Mara Akụkọ: Pan-African News

About Mara Akụkọ: Pan-African News

Mara Akụkọ is the Pan-African news app that brings the whole continent and its diaspora into one feed — with balanced sources, clearly labeled opinion, and a visible trust signal on every story.

Most news apps optimize for speed. Mara Akụkọ ("know the story" in Igbo) optimizes for understanding: what happened, who's reporting it, and how much the sources actually agree.

ONE FEED FOR AFRICA & THE DIASPORA
• Breaking news, world news and trusted reporting from Pan-African and global sources
• Coverage from across the continent — Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and beyond
• Filter by the topics you follow — Politics, Business, Climate, Culture, Sport, Tech, Diaspora and more
• Every article is tagged STORY or OPINION, with its source shown — the line never blurs
• A personalized feed built around the topics and regions you choose

TRUST YOU CAN ACTUALLY 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 WITH TODAY
• 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 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 THE MODERN GRIOTS
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 IT, TRACK IT, COME BACK
• 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, billed through Google Play. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends — manage or cancel anytime in Google Play.

WHY "MARA AKỤKỌ"?
It's Igbo for "know the story." A griot is West Africa's storyteller, historian and keeper of memory — and this app gives that role modern tools. (You'll also find us as Mara Akuko.)

Know the story. And who's telling it.

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