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Our people's businesses, in one place, easy to find. Restaurants, caterers, clubs, services — owned by the diaspora, open to everybody. Search below, find your people, spend with them.
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One morning, one cause: suicide prevention and mental-health services for young people ages 12–21. This October, Frisco shows up. 4-person scramble, all skill levels welcome.
Frisco Lakes Golf Course
7170 W. Windsor Drive
Frisco, TX 75036
African kitchen & bar in Frisco — home base of the Ni Biashara Network, and a studio client.
Kenyan financial services firm, licensed by the Capital Markets Authority.
Listing only. Not an offer or investment advice.
Islamic investment banking division of Standard Investment Bank, which is licensed by the Capital Markets Authority.
Listing only. Not an offer or investment advice.
Single-origin Kenyan coffee, roasted in Austin — direct trade from the highlands, founded by Martin Kibuthu.
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The register, live inside the world — search it the way you would ask a person.
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What matters this week for people with one foot at home: travel, health, money and business. Each story links to its publisher.
The State Department now advises Americans to reconsider travel to Kenya, citing health, crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest and road safety. Read the full advisory before booking a trip home.
Kenya's health ministry confirmed a ninth Ebola case and says the surviving patients are stable and improving. Worth reading if you or family are travelling soon.
A patient is in isolation in an Abuja hospital and contact tracing has started. Check official health guidance before travel.
The State Department updated its Tanzania advisory to Level 2. The page lists the areas with higher risk.
President Ruto directed the Treasury to put land tax changes before Parliament. If you are buying land at home, watch for the final rules.
Kenya announced a higher income-tax exemption threshold and a timeline for the change. It could matter for family members on modest salaries.
The government says it will pursue removing the import duty on phones, which could change what you pay for a phone sent home.
Researchers describe criminal networks that use promises of work abroad to trap job seekers. A useful warning to share with family weighing overseas offers.
GAIN is bringing investors, expertise and connections together for Gabonese startups. Diaspora investors should watch it.
African and diaspora artists on tour in our cities, plus classes and community events with an official page.
Show details come from Ticketmaster; check the ticket page before you buy.
Plain guides from official sources on sending money, taxes, small-business funding and health cover.
US law gives you a receipt that shows fees and the exchange rate before you pay, and time to cancel. Compare providers on the total cost.
The IRS issues ITINs so people who can't get a Social Security number can still file US taxes.
Loans, grants and investment programs for small businesses, with the rules for each. A good starting point before any lender.
Who can use the Marketplace by immigration status, and how to apply. Lawfully present immigrants can qualify for coverage and savings.
Information, not financial or insurance advice.
This directory is the public door of Ni Biashara Networks — the community rooms where diaspora business owners and professionals across the US meet, share numbers, and pass each other work. Members of any room get listed here free, forever.
Join any Ni Biashara Networks room and your listing is free. Coming straight to the site? One listing is a one-time $5 — that's it, no renewals, no games.
Get ListedGaming is a diaspora language too. The Arena is our gaming desk: the studio's own games, the home scenes in Kenya and Nigeria, and Dallas–Fort Worth's arenas — covered like they matter, because they do.
Black: Kabathayu — a Nairobi FPS — and KABZ V: Last Light, playable now, lead the studio's own shelf, with Golf Safari alongside.
OpTic's headquarters sits on Main Street in Frisco, and North America's largest dedicated esports stadium is twenty minutes away in Arlington. Our home turf is a gaming capital.
The flagship night, in planning: an EA FC tournament at Kabs Lounge, registered through Discord and scored live right here. Free entry — the prize is house-funded, never entry-funded.