AFRICA GATHERS
EVERYWHERE.
A global platform for African Voices, ideas, gatherings, products and possiblity.
The Dianne Dusaidi Podcast
Conversations that inspire new perspectives on Africa through podcast episodes, interviews, articles, and original media.
Designing Confidence
Ghanaian designer and entrepreneur Alima Bello, founder of Alima Bello by Alima, discusses her philosophy that dresses should serve as a blank canvas that amplifies a woman’s quiet confidence.
Watch Episode ↗Financial Foundations
Lydie shares why she became an entrepreneur after working in a Mauritius-based firm, how she has remained the sole shareholder while relying on a strong board, and how she partners across African jurisdictions for cross-selling and on-the-ground guidance.
Watch Episode ↗Cultural Heritage, Diplomacy
Chuks explains cultural diplomacy as a tool to reduce culture shock, build understanding, and promote peace, while exploring what it means to live a purpose-driven life.
Watch Episode ↗Our Story
It is a global platform built on a simple conviction that African excellence deserves its own stage, its own narrative, and its own infrastructure.The full story. The builders and the thinkers. The people who refused the terms being offered and built on their own instead. The diaspora carrying two worlds simultaneously. The continent rewriting what is possible on its own terms. The Dianne Dusaidi Podcast is where that story lives in conversation. The events bring it into physical space. The community connects the people living in it and everything else Africa Gathers is building across capital, talent, culture, and information. Africa Gathers exists to make African greatness impossible to ignore.
Mission
To connect people, ideas, and opportunities across Africa and the world.
Vision
A world where Africa is understood through its people, connected through meaningful relationships, and recognized as a global leader in innovation, business, culture, and opportunity.
What We Do
Media
The Podcast, and the broader content infrastructure being built aroud it.
Convenings
From intimate gatherings to large-scale cultural and commercial moments
Opportunities
We spotlight investment, entrepreneurship, tourism, innovation, and cultural opportunities across Africa.
Our Beliefs
We believe Africa is more than a single story.
We believe meaningful conversations create opportunity.
We believe collaboration drives innovation.
We believe diverse perspectives lead to stronger solutions.
We believe relationships are the foundation of lasting impact.
We believe the future is built when people come together with purpose.
The Founder
Dianne Dusaidi is a Rwandan-Canadian entrepreneur and institution builder with over two decades of experience across media, investment promotion, international development, and entrepreneurship in fintech and healthtech. Named one of Africa’s most impactful women in 2023, she has worked across the public sector, private sector, and philanthropy building institutions and driving economic development across the continent. She chairs the Board of AB Bank Rwanda and brings deep relationships across African governments, investment communities, and cultural networks globally. Dianne founded Africa Gathers on a simple belief that Africans and friends of Africa deserve a global platform that reflects the scale of what they are building.
