Our products
Four products. Different needs. One Ria's Colony.
Ria's Colony works across storytelling, media, learning, tourism and business development.
Our products help people explore stories and cultures, prepare for opportunities, discover destinations, test their knowledge of Africa and build business relationships across African markets.
Connect.
Aerial Connect
Expanding into another African market is easier when you understand how the market works and know who to speak to.
Aerial Connect helps businesses research new markets, identify potential customers and partners, build local relationships and develop opportunities across Africa.
It can also support organisations travelling to another African country for business with local market understanding, introductions and on-the-ground coordination.
“Helping businesses grow across Africa.”
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Explore.
Aerial View
Understanding a destination before you arrive can change how you experience it.
Aerial View brings together practical travel information, destination stories and local knowledge to help people understand African countries better and know what to expect when visiting them.
Where useful, we can also connect travellers with local guides or other local support.
Aerial View also helps destinations and hospitality businesses reach people who are more likely to value what they offer.
“See more before you go.”
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Read & Play.
Apps & Games
Apps & Games brings together Ria's Colony's interactive digital platforms: Tales by Moonlight and African Ambassador.
On Tales by Moonlight, readers can explore novels, discover different cultures through stories, and enjoy folklore and traditional tales from around the world, with interactive Cultural Discoveries and chapter translation into 11 languages.
On African Ambassador, players can test how well they know all 54 African countries across flags, capitals, wildlife, history, raw materials, trade and tourism.
“Stories to read and games to play.”
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Learn.
Style Vault
Useful opportunities often require skills people were never formally taught.
Style Vault offers practical courses and resources that help people communicate what they offer, present ideas, build confidence, negotiate and develop skills they can use in business, work and everyday life.
The subjects may evolve, but the goal stays the same: make useful knowledge easier to access and apply.
“Learn something useful. Put it to work.”
Explore Style VaultDifferent products for different starting points.
You do not have to move through Ria's Colony in a particular order.
Someone may discover us through a novel or folktale from another culture. Another person may need practical travel information. A founder may be exploring a new market. Someone else may want to learn a useful skill or test how well they know Africa.
Each product solves a different part of that journey.
A storytelling platform to explore novels, discover different cultures through stories, and enjoy folklore and traditional tales from around the world.
A free quiz card game about all 54 African countries, covering flags, capitals, wildlife, history, trade and tourism.
Practical courses and resources that help people build useful skills and prepare for opportunities.
Travel information, destination stories and local knowledge that help people understand places before they go.
Market research, business development, introductions and local support for businesses entering or expanding across African markets.
Free, no signup
Four tools from Aerial View, free to use
ETA & Visa Tracker
What each African country requires before you fly.
Open the trackerTourism at a Glance
Arrivals, receipts and growth for all 54 African countries.
See the numbersAfrica Contraband Guide
What you can't carry across the border in all 54 African countries.
Check the rulesWomen's Safety in Africa
How safe each of the 54 countries is for women, with every source shown.
See the countriesLooking for something specific?
Guides, courses and resources
The Ria's Colony shop brings together individual guides, courses and other practical resources that you can access directly. These may come from any part of our work and are available separately from our main products.
Browse the shopFour products, one bigger goal.
Learn
Build knowledge and practical skills that can help you recognise and act on opportunities.
Read & Play
Explore novels, discover different cultures through stories, enjoy folklore from around the world, and test your knowledge of all 54 African countries.
Explore
Get better information about African destinations before you visit and understand more of the place when you do.
Connect
Help businesses understand African markets, find the right people and develop opportunities beyond their home country.
Together, these products support the wider work of Ria's Colony: making it easier for people, cultures, businesses and destinations to understand and reach one another.
Start with what you need.
You may be looking for a great novel or folktale, preparing for a trip, learning something useful, testing your knowledge of Africa or exploring a new market.
Choose the part of Ria's Colony that helps you move forward.