From stories to real connection.
THE INNER CIRCLE Meet people across cultures, share what you know and find new ways to build together.
The Inner Circle.
The Inner Circle is Makaani’s curated membership. Meet members through monthly matches, share opportunities and build relationships across cultures. Use it for your personal, professional or community development.
Your membership, at a glance.
€333 annual contribution · One payment or 3 × €111
For personal, professional or community development. Your contribution sustains the quality, care and infrastructure behind Makaani. Admission takes place during announced application rounds.
The process
A conversation. A mutual yes.
An application is the beginning of getting to know each other. We curate each round with care, with a maximum of 333 members per year.
Tell us what you’re working on, what matters to you and what you’d like to contribute. You can use the Inner Circle for personal, professional or community development.
After you apply, there is space to ask your questions and explore whether the Inner Circle feels right for you. We also take time to understand what you’re looking for and what you bring.
We move forward when it feels right for both of us. The Inner Circle is an interdisciplinary community, so we consider the mix of people, perspectives and disciplines, as well as the timing of each invitation. This helps us build a space grounded in trust, care and openness. If invited, you confirm your place through your annual contribution.
The annual membership contribution is €333, paid in one payment or three instalments of €111.
Your annual contribution helps us deliver the quality, care and infrastructure that make this network meaningful. It supports the curation, introductions, conversations and ongoing work behind Makaani.
It also helps make room for people who need a reduced contribution through the Makaani Impact Rate, including people affected by war. An application is also required for the Impact Rate.
At the end of each year, 2.5% of each membership contribution is donated.
Be part of something bigger.
The Inner Circle is part of the Makaani Network, alongside Fellows, brands, guides and stories. Each membership supports the relationships and shared infrastructure behind it. Together, we’re building a Modern Silk Road where knowledge travels further and people can help shape their own futures.
What would you like to find, share or build through Makaani?
Tell us what you’re working on, what matters to you and what you’d like to contribute, personally, professionally or within your community.
Frequently asked questions
Before you join.
Access without intention can become another space where the loudest people take the most. Because we’re not trying to build the biggest network. We’re trying to build one that actually works.
For too long, we’ve seen incredible people, stories and ideas gain visibility without necessarily gaining access to the connections and opportunities they deserve.
We want to change what happens after the story.
Makaani is our attempt to build a new kind of infrastructure. One where the Global Majority and its diasporas can find each other, share knowledge, open doors and create opportunities on their own terms.
But that takes more than bringing people into the same room.
It takes trust. Shared intentions. And people who are willing to participate, not just observe.
That’s why we currently review every membership application.
Not to decide who’s important enough to belong. But to understand who’s genuinely interested in building something together, and to protect the people who trust us with their presence.
We believe in opening doors. We also believe in taking care of what happens behind them.
As Makaani grows, the way we welcome people may evolve.
But the intention will remain the same:
To build a network where connections don’t just happen. They lead somewhere.
A Modern Silk Road, built by the people who travel it.
Makaani brings together people who want to share knowledge, open doors and create opportunities for one another.
We review every application to understand what you’re looking for and what you’d like to contribute. We look for curiosity, shared intentions and a willingness to participate, beyond titles or follower counts.
Because meaningful connections grow from trust, care and what people make possible together.
You can use the network for personal development, professional development or community development, depending on what matters to you and what you’re working on.
Monthly Member Matches, ongoing interaction with members, an Opportunity Board, online and offline events, and access to guides, tools and cultural insights. Makaani also organizes retreats and travel groups, and helps you discover members where you travel.
The annual membership contribution is €333. You can pay in one payment of €333 or in three instalments of €111.
Your contribution supports the quality, curation and infrastructure behind the network. It also helps make the Impact Rate possible. At the end of each year, 2.5% of each membership contribution is donated.
Makaani events are free for members or cost no more than €5. Retreats and travel are paid separately, with preferential member pricing. Some are exclusively for members. Where people who are not members can participate, they must apply and pay a higher price.
You can explore conversations and collaboration with mentors where they have the time and there is mutual interest. Membership does not guarantee a particular mentor’s availability.
The Inner Circle is limited to a maximum of 333 members per year. There is no fixed limit on the number of Fellows; Fellows are curated by invitation.
We want members to make meaningful use of the network and grow through it. Becoming a Fellow can be part of that journey, but it is not automatic or guaranteed. Fellows are curated by invitation.
New members are admitted during announced application rounds. Outside these rounds, you can join the waitlist to hear about the next opportunity to apply. Joining the waitlist does not reserve a place.