Ikechi Anya
Co Founder
Co Founder
ikechianya@afrogen.org
Ikechi Anya
About AfroGen
AfroGen Global Resources Limited provides genealogical research services for individuals and firms seeking to research in Africa.
GenealogyProbate & heir researchDiaspora research
Family lineage
Generations traced and verified.
Archival records
Church, land, school & civil records.
Across Africa
Researchers across the continent.
Documentary research
Civil, church & court documents.
Historical prints
Maps, photographs & ephemera.
Our mission
We work with individuals, families, historians, organizations, and probate professionals, and reconnect the African diaspora with where their stories began.
Our team
The founding team building AfroGen: leadership, project management, and the people who keep client work moving.
Chukwudi Ewa
Co Founder
Co Founder
chukwudiewa@afrogen.org
Chukwudi Ewa
Divine Ogonna
Founder's Associate (Marketing Director)
Founder's Associate (Marketing Director)
divineogonna@afrogen.org
Divine Ogonna
Nnaemeka Akubuo
Project Manager
Project Manager
nnaemekaakubuo@afrogen.org
Nnaemeka Akubuo
Cynthia Ewa
Founder's Associate
Founder's Associate
cynthiaewa@afrogen.org
Cynthia Ewa
Our story
From a simple belief that African family histories deserve the same rigour as any other, to a research practice that spans the continent.
The beginning
A question records alone couldn't answer
The beginning
The beginning
A question records alone couldn't answer
AfroGen was founded to bring rigour and access to genealogical research across Africa, where records are scattered, uneven, and often undigitised.
Method first
Method first
Building a repeatable approach
We codified archival, documentary, field, and oral-history methods into a process that holds up across very different African record systems.
On the ground
On the ground
A network across the continent
We built relationships with archives, registries, and local researchers who navigate African sources, communities, and jurisdictions first-hand.
Beyond ancestry
Beyond ancestry
Research for firms and fiduciaries
Our methods extended into probate and heir research: locating and verifying heirs across African jurisdictions for legal professionals abroad.
Across the ocean
Across the ocean
Tracing the diaspora's roots
We extended into transatlantic diaspora research: connecting descendants abroad to the specific communities and lineages they descend from.
Today
Today
Reconnecting the diaspora
We help individuals, families, and firms trace lineage across nine countries, and reconnect the diaspora with where their stories began.
What we stand for
Ancestry and probate work touches sensitive, personal ground. These principles govern everything we do.
01
Confidentiality
Your history and case details stay private. Findings go only to you, or the firm you authorise. Never resold, never published without consent.
02
Consent-led
Living people and personal stories are included only with explicit permission. You decide what's shared and what stays private.
03
Cultural respect
We read naming systems, oral tradition, and community structures on their own terms, working with communities, not extracting from them.
04
Evidence & honesty
Every conclusion is tied to sources we can show you, and we're candid about what the records can and can't establish.
Why AfroGen
Genealogical research in Africa rewards local knowledge over shortcuts. What follows is what we bring to every engagement: methods built for African records, the cultural fluency to read them, and the discipline to document every step, so you can trust the result.
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We know the limitations
African genealogical research has real constraints. We know where records exist, where they don't, and how to work around the gaps, so your project is grounded in what's actually achievable.
02
Cultural understanding
Naming systems, oral tradition, and community structures shape African family history. We read the context that written records alone can't tell you.
03
Proven methodologies
Archival, documentary, field, and oral-history methods, applied by researchers who navigate African sources, communities, and jurisdictions every day.
04
An on-the-ground network
Relationships with archives, registries, churches, and local researchers across the continent give us access that remote desk research can't reach. When a record sits in a parish ledger or a family compound, we can get to it.
05
Evidence you can verify
Every conclusion is tied to a source we can show you. You receive a documented chain of evidence, each finding traced back to the record it came from, with an honest account of how confident we are in it.
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Built for firms and fiduciaries
Probate and heir research held to a professional standard: defensible documentation, clear reasoning, and findings prepared to support legal and fiduciary decisions across borders.
Who we serve
01
Individuals & families
Tracing ancestry, verifying connections, and building family trees.
02
Law firms & fiduciaries
Probate and heir research across African jurisdictions.
03
The diaspora
Reconnecting descendants with ancestral communities in Africa.
Book a consultation and we'll help you trace where your story began.
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