
Fri 9:00 AM
Pan-African Economics in the Age of AI
Five economists under 35 debate whether technological leapfrogging is Africa's greatest opportunity or its newest extraction. You will leave with a position.
Dr. Amara Diallo
Economist, Lagos Business School
Day 1
Fri 2:00 PM
Spoken Word as Political Act
Bring a draft, a memory, or just your voice. This is not a performance — it's a rehearsal for the conversations you've been avoiding at home.
Nadia Osei
Poet & Activist, London
Day 1
Fri 7:00 PM
The Stipend Pool: How We Fund Each Other
Members who have used community stipends share what they built with the money. Then the room decides where next month's pool goes.
Day 2
Sat 10:00 AM
Chapter Leadership Masterclass
Running a chapter while holding down a part-time job and a course load. Practical tools from people who are doing it right now.
Tunde Adeyemi
Chapter Lead, Manchester
Day 2
Sat 3:00 PM
Building Professional Networks in Cities Far From Home
Recent graduates from Toronto, Berlin, and São Paulo on the exact moves that turned strangers into sponsors. Specific, honest, replicable.
Day 3
Sun 11:00 AM
The Next Umoja: Member-Led Proposals
Any member can pitch a new chapter, initiative, or event. The room votes. Three proposals get funded on the spot.
Full schedule drops 30 days before the summit. Register now to get early access.
Alumni Voices
The moment it changed.
Thirty seconds. That's all it takes for alumni to name the exact moment Umoja shifted their trajectory. We asked four of them.
"I walked into my first summit as a second-year who couldn't articulate what I wanted. I left with a mentor, a co-author, and a clarity I'd been circling for two years."
Chiamaka Nwosu
Policy Analyst, World Bank · Washington D.C.
"The stipend pool funded my first conference trip. I presented at that conference. A woman in the audience became my first investor. That chain started here."
Kofi Mensah-Quartey
Founder, Accra Tech Hub · Accra / Toronto
"I rehearsed my first public speech in a borrowed community hall at an Umoja workshop. Three years later I argued before the ICC. The room is the training ground."
Zanele Dlamini
Human Rights Barrister · London
"Being a high schooler at a summit full of university students and professionals — I was terrified. By the third day I was running the morning check-in. That's Umoja."
Emeka Obi
Climate Journalist, Reuters · Nairobi / Berlin
4,200+
Alumni across 6 continents
38
Active university chapters
$180K
Distributed via stipend pools since 2021
92%
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