Best Dating Sites in Africa (What I Learned)
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I've lived in different countries in Africa for about 5 years and have tried almost every dating site and app (including Tinder, which is currently the most popular dating app). If you're looking for a short-term relationship, Tinder is pretty effective, but if you're looking for something longer-term (like me), here are the two sites I've been most successful with. (I'll go in more detail in my review later in this article)
Afrointroductions.com
I have been able to date in Africa for many years as an expatriate. The two countries I date most are Mauritius and South Africa, but I have the opportunity to date in other countries on the continent. Your best bet is to make sure you are in the country where the center of the big city is. These are because dating online or via smartphone tends to be more common.
Countries with metropolitan centers include Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Uganda, Botswana, Ethiopia, Southern Africa, Namibia and Angola.
As in most African countries, the vast majority of people meet romantic partners through traditional methods such as family friends, mutual friends, organizations, work, or school. However, as in Kenya and South Africa, the overall dating situation is changing in Africa. As the days go by, technology-based dates are becoming more common.
If you sign up for a dating site recommended below, please read the member's profile carefully as you may come across many fake profiles. This profile is usually easy to view. A woman who posts only one photo, wears a tight bikini, and is in an overly suggestive pose is usually a clear signal to avoid.
Here's a detailed review of the top two African dating sites, without any extra hassle
Afrointroductions.com
is by far the best online dating site in Africa. No other site has a better balance of quality and quantity than this one.
I've been a longtime member of Afrointroductions.com when I lived in Mauritius and South Africa and can say it's working. I had a boyfriend I met on this site and I met women of all shapes, sizes and personalities. To be honest, this is the only site I need in Africa, as all the other sites aren't approaching.
This site is part of the Cupid Media Network Umbrella, which owns an international dating site. AfroIntroductions will exist forever. Since its launch in 2002, it has 2 million members and is growing rapidly.
Like other dating sites, there are some suspicious profiles, but if you are interested in meeting singles in a populous country in Africa, you should visit this site.
Registration procedure
Sign-up went pretty fast. Not so many. Simply enter your email address, gender, location, age, or connect to your Facebook account to get started. Write a little about yourself, the type of partner you are looking for, and what you are pretty crazy about.
You can now browse the site and view the member profile. Along the way, you will be prompted to add profile information if you want to continue. This can be a bit annoying if you're not interested in completing the profile yet. If this happens, you only need to answer a few questions before continuing to browse.
Overall, the most amazing thing about AfroIntroductions is how much you can do without having to enter a complete profile.
Registration procedure
Sign-up went pretty fast. Not so many. Simply enter your email address, gender, location, age, or connect to your Facebook account to get started. Write a little about yourself, the type of partner you are looking for, and what you are pretty crazy about.
You can now browse the site and view the member profile. Along the way, you will be prompted to add profile information if you want to continue. This can be a bit annoying if you're not interested in completing the profile yet. If this happens, you only need to answer a few questions before continuing to browse.
Overall, the most amazing thing about AfroIntroductions is how much you can do without having to enter a complete profile.
How to find a potential match
AfroIntroductions has a powerful browsing system with four different options.
Photo only
Photos and some basic information
Photos, basic information, brief explanation
Full profile
You can perform professional searches as well as basic information such as location, age, and educational background. They let you choose your ethnicity, body shape, lifestyle choices such as smoking and drinking, religious views, constellations, marriage history, and whether you have children or not.
How to communicate with other members
The AfroIntroductions messaging system is extremely easy to use and offers a variety of options for filtering and narrowing down your search. In addition to the message, you can click the heart icon on the member's profile to "show interest" or add it as a favorite.
When online, the site shows whether others can receive instant messages online.
The site also supports audio and video chat so you can see if you and other members get along well before meeting in person.
As an unpaid member, you are allowed to receive messages from people with a premium membership, but if you want to reply to or send your own messages, you will need to upgrade to Premium.
Unique site features
This site is well laid out, well designed in my opinion and friendly enough. Looking at the bar at the top, it's fun to see how many other members are online.
It's also useful to be able to find only reverse matches, which are members looking for someone like you, and shared matches, which means they meet each other's criteria. Both of these features make it easy to find the person most likely to match.
What is included in each membership hierarchy
What's in each membership hierarchy tends to change as the site adds and removes new features, but the base hierarchy remains the same.
This site is well laid out, well designed in my opinion and very friendly. Looking at the bar at the top, it's fun to see how many other members are online.
It's also useful to be able to find only reverse matches, which are members looking for someone like you, and shared matches, which means they meet each other's criteria. Both of these features make it easy to find the person most likely to match.
What is included in each membership hierarchy
What's in each membership hierarchy tends to change as the site adds and removes new features, but the base hierarchy remains the same.
- Standard: Search for matches based on your preferences, send interest to any member, and read messages from paid members
- Gold: Communicate with all members, audio / video chat, instant messaging, ad-free browsing, anonymous browsing
- Platinum: Higher search ranking, more profile space, extensive search capabilities, message translation, VIP profile highlighting
