Africa is the youngest, fastest-moving continent on earth, and the most under-covered. Strata exists to report it with the depth, design and seriousness the stories deserve.
Coverage of African culture has been export-market coverage for decades — filtered through diaspora experiences, foreign correspondent postings, or algorithmically assembled aggregation. Strata is built on a different model.
Our editors are based in Lagos, Nairobi, Joburg, Accra and Cairo — and more. The stories are sourced, reported and edited from within the cities and cultures they cover. Data drives every vertical. Original IP — Shows, Docs, long-form editorials — is produced first-party.
We designed the product from a mobile screen because that is how the continent reads. We publish less and edit longer because the shelf life is the point.
Strata editors scan publications across Africa, pick the stories that matter, and write a tight summary with the context behind them. Every pick links straight back to the publisher — read the brief here, read it in full at the source.
SUMMARY → SOURCEOur long-form ed-op pieces are synthesised from multiple reports and primary sources. Every Original carries an evidence trail — the sources that informed the argument, shown in the open. Opinion with receipts.
SOURCES → ARGUMENTEditors live in the cities they cover. Bylines name places, not just people.
Every vertical surfaces numbers-led stories weekly. KPI blocks, charts, sourced briefs — not infographics.
Shows and Docs are first-party. Strata Originals are synthesised long reads. We build content, not aggregation.
Designed from the phone up — feed architecture, type scale, data layout. Built for how African readers consume media.
We publish less. We edit longer. The shelf life is the point. A Strata Original ages better than three trending takes.
We commission original reporting, data journalism, long reads and documentary pitches. Especially from voices on the ground.
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Africa is the youngest, fastest-moving continent on earth, and the most under-covered. Strata covers it with depth and seriousness.
Our editors are based in Lagos, Nairobi, Joburg and Accra. Stories are sourced and edited from within the cities they cover.
We publish less, edit longer. Data drives every vertical. Original IP — Shows, Docs, long reads — is first-party.
Strata editors scan publications across Africa, pick the stories that matter, and write a tight summary with the context behind them. Every pick links straight back to the publisher — read the brief here, read it in full at the source.
SUMMARY → SOURCEOur long-form ed-op pieces are synthesised from multiple reports and primary sources. Every Original carries an evidence trail — the sources that informed the argument, shown in the open. Opinion with receipts.
SOURCES → ARGUMENTEditors live in the cities they cover. Bylines name places, not just people.
Every vertical surfaces numbers-led stories weekly. KPI blocks, charts, sourced briefs — not infographics.
Shows and Docs are first-party. Strata Originals are synthesised long reads. We build content, not aggregation.
Designed from the phone up — feed architecture, type scale, data layout. Built for how African readers consume media.
We publish less. We edit longer. The shelf life is the point. A Strata Original ages better than three trending takes.
Original reporting, data journalism, long reads, documentary pitches.
PITCHES@STRATA.AFRICA ↗