Write For Us: Submit A Guest Post

We’re always looking for new guest authors and we welcome individual writers to contribute high-quality guest posts to AfricaBrief.

Guidelines to follow if you want to write for us:

*Content Idea: Please pitch your content ideas to us before you write the actual article.

*Original Article: We only publish original articles. (not previously published anywhere else, including your own site)

*Content Quality: Content should be of high quality with no spelling or grammatical errors.

*Topics We Cover: We accept content in various categories, with a bias towards news, investigative and solution journalism articles

Recommended Article Length: 200 – 1500 words.

*Formatting: Provide a clear takeaway or learning for readers. Use headings, subheadings and numbered lists/bullets to structure your writing.

*Linking out: Include facts, research, sources or personal anecdotes to substantiate your insights, information and arguments with external links (no less than 3).

*Internal Linking: Link to AfricaBrief published articles where appropriate.

*Unique Angle: Your post should be original and distinct from articles already posted on AfricaBrief.

*Images/Videos: We encourage authors to include images/videos as part of the submission. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to use images/videos and/or any other material from outside sources. If you include images or videos within the article, they must be high quality and come with source citations, only use images/videos for which you have permission or which are in the public domain (and be sure to credit your source).

*Short Paragraphs: Use short paragraphs, no more than 3-4 sentences per paragraph.

*Article Edits: We reserve the right to edit content you submit but this will primarily be done to correct errors or make the content more readable.

*What We Don’t Want: Please don’t send us press releases or sales pitches; Fake product reviews, advertorials, etc type of content is not allowed.

*Author Bio and Photo: All final drafts should be accompanied by an author bio and photo(150*150 px). Those interested can create a profile on our website.

*Terms Of Use:

• By submitting an article, you agree to us using it on our website (with any amends we deem suitable) and you will not claim for payment or copyright infringement now or in the future.

• When the article is published on our website, it is then owned by us and you are not permitted to re-publish the article without our prior written approval.

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*How To Submit: Please WhatsApp +265991500730 for any inquiries or guest post submission. We only publish high-quality articles we like and we’ve rejected a lot of low-quality content submissions.

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