The diaspora bridge

Love knows no borders.

Two ways to match from abroad: back home in Nigeria, or within your own diaspora community. Pick one, or run both at once. Priced in USD, scheduled around your time zone.

Join as a diaspora memberHow it works

Two use cases, said plainly

Back home, or right where you are.

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Use case one

Match back home

Match with verified singles in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan and beyond, from wherever you are.

  • Cultural continuity, and families who already speak the same language.
  • Gist sessions scheduled across the time difference for you.
  • Room for whatever comes next — relocation, dual life, or visits.
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Use case two

Match within your diaspora

Match with other Nigerians in your own country — two people in the UK, the US or Canada, same city if you like.

  • Shared experience of being Nigerian somewhere else.
  • Same time zone, so a Gist fits into a normal evening.
  • Meeting in person is a train ride, not a visa application.

Choose your pool — or both.

Nobody is locked into one path. Run back-home and diaspora-to-diaspora at the same time, and change it whenever you like in settings.

Back homeMy communityBoth

Three steps from abroad

  1. 1

    Verify your identity

    Phone and selfie liveness, with NIN, BVN or passport as the optional second ring.

  2. 2

    Set your match pool

    Back home, your diaspora community, or both at once. Change it any time in settings.

  3. 3

    Start gisting

    Structured voice sessions scheduled around the time difference, with flexible rescheduling.

Pricing in USD

A separate track, not a converted one.

Diaspora membership is billed in USD by card or Apple Pay, from $15 a month with both matching pools included. Coin packs for date commitments are priced in USD too, so nothing is quoted at a rate that moved last week.

See USD pricing
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Time zone smart

Scheduling that does the maths.

Gist sessions are offered at times that are reasonable at both ends — not 3am in Lagos because it suited Houston. Your match sees your local time, you see theirs, and the app suggests the overlap.

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Cultural bridge

Language and tribe, if they matter to you.

A lot of diaspora members want somebody who understands the double life — the Nigerian house and the country outside it. Language and tribe are display fields you can show; they are never used to filter anybody's matches.

How profiles work
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AriyaPlanner abroad

A Nigerian wedding, in Houston or Hackney.

Whether you matched back home or in your own city, AriyaPlanner handles introduction ceremonies, traditional weddings and white weddings abroad — vendor shortlists by city, budgets in USD, and family on two continents kept in the loop.

Meet AriyaPlanner
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Three ways it has already worked

Back home
“I was in Maryland, she was in Surulere. Nine Gist sessions before I flew home to meet her family.”
Chidi and Ngozi sitting together at home, smiling at the camera

Chidi & Ngozi

Maryland, US · engaged 2026

Diaspora to diaspora
“Both of us in London, both of us tired of explaining ourselves. Traditional wedding is in May.”
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Bola & Tunde

London, UK · planning

Both pools
“I ran both pools for four months. The person I found was three streets away in Calgary.”
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Ifeanyi O.

Calgary, Canada · dating

Your person is waiting — whether back home or right here.

Diaspora membership from $15 a month, both pools included. AriyaPlanner plans Nigerian weddings in the US, UK and Canada too.

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