Real stories of building a career, securing scholarships and growing a successful business in the UK.
Event Details
Four focused sessions across the afternoon — each designed to move you from insight to action.
Welcome Keynote
The day opens with a keynote from Faith Moyosore Agboola — founder of AFM Stories — on working backwards from the life you want to the steps that get you there.
Panel One
Getting hired and getting promoted. Real lessons on securing your dream role and building a career inside major UK organisations as an international — from data science to public policy.
Panel Two
Hear from scholarship winners, funding winners and global talent visa holders on how they secured opportunities. You'll learn the strategies and secrets behind successful applications.
Panel Three
Hear from successful founders the strategies it takes to build successful businesses and NGOs in the UK. If you have been thinking of starting a business or already started one and got stuck, you'll gain the clarity you need.
Eight speakers who have built careers, won scholarships, and started successful businesses — across three themed panels.
Keeping the energy right and the conversation honest, from first session to last.
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A look back at the rooms, conversations and connections that have defined the Opportunity Bridge.
Yes. The Opportunity Bridge is completely free to attend. No hidden charges. Registration is required to secure your place.
11am — no African time. We begin the moment the clock hits 11.
Julian Study Centre, Room JSC 3.02, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TQ. Full directions will be emailed to all registered attendees.
No — this is an in-person only event. The energy, networking and spontaneous conversations are what make it special. Future editions may expand to other cities.
Anyone job searching, building a career, chasing scholarships and funded opportunities, or growing a business. It will suit students, professionals, business owners, aspiring founders, creatives, and dreamers. Everyone who wants to make anything happen is welcome.
AFM Stories is an award-winning platform connecting dreamers from underrepresented backgrounds to real opportunities in education, employment, and enterprise. We exist to close the gap between talent and access — sharing the stories, strategies, and connections that help people build careers, win scholarships, and grow businesses, wherever they’re starting from. AFM Stories was founded by Faith Moyosore Agboola, a Chevening Scholar and British Council Culture and Creativity Awardee, whose own journey shaped the mission behind it.