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Mara Akụkọ: Africa News Hub

LiveIkeniile Nexus Ltd1 app · 7.2K installsNews & MagazinesFree · contains adsIn-app purchases: $3.99 - $114.99 per itemcom.panafrocore.panafrocore

African & world news with trust signals, analysis, and daily briefings

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Total installs
7,213
exact · Play shows 5,000+
Installs / day
0
since last crawl
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
3 Jul 2026
3mo ago
Last update
30 Aug 2026
v1.7.1 · 1mo ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
7K7.8K8.5K9.3K10K11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
7K7.8K8.5K9.3K10K11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Installs per day · last 90 days

00.30.50.8112 Oct13 Oct13 Oct

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

Country data will be available soon.

We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

Not in any tracked top chart.

App manifest

Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.

Manifest analysis reads only the required APK ranges. Base APK downloads may need separate device splits to install.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • Collects data Personal info, Financial info and 5 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

8 in 2 groups
2 Sensitive1 Notable5 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
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 news apps ask you to trust them. Mara Akụkọ shows how stories are being reported. • A trust-tier badge on every article • Source Balance shows how African, global, and diaspora sources compare • Cross-source consensus shows how strongly reporting is supported across outlets • Trust Heatmaps (Premium) help you explore media bias region by region • See different perspectives instead of relying on a single source Mara Akụkọ is designed for readers looking for unbiased news — making different perspectives and areas of disagreement easier to see. START EVERY DAY WITH YOUR DAILY BRIEFING • Daily Briefing gives you a time-aware overview of the most important stories • See the Top Story, Perspectives, and what's trending across regions • Daily Insight (Premium) provides an AI-synthesized deep dive into one major story READ AFRICAN NEWS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Automatically translate the app and news stories 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 can publish original reporting directly inside Mara Akụkọ. • Follow creators and get their work first • Support the reporting you value — creators keep 80% of every tip • Transparent creator trust scores JOIN THE CONVERSATION • Comment on stories and see how readers across Africa and the diaspora react • Like, share, and save stories • Community guidelines help keep conversations constructive SAVE STORIES. TRACK WHAT MATTERS. • Save stories to your Library and read them offline • Smart Alerts (Premium) let you follow topics, regions, and creators and get notified when a story develops FREE & PREMIUM The core of Mara Akụkọ is free — including the news aggregator feed, African news and world news coverage, Daily Briefing, trust badges, creator content, and automatic translation. Premium unlocks Daily Insight, Trust Heatmaps, Source Balance, and Smart Alerts for deeper news analysis and media bias exploration. Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription with a free trial, billed through Google Play. Manage or cancel anytime through Google Play. WHY "MARA AKỤKỌ"? Mara Akụkọ means "know the story" in Igbo. 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. Whether you're looking for African news, black news, diaspora news, world news, or a news channel with more context, Mara Akụkọ helps you see the story from more than one angle. Know the story. And who's telling it.

What's new

Mara now shapes itself around you. A rebuilt welcome flow learns your connection to Africa, your topics, and your places, then 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.

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