Looking forward with Africa Podfest
Today we start a new chapter here. Not April 1 jokes, just great African podcasts.
Dear Reader,
Welcome! To our new subscribers from near and far: Let’s gooooooo!
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: Africa Podfest, is an African podcasting company led by two women, Josephine Karianjahi and Melissa Mbugua. In its third year running now, the Kenyan company is making great strides in the global podcasting community. Research forms the main backbone of the company, coupled with a focus on bringing underrepresented voices to the centre through podcasting, and sharing knowledge through gatherings across Africa and the African diaspora.
April 2022 Newsletter Highlights
Hot: 25 Fresh African Podcast Episodes To Catch in April 2022
Discovery Tour: Data Edition study.
Are you from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa? Fill Survey Here
Our new digs: Podcasting.Africa
Africa Podcast Day 2022 - Session Videos (Full Playlist via Africa Podfest Youtube) + Testimonial
Podcast Review: The Ugandan Babe Podcast (Uganda)
2000 Reasons to Give Thanks
Leader Highlights in April:
Melissa Mbugua Appointed As Member of Impact Jury for D&AD Awards for 2022, the world's most prestigious award for design and advertising. As a highly sought after creative problem-solver, D&AD is fortunate to have her expertise.
Josephine Karianjahi Will Co-Present at The International Journalism Festival (#ijf22) happening on 6-10 April, 2022 in Perugia, Italy in a dynamic session - Podcasting in the Global South together with panelists from the Middle East and Latin America. She will share insights from Africa Podfest research on African podcasting.
Hot: 25 Fresh African Podcast Episodes To Catch in April 2022
We have over 400+ African podcasts submitted by African podcast creators to our Database. In April, don’t walk, run and check out this selection of podcasts.
Read more about the multilingual African podcasts featured this month.
Discovery Tour: Data Edition (Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa)
April 2022 at Africa Podfest features the Discovery Tour: Data Edition. Together with Baraza Media Lab, we are expanding our collective knowledge of the African podcast and the Africa podcast listenership through the Discovery Tour: Data Edition focused on Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
Africa Podfest embarked on a tour of several African podcast hubs from September to January 2022. These stops included Kenya, Nigeria,and South Africa. As we spent time listening to select African podcasters in these countries we identified a missing piece of the African podcasting data puzzle - mapping of podcast listeners in all three countries. Together with Baraza Media Lab, with whom we released Is This Mic On? (2021) - we are continuing data exploration of African podcasting
Our Ask: Please complete this form and ask African podcasters and podcast listeners you know who are based in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to join us in building a more informed approach to podcasting across Africa by completing this brief survey.
Our Give: Africa Podfest has been conducting African podcasting research and sharing the findings publicly since 2019. You can look forward to seeing the results of this survey on our website: www.podcasting.africa/ soon.
New Thriving Space Alert: Podcasting.Africa
Africa Podfest research, podcaster database, podcast productions and gatherings are now at www.podcasting.africa. For specific information about our gatherings and events, we will still be here
Africa Podcast Day 2022
The much-awaited videos from Africa Podcast Day 2022 are finally ready (the playlist). You can catch a fresh one every Friday via our Youtube Channel (Africa Podfest). Look forward to the following episodes this month and catch podcast reviews of the podcasts featured here
April 1
The Discovery Tour and Journey To Africa Podcast Day 2022 (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia)
Sema Nasi Live Podcast : Podcasts Taking Africa By Storm (Africa Podfest, Kenya)
Julian Yeates - Podcast Launch: Mindful (S. Africa)
April 8
Simmi Areff - Lesser Known Somebodies Podcast Recording (S. Africa)
April 15
How to Podcast : Exploring connections between podcasters in Africa and the diaspora (Afripods and African Diaspora Podcasters)
April 22
Akua Name Mensah - How to Podcast : Launching a Podcast is Scary (Ghana)
April 29
How To Podcast: Creating a Trans-Feminist Speculative Fiction Podcast in the East African Context (The Great Tit Is A Bird, international)
Did you miss Africa Podcast Day 2022 ? One attendee had this to say
Before we move any further, in case you missed Africa Podcast Day 2022 you can still catch the highlights in this documentary of the day (dir: Bryan Adagala). It combines over 20 hours of footage, BTS and interviews made by an all-African team.
New Podcast Reviews from the African Podcast Database by Africa Podfest
We have 400+ podcasts which call the African Podcast Database home. Africa Podfest believes that all voices on African podcasts should be easy to find and searchable by topic and country. Now: you can find podcast reviews of a select African podcast here from the Africa Podfest team.
This month we travel to Uganda and feature the Ugandan Babe podcast. Our reviewer, Emomeri Maryanne had this to say about this podcast.
In the Ugandan Babe podcast episodes, Kentaro brings out her bubbly side and in some, she’s the no-nonsense kind. Her daring and outspoken persona will make you want to listen more. (read the full podcast review here)
2000 Reasons To Give Thanks!
Our time together on Instagram and Twitter just got a little sweeter! Thank you for following @AfricaPodfest and getting us to 2,000+ very engaged followers.
