Mara Akụkọ: Pan-African News
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Description
Mara Akụkọ is the Pan-African news aggregator 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 aggregator 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. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends.
Privacy Policy: https://maraakuko.app/legal/privacy-policy/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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.