Nigeria's new media seeks to cover Africa's ignored stories

'We are looking at a continent that for the most part of modern history has always had its stories being told by people who are not from the continent,' says Wale Lawal, editor-in-chief of the online media and print magazine 'The Republic' in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo: AFP

Nigeria, a nation of conflicts, corruption and poverty?

That narrative is what a new breed of local media created by young Nigerians hopes to counter by getting away from the stereotypes they say are too often perpetuated by the foreign press.