Afropolitan organizes as a digital-first network with physical gatherings rather than a single permanent city.
The mandate is deliberately wide: culture and industry verticals across the African diaspora.
It is one of the older brands in this set, with founding roots listed in 2016.
Afropolitan care less about what you’ve done and more about who you aspire to become and how Afropolitan can all be better together.
Afropolitan demystify the pathways to limitless value creation within these emerging technologies and the communities around them.
Afropolitan is an emerging digital nation for Africans and the diaspora, aiming to enable abundant lives through community, culture, and economic opportunities.
The Afropolitan network is a curator of Black and African: Talent.
1 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Balaji Srinivasan, the founder of Network School.
It expanded through Afropolitan Cities, organizing city tours and takeovers, such as the T.
To build a network state enabling Africans and the diaspora to achieve abundance through community, economic tools, and eventual physical territories.
Africans and the diaspora, interested in art, finance, tech, culture, health, sports, energy, and media, seeking aligned opportunities.
Networking meetups, city tours, cultural takeovers, and professional gatherings connecting the diaspora.
It starts digital but plans physical nodes like charter cities governed by the network.
A network-state style community spanning African art, finance, tech, health, energy, sports, and media.
Afropolitan is an emerging digital nation for Africans and the diaspora, aiming to enable abundant lives through community, culture, and economic opportunities.
The Afropolitan network is a curator of Black and African:.
Afropolitan combines a digital nation narrative with city tours and passport NFT products for Africans and the diaspora.
Physical tours such as T. I. A. Ghana combine weeklong programming with accommodation bundles.
Location
- Afropolitan is primarily digital and global, with a focus on Africa
Duration
- Afropolitan is a permanent digital network, with temporary physical events and tours lasting from days to weeks
- T. I. A. Ghana was a 1 week tour
Pricing
- • Digital passport NFTs: starting at WETH 0.0027 on OpenSea
- • Event tickets: $0-$200, depending on the event
- • Tours: $3,500-$4,500 including accommodation and activities
- • The original Afropolitan Citizen NFT has been sold out
History
The Afropolitan digital nation plan was launched around 2021
In 2022, it raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Balaji Srinivasan, the founder of Network School
It expanded through Afropolitan Cities, organizing city tours and takeovers, such as the T. I. A. Ghana Tour in 2025