The Next Summit
Starts With
Your Seat.
14–16 August 2026 · London, UK
Three days. Forty workshops. One thousand young Africans who refuse to let distance be the reason the conversation never happens.
847 seats claimed so far
Distance is not destiny.
Before the summit, there is the silence. The numbers below are not abstract — they are the rooms where Umoja was built.
67%
of diaspora youth report feeling disconnected from both their home country and adopted home
African Diaspora Youth Study, 2024
"I almost didn't register. I told myself I wasn't the type of person who goes to things like this. My cousin sent me the link three times before I finally clicked it. I still think about that — how close I came to missing the room where I found my people."
Amara Diallo
First-time attendee · Paris → Summit 2025
The Gap
1 in 3
young Africans abroad say they have never met a peer who shares their exact cultural background in their city
Umoja Summit 2025 · Toronto
980 attendees · 28 countries represented
We gather from
Every session is an invitation
to step into something harder.
14–16 August 2026 · Barbican Centre, London. Forty workshops across three days. No passive audiences — every session expects you to speak.
Pan-African Economics in the Age of Digital Finance
What does collective wealth-building look like when your community spans six time zones? A working session, not a lecture.
Your Accent Is Not a Liability
A spoken word workshop for anyone who has ever softened their voice in a meeting room.
Building Chapters in Cities That Don't Know You Yet
Practical tools for founding Umoja chapters in cities with no existing network.
The moment the room
changed everything.
Alumni describe the exact thirty seconds when Umoja shifted their trajectory. These are not success stories — they are origin stories.
Chinyere Obiora
Software Engineer → Founder
Lagos → London
"The summit gave me language for things I already knew but couldn't say. I left with three co-founders and a business plan written on a napkin."
Seun Adeyemi
Policy Analyst at African Union
Abuja → Brussels
"I was twenty-two, working a part-time job, and attending on a stipend this community pooled for me. Now I sit in rooms making policy. The circle closes."
Naledi Dlamini
Poet & Arts Organiser
Johannesburg → Toronto
"I performed spoken word for the first time at Umoja. Not on a stage — at a dinner table. Someone recorded it on a phone. That recording got me my first commission."
Kwame Asante
PhD Candidate, Economics
Accra → New York
"My dissertation came out of a debate I lost badly at Umoja. The person who beat me became my research partner. We're publishing together this year."