Africa Express was founded in 2006 to promote the concept of musical collaboration that breaks down boundaries and borders, whether between geographical regions, genres or generations. It has hosted a series of remarkable adventures that have won praise from artists, audiences and critics alike. These include five trips bringing together artists in Africa, four acclaimed albums and a series of inventive and highly-original shows in Britain, Europe and Africa. Past projects include a train tour around the United Kingdom as part of the 2012 Olympic festivites, playing the New Shrine in Lagos, performing to 50,000 people on a beach in Spain, staging the first show in front of Paris’s Hotel de Ville, reforming a 50-strong Syrian orchestra and recording the only African version of Terry Riley’s contemporary classic In C.
Timeline
| Time | Place |
| December 2006 | Brixton Jamm, London |
| June 2007 | Park Stage, Glastonbury |
| March 2008 | Olympia, Liverpool |
| October 2008 | KOKO, London, BBC Electric Proms |
| August 2009 | Hotel De Ville, Paris |
| May 2010 | La Cigale, Paris |
| August 2010 | A Festa Dos Mundos, La Coruña, Galicia |
| September 2012 | UK Train tour: Middlesbrough, Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester and Kings Cross |
| October 2013 | Fiesta Des Suds, Marseille |
| December 2013 | Maison des Jeunes album launch Oval Space, London |
| November 2014 | Tate Modern and Africa Express present Terry Riley’s In C Mali Tate Turbine Hall, London |
| July 2015 | Roskilde Festival, Denmark |
| August 2015 | In C Mali Ruhrtriennale Festival |
| June 2016 | The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians, Europe Tour |
| June 2016 | In C Mali, Holland Festival + Nuits Des Fourvieres |