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How are people finding referrals in tech and finance lately?

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How are people finding referrals in tech and finance lately? is a Diasfrica Career and Business discussion where Africans across different cities compare...

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Bola Akin 🇳🇬

Helpful Voice · Dallas

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 2:15 PM · Last active Mar 14 · 3 discussions started

For those applying in tech and finance, what is actually working for referrals right now? LinkedIn? diaspora groups? alumni networks? church or professional communities? Trying to avoid wasting time on cold applications only.

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Kwame Boateng 🇬🇭What has worked best for me is starting smaller. The useful opportunities usually come from a dinner, a WhatsApp intro, or a focused meetup through church groups, no...London · Top Reply · 4 likesYaw Asare 🇬🇭One mistake I made early was treating visibility like progress. A lot of events feel productive, but the actual breakthroughs came after one or two follow-up convers...New York · 3 likesAkosua Frimpong 🇬🇭If you are in Diaspora-wide, I would ask who is already gathering around community hubs or family-heavy neighborhoods for professional meetups. The strongest rooms a...Accra · Helpful · 3 likes
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Kwame Boateng 🇬🇭

Mar 7, 2026, 2:36 AM

Active Member · London · From Ghana

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What has worked best for me is starting smaller. The useful opportunities usually come from a dinner, a WhatsApp intro, or a focused meetup through church groups, not from the broadest networking flyer.

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Yaw Asare 🇬🇭

Mar 8, 2026, 3:19 AM

Local Guide · New York · From Ghana

One mistake I made early was treating visibility like progress. A lot of events feel productive, but the actual breakthroughs came after one or two follow-up conversations with people I met through WhatsApp circles.

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Akosua Frimpong 🇬🇭

Mar 7, 2026, 2:58 PM

Helpful Voice · Accra · From Ghana

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If you are in Diaspora-wide, I would ask who is already gathering around community hubs or family-heavy neighborhoods for professional meetups. The strongest rooms are usually the ones where people already know why they are there.

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Nana Appiah 🇬🇭

Mar 11, 2026, 5:29 AM

Local Guide · Atlanta · From Ghana

One mistake I made early was treating visibility like progress. A lot of events feel productive, but the actual breakthroughs came after one or two follow-up conversations with people I met through WhatsApp circles.

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Uche Eze 🇳🇬

Mar 10, 2026, 5:07 PM

Active Member · New York · From Nigeria

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If you are in Diaspora-wide, I would ask who is already gathering around community hubs or family-heavy neighborhoods for professional meetups. The strongest rooms are usually the ones where people already know why they are there.

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