African Money Guide was created for one reason — because the financial advice most African diaspora professionals find online wasn’t written for them.
Most personal finance content assumes you grew up in the US, have no family financial obligations back home, and have never had to figure out how to build credit from scratch in a foreign country. That’s not our reality.
This site covers the real financial questions African immigrants and diaspora professionals face — how to send money home without losing it to fees, how to build wealth in the US while supporting family back home, how to invest for the first time on a US salary, and how to navigate a financial system that wasn’t designed with you in mind.
The guidance here comes from someone who has spent over two decades working at the intersection of public finance, investment advisory, and economic policy across West Africa — including senior roles advising governments and major corporations on fiscal strategy. That background shapes every article on this site. When we talk about money, we understand both sides of the equation.