You start talking to an investor about Africa and within two minutes
the questions shift — not to returns, but to "How far is the airport?"
They ask what the food is like. Whether there are people like them. What they would do on a weekend. These aren't bad questions. They're human questions.
Investors are regular people. And regular people need to feel comfortable before they commit. Before they write the check. Before they book the flight.
The problem is there has never been a room designed for exactly this — where the African diaspora professional with capital meets the operator building on the ground, in an environment that honors who they both are.
That room is Diaspora Dinner.