A new name. The same mission - evolving African storytelling for the digital age.
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Afritales began as a simple idea: to give African stories a home. A place where storytellers across Africa could share their worlds without needing permission from publishing gatekeepers.
The name Afritales celebrated our origins — but it boxed us in. We aren't just telling tales anymore.
Afripad represents evolution.
It's shorter, sharper, and more universal — the "pad" that every writer carries, now digital, now African.
Afripad is where African creativity meets the future of storytelling.
A creative ecosystem where writers, poets, dreamers, and readers can connect, create, and thrive — bringing the rhythm, emotion, and soul of African storytelling into the world's digital bloodstream.
Stories from Africa. For the world.
Everyone has a story. Our continent holds limitless untold stories.
Technology should amplify culture, not erase it.
Africa is not a niche. It's a narrative force.
To become the world's largest home for African stories — a creative ecosystem where culture, technology, and opportunity meet.
A place where the next Chimamanda, Ngũgĩ, or Warsan Shire doesn't wait for permission, but publishes directly to millions.
To empower African storytellers with tools, data, and audience reach — to tell authentic stories, earn from their art, and build global literary legacies.
To make discovering African creativity as easy as scrolling, as engaging as chatting, and as rewarding as building a fanbase.
We will never dilute the essence of African storytelling.
We'll scale it — in English, Pidgin, Hausa, Swahili, French, Zulu, Yoruba, and beyond.
Every word published on Afripad will carry the voice of a continent rising.
We're building the infrastructure for Africa's creative economy: writers, readers, data, and stories, all connected in one digital ecosystem.
Tomorrow's global hit stories will come from here. And when the world looks to discover them, Afripad will be their map.
Join us at our new home and continue the journey of African storytelling.
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