Africa's future is young — by 2025, 25% of the global population will be African and mostly youth. The news and media must reflect and prioritise that future, not the stereotypical narratives that still dominate global coverage of the continent.
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Shifting Narratives.
Community-centred newsrooms packaging African stories for global youth audiences.
Our approach
How Narratives works.
Through Switch Africa, Minority Africa, and HashTime, MCI produces stories that lead culture — solutions journalism, long-form, and youth-led formats designed to be talked about, not just published.
When young African journalists tell African stories on the platforms young people actually live on, public narrative shifts — and with it, identity, power, and possibility.
Switch Africa is our flagship narrative-shift platform: a community-centred social newsroom and movement, packaging African stories on digital platforms by young journalists for fellow young people globally.
Programs Under S3
Everything we run under Shifting Narratives, filed in three folders. Open one to see what is inside.
Ongoing Projects
Projects
FeaturedSwitch Africa
Investing in Africa's network of young journalists and media creators, packaging African stories on digital platforms by young journalists for fellow young people globally.
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