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MONEY SemaBOX's podcast report puts ad prices under scrutiny 19 OCT CREATORS SMWX wins Podcast of the Year at Content Creator Awards 19 OCT MONEY TrustAfrica's Beyond Debt podcast releases two episodes 15 OCT LEARN Media in Africa podcast examines how African news is made 14 OCT EXPLAINER Apple Podcasters Program fees: what Apple lists for Africa 13 OCT INDUSTRY Alliad launches Empowering Africa business podcast 11 OCT CREATORS Edgar Eriakha plans bedtime podcast Why Am I Still Awake? 11 OCT CREATORS Khosi Ngema launches Speak and Heal podcast on YouTube 10 OCT CREATORS Faith grant supports Nigerian youth podcast SAY IT HERE 10 OCT CREATORS PodFest Naija 2026 names its Next Big Podcaster winner 8 OCT PLATFORMS Podnews reports a shift in Apple Podcasts discovery 5 OCT EXPLAINER How to find an episode with Apple Podcasts Search in Show 5 OCT CREATORS Good Things Guy reports 7m podcast streams 3 OCT DATA Nigerian Podcast Index lists 604 shows, 44% active 2 OCT MONEY Spotify Partner Program to add 37 markets, none in Africa 2 OCT PLATFORMS Apple plans video for Podcasts Subscriptions 24 SEP LEARN Study finds gaps in English-Yoruba speech recognition 22 SEP CREATORS ISWIS marks nine years with record international touring 20 SEP CREATORS South African sisters launch You Nuevo Know podcast 13 SEP AFRICA Renewed Hope Podcast commissioned in Abuja 13 SEP CREATORS Kenya's celebrities move interviews to podcasts 12 SEP REGULATION South Africa weighs podcast regulation policy 12 SEP MONEY Substack says podcasting creators earn $200m a year 12 SEP REGULATION SAfm breached code by leaving guest's claims unchallenged 10 SEP MONEY Haelsoft launches African creator commerce platform 10 SEP AFRICA Ghana's Tourism Destination Africa podcast launches 9 SEP MONEY African podcast infrastructure remains payment bottleneck 8 SEP AFRICA Kenya governor launches civic engagement podcast 8 SEP MONEY Nigeria: $181 to $290 to record and edit a video episode 8 SEP CREATORS Africa's podcast market: the sleeping giant wakes 7 SEP MONEY Google becomes tax collector for Kenya's YouTube creators 4 SEP MONEY Africa's creator economy hits $3.4B amid payment gaps 3 SEP CREATORS Audacy shuts Creator Lab podcast platform 1 SEP AFRICA SoFyne launches Africa's first premium podcast studios 1 SEP MONEY African creators locked out of streaming revenue 31 AUG CREATORS Atlas 777 launches explanatory business podcast 31 AUG CREATORS African content goes global. Revenue stays on platforms. 28 AUG CREATORS Acast opens Apple Podcasts video to all creators 27 AUG CREATORS YouTube removes podcasts via automation, no human appeal 27 AUG CREATORS YouTube inflates view counts, hides engagement data 27 AUG MONETISATION Why streaming platforms now compete for creators 26 AUG REGULATION Nigeria's 5% tax on creator platform payouts 24 AUG PLATFORMS Acast pays $20m for Backyard Ventures 17 AUG CREATORS Chief Ochuko launches "The Hangout" podcast 17 AUG TOOLS Elba and Google give 100,000 African creators free AI tools 14 AUG PLATFORMS East African artists drive streams cross-border 14 AUG PLATFORMS Spotify tests ad-skip for podcast sponsors 13 AUG PLATFORMS YouTube doubles Partner Program requirements 13 AUG PLATFORMS RSS.com opens Apple Podcasts video earnings to everyone 12 AUG COMMUNITY Africa and Everywhere festival places 37 interns 10 AUG INDUSTRY Engagement beats size in African podcast monetization 10 AUG FUNDING GAAGA World launches equity model for African creators 5 AUG GEOGRAPHY Uganda's podcast ecosystem reaches 120 active creators 5 AUG CREATOR ECONOMY Ecobank launches Scaling Up to mentor African entrepreneurs 4 AUG CREATOR ECONOMY Ezinne Akudo builds Beyond podcast into premium media brand 4 AUG INDUSTRY PodFest Naija returns to Lagos with industry infrastructure 3 AUG PLATFORMS Spotify builds creator loyalty through culture, not payouts 3 AUG 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