African Stream, a newly created social media platform based in Nairobi, Kenya, bills itself as a tool that seeks to challenge negative stereotypes and give Africans a voice through cutting-edge Africa-focused content.
This is the first platform of its kind with teams across the continent producing content that seeks to tag the continent more accurately. The platform aims to tackle difficult problems head-on, exploring the challenges and issues in Africa, as well as potential long-term solutions.
Some of the conversations African Stream hopes to handle include the exploitation of African wealth, how grants and other forms of aid are being weaponized, among other difficult discussions. The platform, for example, hopes to provide answers as to why Western chocolate makers make massive profits from African cocoa while the Africans who do the hard work live in misery.
“I want to build a platform that represents all of that with an emphasis on Africa on the rise,” said Ahmed Kaballo, founder and CEO of African Stream. “I have been in media my entire career and am excited to create an African news platform to define our story in our voice.
The platform will produce high-impact stories on culture, politics, business, sports, music, entertainment, innovation, technology and infrastructure.
“Those who come to African Stream to be entertained are inevitably also learning, and those who come for the latest news are also entertained. That’s what we mean when we say a one-stop-shop for everything related to Africa. We reach people we might not have reached, through the diversity and variety of our content,” explained Mr. Kaballo.
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