Tell us your schools, city, industry, and interests. The more you share,
the smarter your matches get. Takes 3 minutes.
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Get matched instantly
Our AI scores compatibility across 7 dimensions and surfaces the people
you should know — with a reason for every match shown upfront.
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Build together
Join communities, host live Spaces, share ideas, find mentors and
co-founders. NexConnect is where connections become collaborations.
Features
Everything in one platform.
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AI-Powered Smart Matching
Weighted multi-factor algorithm — school, city, industry, interests, mutual
connections, language, and complementary goals. Every suggestion comes with a reason.
👥 People you should know
TK
Temi Kalu
🎓 Unilag · 📍 Lagos · 💼 FinTech
96% match
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Adewale Okonkwo
🎓 Unilag · 🚀 Startups
89% match
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Fatima Kwame
📍 Lagos · 💰 Finance
82% match
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Live Audio Spaces
Host or join real-time audio rooms. Schedule, go live, or replay — with
AI transcription and smart summaries built in.
LIVE
Fundraising for African Startups
Hosted by BuildersConnect
AO
TK
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48 listening
ScheduleRaise handAI transcriptReplayCo-host
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Communities
Build niche groups around schools, cities, and professions.
Integrated feed, Spaces, events, and member directory in every community.
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Idea Hub
Share ideas, collect upvotes, find collaborators. From concept to co-founder,
your ideas find their team right here.
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Trust Score
Earn reputation by hosting Spaces, mentoring, and contributing. Your score
makes you rank higher in match suggestions across the platform.
Real stories
What members actually say.
★★★★★
"Found my co-founder through NexConnect — we both studied CS at Unilag and were living 5 streets apart in Yaba. Wild."
AO
Adewale Okonkwo
Co-founder, PayVest · Lagos
★★★★★
"Hosted my first Space with 200 listeners. Two weeks later I had 3 mentorship requests and a consulting gig. It works."
TK
Temi Kalu
Product Designer · Lagos
★★★★★
"As a Nigerian in London I finally found a platform that felt like home. The city chapter connected me to 40 Nigerians in my borough."
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Fatima Kwame
Finance Analyst · London
FAQ
Common questions.
Yes — NexConnect is completely free to join. You can connect with people, join communities, host Spaces, and share ideas at no cost. We offer a Pro plan for power users who want advanced features like unlimited connections and larger Spaces.
Our AI scores compatibility across 7 dimensions: schools attended, current city and hometown, industry and profession, interests and hobbies, mutual connections, shared languages, and complementary goals. Every suggestion shows you exactly why you're being matched.
NexConnect is built for Africans and the diaspora who want to build meaningful professional and personal networks beyond their immediate circle. Whether you're a student, professional, entrepreneur, or creator — there's a community for you.
Absolutely. Any user can create a community around any topic — alumni groups, professional circles, city chapters, hobby clubs, or startup verticals. You control membership, roles, privacy settings, and community rules.
Spaces are live audio rooms you can host or join in real time. Think of them like Twitter/X Spaces but integrated into your community network. Every Space can be scheduled, recorded, auto-transcribed by AI, and linked to a community.
Yes. You control exactly what information is visible to whom — every profile field has granular privacy settings. We never sell your data to third parties. Sensitive details like exact location are never surfaced publicly.
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