In today’s global market place, a small group of African people who have for whatever reason now live in the United Kingdom came together and realised that as an African living in a European environment, we are often at odds with society and culture in the UK. We realised that for an African person arriving in the UK, there is a distinct feeling of isolation and loneliness as you lose touch with everything that you find familiar. To start out in a nation with no friends, little understanding of our differences, cultures, creeds is daunting for anyone. I know people who have been in the UK for 10 years now and still feel cut off from society and alone within communities that very often don’t want foreigners around them.

African’s come to the UK for a multitude of reasons, and as an African shouldn’t we be supporting each other, rather than complaining about the issues that keep us from integrating into the British social structure? Shouldn’t we make an effort to help each other and together make life more bearable while we live in the UK.

African Connexions is a simple concept. We are a group that celebrate and advertise everything that is good about being an African abroad. Every one of us have experienced that isolation, loneliness, and depression. We’ve all had to learn to survive in an unfriendly, sometimes hostile environment, and we now believe that in coming together as a group we can bridge the gap that exists for so many of us still.

When you visit the African Connexions website first and fundamentally you’ll find its an advertising base. This for now is provided free of charge to any African Business, Charity, Shop, Club, Group, Meeting Place, Support Network, Medical Team… The list is endless. Basically if your an African entity that exists in the UK, we are offering space to advertise with links directly through to your website. (If you don’t have a website talk to us, we build them starting from £35)

But the African Connexions website is not just an advertising site. Yes we want you to be able to find things that’ll provide support networks, or African goods to remember home by, but more importantly it is a way for us to bring together events, celebrations, meetings, or just a simple pub lunch meeting where African’s living in the UK can gather, mix, meet and mingle. African Connexions is a site aimed at promoting the good things about Africa. We want to engage with you, talk to you, write about you and tell all the other African’s living in the UK what you’re doing, how great you’re group, business, event is. Our blog profiles African groups we liaise with and keeps the African community here informed about African Culture and Lifestyles in Britain.

But we are even more than that still. The African Connexions Forum is a place to register yourself, and become part of the Global UK African community. Groups, businesses, promoters, musicians, festivals, social gatherings, gardening groups, you name it, we’ll welcome it. We want to create an environment where any African can visit, spend some time, and leave informed about what is available to them, what is happening around them, and having met some people who make their time in the UK more like being just down the road from your real home.

Home is where the heart is, and for every African in the UK, African Connexions is where you’ll find your heart.

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Yes the Biltong 2 You Limited’s online shop has been a strong presence in the market in the UK for a while, and their base in South Wales in the quaintest little town of Usk, is well stocked with a variable supply of all sorts South African and Zimbabwean. Providing a massive range of biltong, they are reasonably priced and have decent shipping costs to. However it is welcome news to us that they have added to the value of their store with the provision of those little extra’s that’ll make a drive up to the shop itself a whole extra pleasure in times to come.

Keep us informed of any gossip you might have heard so that we can pass it along the line for us all to talk about.

We all know someone in our community who has done something to help others, sometimes they have been the one’s to help us. The thing is that sometimes our thanks is just not enough. Sometimes we need to go the extra mile to help out.

At African Connexions, we have quickly realised that while we can do great things to bring the African community here in the UK together, and promote social integration, it is also partly our responsibility to shout to the world about the work that is being undertaken by charitable organisations here in the UK on behalf of our brothers and sisters back home.

There are so many charities that support children, the aged, health initiatives and so many more, that very often we don’t get to hear about them or know what they are doing in our name here in the UK. So whenever we can, and whenever an organisation gets a hold of us and asks for our help, we’ll do whatever we can to help them out.

Today we are going to shout out about a fantastic opportunity that a South African charity called SOS Africa have launched here in the UK. SOS Africa is a charity formed to help underprivileged children in South African townships get an education, and as we all know the World Cup kicks off in South Africa in a few months time, SOS Africa have teamed up with Subside Sports to promote African Team Sports Shirts with SOS Africa’s logo on them. Every one sold between now and the world cup will contribute £5 towards the efforts of SOS Africa, a worthy cause , making a massive impact on children’s lives in South Africa.

So when you are thinking about buying your world cup shirt, stop and visit their website and instead of getting a copy cat cheap imitation, spend an extra bit and support a child who’s got less than you.