There were a total 4,697 Africans living in Hong Kong in 2021 according to the Africa Center Hong Kong. 3,545 were ordinary residents and 1,052 were non-foulement claimants. Breakdown among the ordinary residents; 1,937 male and 1,708 females. Breakdown among the non-refoulement claimants; 831 male and 221 female [1][2] The total population includes migrants from Southern Africa, who number around 200 residents and consist mainly of Africans of European origin.[3]
Africans began settling in Hong Kong in the 1990s, arrivals typically being businessmen coming to Hong Kong to engage in trading activities, or to make deals with Mainland China through a middleman. Many stayed, resulting in the majority of people of African descent currently residing in Hong Kong.
About half of the Africans in Hong Kong live in Yuen Long,[2] with another concentration in Chungking MansionsinKowloon's Tsim Sha Tsui district. Some notable Africans in Hong Kong includes Innocent Mutanga, an investment banker with Goldman Sachs who came to Hong Kong with only 200 HKD and worked his way up from being homeless to becoming one of the elites in Hong Kong and also runs the Africa Center Hong Kong.[4][5] Historically, many Africans in Hong Kong were traders, dealing in mobile phones and electronic devices for export markets at shops in Chungking Mansions, but this is quickly changing as Africans choose Guangzhou's Xiaobei for this business.[6][7]
^Mathews, Gordon; Lin, Linessa Dan; Yang, Yang (16 November 2017). The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace. ISBN978-0226506104.
