Events

Two events run by Diaspora HABARI and Alliance Diaspora: one celebrates the people who build, the other measures what institutions offer them in return.

The annual gathering

Spotlight Diaspora

A “Business & Entrepreneurship Network Meeting” evening: careers are celebrated, projects are pitched, and you leave with people to call back.

Format: A two-hour evening: ceremony and encounters
Frequency: Once a year, in December
Date: Saturday 12 December 2026
Venue: Salle Municipale de Bordeaux Nansouty

The Awards

Seven awards given to women and men of the diaspora whose work changes something, here or there.

Banking & Finance Personality
Culinary Personality
Diplomacy Personality
Entrepreneurship Personality
Medicine & Health Personality
Diaspora Entrepreneur of the Year
Events Personality

The endowed awards

Best Entrepreneur Award 500 €
Best Start-up Award 300 €
Best Web Audience Award 100 €

The winners are revealed on the night itself. Nominations and recommendations are welcome all year round.

Spotlight Mag

A special issue published for the evening: portraits of the honourees, the projects pitched, and the partners who make the night possible.

It carries the evening well beyond the room: it is what guests take home, and what travels afterwards.

The investment fund

A project owner pitches, in front of the room, a file the diaspora can invest in, with online tracking of where the money goes.

Entity domiciled in Switzerland
Half-yearly report to investors
Annual minutes

The scheme is being set up: nothing is open for subscription at this stage.

The Spotlight Alumni Club

Those honoured in a given year join a circle that meets once a year, in December.

It is the living memory of the programme: yesterday's honourees sponsor tomorrow's projects.

How the evening runs

Welcome and networking — a signature kitchen table, a glass in hand, badges and introductions.
Opening — a word from the leadership, and the point of the evening in three minutes.
The investment project pitch — a file, figures, and questions from the floor.
The Awards ceremony — seven awards, seven journeys told.
Musical interludes — gospel voice, piano and saxophone, a guest artist.
Closing and Alumni Club — a group photo, and what comes next takes shape.

Submit a nomination or a partnership

The annual measurement

Alliance Diaspora Barometer

Taking the temperature of what institutions and companies actually offer the African diaspora — starting with France.

Edition: 2026
Publishing: December or January
Voices collected: 0

The barometer began with a simple observation: access to a great many services turns on criteria that leave people behind. This is not about denouncing for its own sake, but about measuring, ranking, and giving the organisations concerned something to correct.

Banques

L'accueil en agence et au téléphone
Les services rendus, au quotidien
La qualité du conseil reçu
Les transferts d'argent vers l'Afrique : coût et délai
L'écoute d'un projet d'entreprise ou d'investissement

Assurances

L'accueil et l'adhésion
Les services rendus, au quotidien
La qualité du conseil reçu
La couverture des séjours et des rapatriements vers l'Afrique
Le traitement d'un sinistre ou d'une réclamation

Transport aérien

Le prix du billet, au regard de la distance
L'accueil au comptoir et à bord
Le respect de la place et de la réservation
Le traitement des bagages
La gestion des retards, annulations et remboursements

Services administratifs

L'accueil et l'orientation
L'obtention d'un rendez-vous
Le délai de traitement d'un dossier
La clarté de l'information donnée
Le respect et la considération reçus

Autres services

L'accueil
Les services rendus
Le coût, au regard du service
La clarté de l'information donnée
Le respect et la considération reçus

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