The African Leadership Magazine focuses on bringing the best of Africa to a global audience, telling the African story from and African perspective; while evolving solutions to peculiar challenges being faced by the continent today. They welcome unsolicited news stories, articles, and blog posts. Submissions for one of their blog sections should range between 400 and 800 words, while feature articles generally start at around 1000 words. Payments must be agreed upon by the editor in advance. To learn more, refer to this page.

TechCabal is Africa’s leading technology publication, dedicated to covering Africa’s vibrant technology industry, particularly its players, its human, and economic impact. They are looking for writers who can produce fact-checked, deeply reported, engaging and nuanced narratives on innovative startups, the business of tech, policymaking, and human interest stories. They are open to writers who reside in any part of the continent but particularly those based in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cairo, Dakar, and Tunis. According to their pitch guide, they pay $175 for features that are between 1,000-1,200 words. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) is a non-profit that works to center advocates and experts from and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the policy discourse to foster transparent, accountable, and just societies. They are always on the lookout for external contributors to submit pitches for potential analysis, explainers, stories, and first-person essays. They welcome pitches in English or Arabic. Topics include migration and displacement, social movements, and development and economy. An ideal article should be 1,000-1,500 words long. External contributors are compensated, but pay rates are not mentioned. To learn more, refer to this page.

The Liberalist is “a pro-freedom magazine promoting individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.” They aim to enlighten Africans about their rights. They seek thought-provoking articles and op-eds that engage with themes central to their values, such as economic freedom, political freedom, and human rights. According to this post, they pay $100 per essay. To pitch them, refer to this page.

New Lines is an American magazine that features best writing from around the globe. They publish “essays and reportage on a wide range of subjects that focus broadly on the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.” They also cover “politics, culture and controversies in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Russia and Central Asia, and conduct deep-dive investigative journalism based on open-source intelligence and leaked data.” As per an old tweet from their North Africa editor, they pay $800 for essays. To learn more, refer to this page.

Meeting of Minds UK is “the leading exporter of African narratives.” They celebrate and champion Black female and non-binary voices. They accept pitches for fresh and original articles (800 to 1,000 words). According to their editorial guidelines, they pay £10 per 100 words for commissioned and published articles. For original reporting/investigative journalism, they pay a base rate of £150. If the commissioned work is not published, they pay a kill fee of £15. To learn more, refer to their full pitch guide.

African Arguments is a pan-African platform that analyzes issues facing the continent, investigates the stories that matter, and amplifies a diversity of voices. They cover politics, economy, society, culture, the environment, gender, and more. As per an old tweet, they paid $200 for 1,000-2,000 words. As per their website, payment rate is determined by “the kind of article and time/resources it will take to complete.’ To learn more, refer to their writing guidelines.

GenderIT.org is “a groundbreaking resource site that provides feminist reviews and commentary on internet policy and culture.” According to an old tweet, they pay $0.12 per word for pieces of 1,000 to 1,500 words. They accept contributions from everywhere but especially from writers in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To learn more, refer to this page.

OkayAfrica is a media company that connects a global audience to Africa. They cover culture, music, dance, style, visual art, politics, and health. They have previously indicated the general formats they would like for stories to be interviews, service journalism, opinion pieces/personal essays, short features, longer features, and video/photo/socials. According to an old tweet from their director of editorial operations, in the past, they have paid $150 to $200 for straightforward pieces. As per a payment report from 2023, they paid $0.25 per word for a 1000-word news story. Their pitch guide has been removed, but you can contact them here.

Minority Africa is a digital publication that reports on African minorities using data, immersive, and mobile journalism. They are seeking writers, journalists, and filmmakers for solutions stories focused on African minorities. According to their guidelines, they pay $100 to $200 for standard multimedia features. They also reimburse transportation costs of up to $50. To pitch, visit this page.

Africa Science News Service is a website that covers science and technology with an African eye. According to an old payment report, they paid $1.00 per word. To contact them, refer to this page.

New African is an English-language pan-African magazine. They provide “unparalleled insights and analysis on African politics and economics, via an African perspective.” According to an old payment report, they have paid $0.15 per word. They have previously indicated to pay $0.18 per word. To contact the editors, refer to this page.

Middle East Eye (MEE) is an online news organization that covers the Middle East and North Africa region. They have a large and growing network of freelance contributors. An old payment report suggests that they paid $0.29 per word. To pitch them, refer to this page.