Find what you need. Share what you offer. Connect with the right people.

Africa Safari Community Network is a digital-first, African-led and intercultural network connecting newcomers, residents, entrepreneurs, resident initiatives, community organisations and institutions across Utrecht.

We make services, community initiatives, businesses, activities and opportunities easier to find.

We help you find the right door — and help others find you.

Digital first. Human in practice. Physical where connection requires it.

Choose what you want to do

I’m looking for something

Find routes to language learning, work, education, housing information, health, legal information, community, culture, faith, social connection, neighbourhood networks and other trusted services through the Living Social Map Utrecht.

I have something to offer

Are you an entrepreneur, resident initiative, artist, community group or professional? Make your work easier to find, share an event or opportunity, attract participants and volunteers, and find collaborators, venues, support routes and useful connections.

I represent an organisation

Connect with community expertise and bewonersinitiatieven, share opportunities, find potential partners, reach communities, commission programmes, support entrepreneurship, recruit, research or collaborate.

What can you get from the Network?

Residents and newcomers

Find existing services, communities, activities, learning opportunities and useful routes across Utrecht. You can also bring your own skills, ideas, knowledge and contributions into the Network.

Entrepreneurs

Make your business, service, event or opportunity more visible. Find potential collaborators, community partners, institutions and relevant enterprise or learning opportunities.

Resident initiatives and community groups

Promote your activities, reach participants and volunteers, find collaborators, discover possible venues and support routes, and become easier for communities and institutions to discover.

Artists and cultural practitioners

Share performances, workshops and events, and connect with venues, networks, community groups and collaboration opportunities.

Organisations and institutions

Find community initiatives and community expertise, publish relevant opportunities, identify potential partners and develop collaborations around participation, culture, education, employment, research and community life.

What the Network provides

Africa Safari Community Network provides visibility, navigation and practical connections. It does not guarantee funding, customers, participants or referrals. Where specialist support is needed, we connect people to appropriate existing organisations and services.

What is available now

Living Social Map Utrecht

A growing, verified and privacy-conscious guide connecting people to appropriate existing organisations, community initiatives and services.

What’s Happening in Utrecht

Community activities, Africa Safari activities, cultural events, learning opportunities and relevant initiatives.

Join the Network

Individuals, entrepreneurs, initiatives and organisations can share what they are looking for, what they can contribute and what interests them.

Submit an Initiative or Opportunity

Africa Safari should not have to produce everything itself. African organisations, buurthuizen, universities, churches, businesses and community groups can bring opportunities into the Network.

From participation to co-creation

Strong communities are not built only by providing activities for people. They are built when people can help shape the spaces, relationships and opportunities around them.

Africa Safari / Beats of Hope Africa Three-Stage Ubuntu Integration Pathway: Connection → Nurturing → Empowerment.

People first find connection and belonging. Relationships are nurtured through trust and participation. From there, people can increasingly contribute, initiate, lead and create opportunities for others.

For Utrecht partners

Africa Safari Community Network is designed to connect with Utrecht’s existing social ecosystem, including the sociale basis, bewonersinitiatieven, neighbourhood networks, libraries, community organisations, cultural organisations, educational institutions, employers, churches and public institutions.

Here is what we learned. Here is what we already tested. Now let’s innovate together.

Connect with the Network

Use the form on this page to tell us whether you want to join the Network, submit an initiative or opportunity, or explore a partnership. Please share only the information needed to help us respond. Do not submit sensitive medical, immigration or legal case details.