Connection, not a purity test
Alt+Native is not based on race or ethnicity. Connection may come through where someone was raised, studied, worked, built a company, participated in an ecosystem, or developed meaningful community ties.
The problem is not a lack of products. It is a lack of discovery.
Powerful products are being built across Africa and its global communities every day, but many remain difficult to discover. Alt+Native helps people find, compare, support, and adopt technology from founders and teams with meaningful connections to these communities.
Global by design
Africa and its global communities are our discovery lens—not a limit on who products serve. The products we surface can be built anywhere and designed for customers everywhere.
Quality earns adoption
Community creates visibility. Product quality earns adoption. Useful discovery explains fit through capabilities, pricing, platforms, use cases, integrations, and credible context.
Who belongs in the Alt+Native community?
Founders and teams with reasonable, meaningful connections to Africa and its global communities. The goal is not to decide who is “African enough.” The goal is to make great products easier to discover.
- Builders working across the continent, the diaspora, and communities around the world
- Companies founded or developed within Africa-connected startup ecosystems
- Multinational teams with meaningful personal, professional, or community ties
- Products serving these communities while competing in global markets