International Journalist Ismail Akwei on Amplifying Voices in the Global South the World Ignores

In this episode, we welcome international journalist, digital media specialist, and media literacy advocate Ismail Akwei. He is currently an editor at Global South World. Before this, he worked with Africanews and the AfricaWeb group, where he played a pivotal role in establishing their digital platforms.Akwei is passionate about storytelling, challenging media bias, and owning the truth. Hence Global South World—an outlet committed to amplifying voices the world often chooses not to hear.He also runs the Media Literacy Development Foundation; a nonprofit he founded to introduce and equip high school students and young people in underserved communities with ethical storytelling and media literacy skills.We decided to create a Global South Voices, and we reached out to a lot of these content creators who are now creating a lot of stories, who have their own audiences in their countries. We brought them together into a network. And what we do is we get them to bring the stories that are untold in their regions, in their countries, onto our bigger platform. So, the stories would really reach those in the Global North. Top StoryThe biggest story out of Africa this month may perhaps be the most controversial in the continent’s football history. The Confederation of African Football, CAF’s Appeals Board has stripped Senegal, the reigning AFCON champions of their title and awarded it to Morocco.The decision follows an appeal by the Moroccan Football Federation which argued that Senegal forfeited the match when they walked off the pitch in that heated and chaotic final in January.In Morocco, fans jubilated on the streets with fireworks on the day of the announcement. But for the rest of Africa and Senegalese fans, the reaction has been that of shock and anger. CAF president Patrice Motsepe says the Appeals Board follows ‘‘high standards’’.However, Senegal will appeal the ruling at the Court of Sport Arbitration, CAS, the international body that that resolves sports disputes.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit narkworkwabla.substack.com