The plan — out in the open.
Afrisovera Cities & Estate is a unity project: the African diaspora and friends of the project pool capital, ideas and expertise to build world-class, self-sustaining cities — starting in Nigeria — with a UK-registered company holding everyone to account and every investor with a seat at the table. This page shows where the project is, where it's going, and what the early believers stand to gain. No spin. The numbers below are illustrative planning estimates grounded in public data — the real figures will come from professional valuations and cost plans before any money is raised.
Why this works — the power of unity
The honest problem
Plenty of Africans abroad are building back home — and paying dearly for it: a single house, in an undeveloped community, built bit by bit over 10, 20, sometimes 30+ years, often costing a working life's savings — and still the streets, the power, the water, the schools, the security never arrive, because one house can't pull a town up around it. So the home sits half-used, or empty. Drive through and you'll see them: houses built with money earned over decades of hard work abroad, standing abandoned — because, it turned out, it was never really the owner's chosen area; it was just where there was land. And honestly: who wants to leave a comfortable, developed life abroad to go and live somewhere their house is the only development for miles?
What Afrisovera does instead
It matches people who want the same thing — property back home, but in a secure, guaranteed, already-developed community — and pools their capital. With the finance pooled, a 2,000-hectare site can be developed rapidly, all at once, to one master plan: roads, power, water, schools, the hospital, the security, the mall, the jobs — built with the homes, not decades after. Instead of one person building alone and waiting a lifetime for the community to catch up, you key into the plan, join the pool, and move into a finished city. That is the whole idea — unity converting scattered, slow, risky individual effort into one fast, safe, world-class result.
And the bigger thing it exposes
Africa's real bottleneck has never been money or talent — the diaspora alone sends home tens of billions a year, and Africans build extraordinary things everywhere else in the world. The missing pieces have been unity and direction. When a company like Afrisovera puts those in place, something shifts: the people who actually know what good living conditions look like — the diaspora, plus the local hands and minds building it, plus experts in every field who are welcome to bring their ideas — start setting the standard, and governments become bound to follow it. And citizens across the continent begin to feel the self-awareness they've been missing for too long: that the people are the real government — not the ones who waited for the right leader who never came, but the ones who decided to build it themselves, together. This is a community trying to achieve one goal: bring home what we've learned abroad — better, with style and class — and lift our people out of poverty while we're at it. As the project grows, that includes our own inter-city trains, our own industries, our own institutions — built by us, for us, open to everyone who shares the vision.
Where the project is right now
Last updated 2026-05-12. This status is published as the project moves; if something slips, it will say so here.
The roadmap — six phases, each with a gate
Phase 0 — Foundation we are here
Phase 1 — Land
Phase 2 — Master plan & enabling works
Phase 3 — Core build
Phase 4 — Occupancy & city life
Phase 5 — Replicate
A phase doesn't start until the previous one's money, approvals and milestones are in place.
What an Afrisovera city contains
A complete, self-sustaining city — not a housing estate: homes of several types (detached & semi-detached duplexes with private parking, lift and stairs; townhouses; low- and mid-rise apartments; partnered new-format housing) · tree-lined tiled streets, parks, playgrounds & outdoor-activity grounds · a world-class hospital + neighbourhood clinics · schools, a public library, a technical college · a world-class mall, gyms & sports complexes, cinemas, restaurants, night clubs & a nightlife district, a 24-hour supermarket & 24-hour essentials · a wildlife park where semi-domesticated animals roam freely in their own semi-wild enclosures · a police station and CCTV across all key public areas, a staffed gatehouse, good lighting · an industrial & business estate where big brands can secure their plot/office early (jobs for residents; a major revenue line) · solar farms + battery storage, water capture & storage, vertical farms & glasshouses + farmland, fibre + EV charging — the city earns from surplus power, produce and services · and a station on the inter-city rail line linking to the next Afrisovera cities. African design language throughout, built from continent-sourced materials. Workers in the city are paid like the developed world — weekly and hourly wages, proper contracts.
The Four Pillars — what we actually build
Afrisovera's heavy capital and long-term commitment goes into four pillars — real-world things and real people that will shape the vision forever. The digital ecosystem services (Marketplace, Safehold, Avena, Hub, Shield) wrap around the pillars to generate revenue and keep the community engaged. Each pillar has its own page — click through to go deeper.
A finished city, on day one.
Tree-lined streets, schools and clinics within a short walk, reliable power, water and fibre, quiet unobtrusive security. Premium in feel, affordable in price — because you join a pool of others who want the same thing instead of building alone for 30 years. See Cities →
Food sovereignty — eat what we grow.
Greenhouses, vertical farms, aquaponics, cold-chain, processing — 50,000+ tons/year and 5,000+ jobs in Phase 1. Model farming estates inside and around every city, with produce flowing into the marketplace. See Agriculture →
Stop importing what we can make ourselves.
Solar microgrids, electric trikes, water filters, smart irrigation, SOV-node hardware, the long-game SOV handset — 10,000+ high-skill jobs in Phase 1. From consumers to creators. See Manufacturing →
The next generation of African leaders.
The Talent Kids program — full scholarships, mentorship and guaranteed career paths for exceptional young African minds. Plus community projects: schools, clinics, training, clean water. Every project publishes what it raised and what it spent. Real people, real impact. See Foundation →
The digital ecosystem around the pillars
Services that monetise the pillars and bring new members into the movement — revenue today, community for the long run.
Marketplace
Verified members. Reviews and ratings on every seller. A 15-day protected-return window. Multi-currency (£ / $ / ₦) so the diaspora can pay in their home currency. See Marketplace →
Afrisovera Safehold
A 3% transparent platform fee (choose who pays). 7-day invite links. 48-hour dispute review. Nobody can run away with it — not the buyer, not the seller, not even Afrisovera. See Safehold →
Community Hub
Where real people surface real problems, find like minds, and build solutions together — from anywhere in the world. Not likes. Outcomes. See Hub →
Afrisovera Avena
Cities come alive at events. A 10% platform commission, 7-day post-event payout, QR-code entry, multi-currency tickets. Where members experience the movement. See Avena →
Integrity
Report fraud, corruption, abuse of office or security threats — anonymously if you choose. "Together" doesn't mean lawless. See Shield →
Where each pillar lives in the timeline
Phase 0 (Foundation) — the company & constitution, legal/financial/governance, the platform, the data room, this roadmap. Service focus: Safehold's first version goes live, Shield channel opens, Hub launches so the movement can talk to itself.
Phase 1 (Land) — corridor identified, options & due diligence, the Land Round opens, purchase & title perfected. Pillar focus: Cities & Real Estate. Service focus: Marketplace begins moving non-financial inventory between diaspora and home.
Phase 2 (Master-plan & enabling works) — master plan and approvals, roads, solar power, water, fibre, show-homes, brand pre-lets. Pillar focus: Agriculture (greenhouse + vertical-farm pilots) and Manufacturing (first solar & battery assembly line). The first 5,000+ ag jobs and the foundry's first 1,000 manufacturing jobs come online.
Phase 3 (Core build) — first 1,000–2,000 homes; hospital, school, library, mall core, police station, parks, wildlife park, first industrial units. Off-plan sales fund rolling phases. Pillar focus: Cities reaches first occupancy; Foundation's first Talent-Kids cohort enrols and the first community-funded school & clinic open. Service focus: Avena (events) programme begins.
Phase 4 (Occupancy & city life) — handover; residents move in; gyms, clubs, 24-hr retail, events; city management; rail link scoped. Pillar focus: Manufacturing hits its 10,000-job Phase 1 target; Agriculture's processed-food output feeds the city. Service focus: Marketplace and Safehold become daily-use infrastructure.
Phase 5 (Replicate) — lock the playbook, select country #2 (Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Tanzania candidates), repeat faster and cheaper, inter-city rail begins, gains roll into the next city. Pillar focus: all three pillars, scaled to a new country.
Investor calculator (illustrative — not advice, not a guarantee)
Tiers: Founding Believer (£50–£999) · Investor (£1,000–£24,999) · Special Investor (£25,000–£99,999 — enhanced allocation, advisory seat) · Anchor (£100,000+). Brand/Corporate Partner = industrial-estate tenancy + equity option (separate track). Exact rights are set in the constitution & offer documents once finalised and compliance-reviewed.
Mortgage / home-payment calculator (for modelling — not a credit offer)
Standard repayment-mortgage maths. Real Afrisovera homes can be bought with staged off-plan instalments, mortgages (Nigerian banks, NMRC/FMBN, diaspora-mortgage products), rent-to-own, or cash. Rates and terms shown are examples — set your own to model your situation. Currency shown as £; the project's accounts and prices will be in the appropriate currency.
What the early believers gain — and the risks
The upside
Equity in the land-holding entity bought at the lowest price the project will ever offer — raw land, before approvals and before a brick is laid. Priority and discounted allocation on homes and on commercial/industrial plots. A share of operating profits (power, farms, mall, leisure, the wildlife park, events, utilities) and of land-value uplift as the city is built — and again as the model is replicated city by city. Governance rights: an elected Investor Council, reserved votes on the big decisions, published audited accounts, an open project dashboard. The earlier and larger the commitment, the bigger the share and the better the terms.
The risks — said plainly
Land fraud / defective title / disputes (mitigated by rigorous due diligence, title insurance, Governor's consent — never zero). Currency depreciation & inflation. Construction cost & time overruns. Failure to raise enough capital at a phase (a phase can stall). Regulatory/political change. Financing & interest-rate risk on the debt layers. Execution risk — this is hard, and new-city projects worldwide often run late. Illiquidity — early investments won't be easily sellable for years. You could lose some or all of your money. Any returns described anywhere are illustrative scenarios, not promises. Take independent financial and legal advice; only commit money you can afford to lock up and to lose.
Co-ownership & governance
The founder's stated intent is not to own this personally — it is built to be co-owned. The likely structure (to be confirmed with corporate lawyers): a land-holding company (a Nigerian SPV under a UK parent) in which investors hold shares proportional to their investment, and/or a members' cooperative / land trust holding the land for all co-owners, moving to a REIT-style vehicle once assets are income-producing. Governance commitments: an elected Investor Council with reserved votes on master-plan changes, land purchases, the next country, major borrowing and the CEO; one-investor-one-voice mechanisms for community decisions alongside share-weighted votes for financial ones; published audited accounts and quarterly progress; an independent auditor; and a founder's role that is leadership, not control, capped in the constitution.
Compliance — the honest bit
In the UK, inviting people to invest is regulated: financial promotions must be issued or approved by an FCA-authorised person, there are restrictions on promoting to ordinary retail investors, and a prospectus may be required depending on structure and amounts. Afrisovera will take FCA-compliant legal advice before any public fundraising and structure the offer accordingly; register the Nigerian SPV with Nigerian counsel and the relevant authorities; run proper KYC/AML and data protection; and keep this page and the documents honest about what stage we're at. Until that's done, nothing here is an offer and no money will be taken — expressions of interest only.
Project documents — the data room
The plan isn't just a pitch — there's a working set of documents an incoming project team, architect and advisers would actually use to start. They're draft v0.1, written to be reviewed and signed off by the Board, the Investor Council and the project's lawyers/accountants. As we move properly into Phase 0, the full data room (these documents, the constitution, accounts, the master plan and progress reports) is made available to advisers and registered investors.
| Document | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roadmap & Co-Ownership Plan | The open business/development plan — vision, the unity model, phase economics & numbers, co-ownership & governance, housing, risks, compliance. | Draft — adviser review pending |
| Project Charter (PID) | Why the project exists, objectives, scope, phases, budget framework, governance, the compliance gate, and what "ready to kick start" means. | Draft v0.1 |
| Work Plan & WBS | Every workstream and task by phase, with owners, deliverables, gates and the critical path. | Draft v0.1 |
| Master-plan & Architecture Design Brief | The brief the master-planner/architect works from — site, the full accommodation schedule (all amenities + indicative areas), the African design & materials code, sustainability targets, phasing, deliverables. | Draft v0.1 |
| Team, RACI & Recruitment Plan | Governance, the core team and the order to hire them, the responsibility matrix, the recruitment approach. | Draft v0.1 |
| Risk Register | 18 risks with likelihood, impact, mitigations and owners — reviewed monthly. | Draft v0.1 — living |
| Document Register | The master list of every document the project needs, with status — so "all files ready" is a tracked, visible state. | Draft v0.1 — living |
| City visualisations & walkthrough video | Cinematic concept renders of the proposed Nigeria city and all its amenities, plus a walkthrough video (clearly labelled artist's impression). | Concept renders done; walkthrough in production |
| Constitution / shareholders' or members' agreement, audited accounts, master plan, statutory approvals, finance & legal docs | The full legal, financial and technical document set. | To be produced in Phase 0–1 (tracked in the Document Register) |
To request access to the data room as a prospective adviser, partner or investor, register your interest.
Afrisovera — building a greater Africa, together. This page summarises the roadmap document (a working draft open to correction, professional review and investor input). Sources for the planning estimates are listed in that document. Nigeria first; the next country, and the inter-city rail network, follow the same model.