Get the Chronicle app
Free. African news, six daily games and prizes, right on your home screen. Works on iPhone, Android and Huawei.
You already have the app
You are using the Chronicle app right now.
Open the appAndroid phones
Your phone's own browser builds the app in an older way, and newer Android phones block it with an "Unsafe app blocked" message. Chrome installs the same app the right way.
Open in Chrome to install Then tap "Install the app" on this page in Chrome.Installed. Find The African Chronicle on your home screen.
Or add it in a few taps:
- 1Open this page in ChromeChrome is already on almost every Android phone. Please use it rather than Samsung Internet, which newer phones block.
- 2Tap the menu ⋮The three dots at the top right.
- 3Tap "Install app" or "Add to Home screen"Then tap "Install". The Chronicle icon appears on your home screen.
Install on iPhone in 3 taps
Apple does not allow a download button for web apps, so iPhones install them from Safari's menu. It takes about 10 seconds and the app works just like one from the App Store.
You are inside another app's browser (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or WhatsApp). First tap the menu (•••) and choose "Open in Safari" or "Open in browser". Then follow the steps below.
In Chrome on iPhone: tap the Share icon at the top right, then "Add to Home Screen". Safari works best.
- 1Tap ••• at the bottom rightThe three dots next to the address bar, like the picture above.
- 2Tap Share It is near the top of the menu that opens.
- 3Tap "Add to Home Screen" Scroll down the list, or tap "View More" if you do not see it. Leave "Open as Web App" switched on, then tap Add.
- 1Tap the Share button The square with an arrow, in the bar at the bottom of Safari.
- 2Tap "Add to Home Screen" Scroll down the list of options to find it.
- 3Tap "Add"The Chronicle icon appears on your home screen. Open it like any app.
Huawei and other phones
No app store needed. The app installs straight from your browser.
- 1Open this page in your browserHuawei Browser, Chrome, Opera or Edge all work.
- 2Open the browser menuIn Huawei Browser it is the menu at the bottom right.
- 3Tap "Add to home screen" or "Install"The Chronicle icon appears on your home screen.
Scan to get it on your phone
Point your phone camera at the code and tap the link that appears.