We asked a few couples how they met. These are their words, lightly edited and shared with permission.
Lagos 🇳🇬 → Accra 🇬🇭
We matched on a quiet Sunday evening. Six months later he was on a flight to Lagos to meet my mum.
Amara had pretty much given up on dating apps when Kwame's profile came up. He was a marketing lead in Accra; she was an architect in Lagos. Three months of nightly voice notes, weekend video calls and one nervous border trip later, they were engaged.
Engaged · 2025
Johannesburg 🇿🇦 → London 🇬🇧
It was the first app where I didn't feel like I had to translate myself.
Zanele is a doctor in Joburg. Tunde is an engineer in London. They matched through the diaspora filter, spent a year talking across time zones, and finally closed the distance last summer. They live in Cape Town now.
Married · 2024Dakar 🇸🇳 → Paris 🇫🇷
His first message was a voice note in Wolof. I think I knew right then.
Fatou had moved to Paris for work and was missing home. Omar was passing through from Dakar when they matched, almost on a whim. They've barely been apart since. A little one joined the family this year.
Family of three · 2026Make a profile, see who's around, and let things unfold. We'll be quietly hoping for you.
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