Mara Akụkọ: Africa News Hub
Stories From Africa & Diaspora
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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.
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. 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.
Mara now shapes itself around you. A rebuilt welcome flow learns your connection to Africa, your topics, and your places. The whole app responds: your Daily Briefing opens with "Your stories", Discover recommends what's relevant to you, and every article ends with more worth reading, on the same story, or from the places you follow. Plus: a new "Your interests" editor in Settings, cleaner headlines, and fixes for readers using French and other languages.
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
- 92.7 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 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