Mara Akụkọ: Africa News Hub

Mara Akụkọ is a news aggregator for African news, diaspora news, and world news — bringing the continent and its diaspora into one feed. Discover breaking stories, global news, independent reporting, and perspectives from African, diaspora, and international sources, with trust signals that help you understand what happened, who is reporting it, and where sources agree or differ.

Mara Akụkọ ("know the story" in Igbo) is built for people who want more than headlines. It combines news aggregation with news analysis, source comparison, and transparent trust signals.

ONE NEWS CHANNEL FOR AFRICA & THE DIASPORA

• African news, black news, world news, and global news from Pan-African, African, diaspora, and international sources • Coverage from across the continent — Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and beyond • Follow Politics, Business, Climate, Culture, Sport, Tech, Diaspora and more • Every article is tagged STORY or OPINION, with its source shown • A personalized feed built around the topics and regions you choose • Breaking news and developing stories from multiple sources

NEWS ANALYSIS YOU CAN CHECK

Most apps ask you to trust them. Mara Akụkọ shows its work. • A trust-tier badge on every article, before you tap • Source balance — see how African, global and diaspora sources stack up in what you read • Cross-source consensus shows how strongly the facts are backed • Bias mapped region by region with Trust Heatmaps (Premium)

START EVERY DAY WITH YOUR DAILY BRIEFING

• A time-aware Daily Briefing: the top story, Perspectives on how different outlets frame it, and what's trending region by region • Daily Insight (Premium): one major story a day examined properly — an AI-synthesized deep dive, labeled section by section so you always know what you're reading

READ AFRICAN NEWS IN YOUR LANGUAGE

The app and the news stories themselves translate automatically into 15 languages — including Swahili, French, Arabic and Portuguese. One tap takes you back to the original.

FOLLOW AFRICAN CREATORS & JOURNALISTS

African creators and independent journalists publish original reporting right inside Mara Akụkọ. • Follow creators and get their work first in your feed • Support the reporting you value — creators keep 80% of every tip • Transparent creator trust scores, in plain sight

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

• Comment on the stories that matter and see how readers across Africa and the diaspora react • Like, share and save — with community guidelines that keep it civil

SAVE STORIES. TRACK WHAT MATTERS.

• Save any story to your Library and read it offline • Smart Alerts (Premium): track the topics, regions and creators you care about, and get notified the moment a story moves

FREE & PREMIUM

The core of Mara Akụkọ is free — the feed, the Daily Briefing with Perspectives, trust badges, creator content and automatic translation. Premium unlocks Daily Insight, Trust Heatmaps, Source Balance and Smart Alerts.

Premium is a monthly or annual subscription with a free trial. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends.

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WHY "MARA AKỤKỌ"?

It's Igbo for "know the story." A griot is West Africa's storyteller, historian, and keeper of memory. Mara Akụkọ gives that tradition modern tools — bringing African news, diaspora news, global news, and independent voices together while helping readers understand the stories behind the headlines.

Know the story. And who's telling it.

Download Mara Akụkọ and follow Pan-African news with trust you can see.