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Matching platform · Diaspora2026

Professional directory for the diaspora

Finding a lawyer or a doctor you can trust when you live abroad usually comes down to word of mouth. This platform brings together professionals verified one by one, protects contact details on both sides during the first exchanges, and always offers several names: the choice stays whole.

Professional directory for the diaspora
Owner
Published by Afriprod
Sector
Matching platform · Diaspora
Duration
Continuously operated
Year
2026

Context

An estate to settle, a residence permit to defend, a diagnosis to have reviewed: these are matters where you cannot afford the wrong professional. Living far away, you ask a cousin, you follow a discussion group, you take your chances. Online directories order their results to suit themselves, and the trust they display stops meaning much.

Challenge

The directory had to be built so that its own mechanics make it impossible to push one professional over another. The second difficulty is quieter: once contact details are visible, the platform loses any way of protecting anyone, and both sides are exposed from the very first message.

Our approach

Every profile is checked before it appears. The first exchanges go through internal messaging that masks contact details, giving each side time to decide whether to go further. One product rule is held without exception: the platform informs, it points to several professionals, it never says which one to pick.

Result

The platform is live with its base of verified professionals, and press monitoring runs four times a day to keep the editorial side current.

Technical stack

  • Next.js 14
  • TypeScript
  • Supabase
  • PostgreSQL
  • RLS
  • Vercel

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  • FR·EN languages
  • 4×/j automated monitoring
  • RLS row-level data isolation