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Everything we have published on African podcasting, newest first. Every figure in these pieces is traced to a primary source we fetched ourselves.
2026
DATA
The African podcast numbers nobody checks
26 JUL
CREATORS
We list 17 Nigerian podcasts. The census found 329.
26 JUL
CREATORS
Africa's biggest podcast network has a home bias too
25 JUL
MONEY
African podcast ads get targeting without tracking
25 JUL
DATA
Our African podcast map is 88% one country
24 JUL
DATA
One in four Nigerian podcasts has gone quiet
24 JUL
CREATORS
Africa's diaspora podcast star speaks Korean
23 JUL
DATA
Nine in ten Nigerian podcasts are in English
23 JUL
PLATFORMS
The Kenyan platform that pays African podcasters
22 JUL
DATA
Nigeria's second-biggest podcast genre is church
22 JUL
ANALYSIS
Africa's top podcast prize went to a business show
21 JUL
MONEY
Spotify made podcast payouts easier. Not in Africa.
21 JUL
MONEY
South Africa's biggest business podcast claims 16m views
20 JUL
DATA
What 489 shows taught us about African podcasting
20 JUL
INDUSTRY
Nigeria counted its podcasts. Now it builds the business.
20 JUL
MONEY
Ghana builds the studio before the star
19 JUL
PLATFORMS
Nigeria gets a podcast census: 329 shows, one weak point
19 JUL
PLATFORMS
Kenya's podcasts now beat the global giants on Spotify
13 JUL
CREATORS
Half a billion views and an arena date: MacG's New Era
13 JUL
CREATORS
So This Is Love went quiet in April. It still charts.
13 JUL
EVENTS
Spotify brings Greasy Tunes to Nairobi. Kenya was ready.
13 JUL