The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) enables exchanges between academic scholars in the United States and Canada (Fellows) and African higher education institutions (Host Fellows), expanding and activating diverse professional networks that serve as platforms for communication, resource sharing, and strategic collaborations. The CADFP aims to build the capacity of African higher education institutions by creating cross-sectoral partnerships with scholars of African descent in the African diaspora. The CADFP model allows Fellows and Host Fellows to receive the award up to three times, providing opportunities to leverage diverse networks that build on previous relationships or establish new ones. This network brief aims to analyze networks strengthened or established through the CADFP. First, the brief describes the revitalization or creation of networks among the Fellows and Host Fellows during and after the fellowship. The brief then explores findings related to the impact of the networks on broader stakeholders at African higher education institutions, including students and faculty. The brief concludes with promising practices from CADFP Fellows on sustaining an international academic network, which is helpful for other international scholarship and fellowship programs looking to foster international research and collaboration.