Mara Akụkọ: Pan-African News
Balanced sources you can trust
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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.
Smarter alerts, better privacy, sharper details.
• Smart Alerts now fire reliably for the regions and topics you follow.
• Guest Mode: you're now asked before any usage analytics are collected, and you can reset or erase your analytics identifier anytime in Settings.
• More stories now show summaries in your feed.
• Improved push notification delivery, especially on iOS.
• Refreshed premium screens with corrected artwork.
• Updated Privacy Policy, plus stability and crash-reporting fixes.
The developer, Ikeniile Nexus Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Ikeniile Nexus Ltd
- Size
- 92.1 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Advertising
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Mara Akuko Localization $2.99
- Mara Akuko Localization Int $89.99
- Mara Akuko Localization Int $8.99
- Mara Akuko Localization $24.99
- Premium Pack $22.99
- Standard Pack $8.99
- Starter Pack $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ikeniile Nexus