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SMWX won Podcast of the Year at the 17 October Content Creator Awards in Sandton, according to the published winners release. Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh's current affairs show joins past winners Gcina Mhlophe and Podcast & Chill. Congratulations to Sizwe and the SMWX team from all of us at Airtime News.
SemaBOX's selected-sample valuation uses assumed ad rates, not actual creator payouts. Kenya's $3.20 per thousand views is labelled low-confidence, while the comparison rate is $19.75. Conflicting totals in the report remain unresolved. Treat it as a pricing exercise to interrogate, rather than a measure of the market.
TrustAfrica's Beyond Debt: Africa's Economic Reset explores debt, development and economic agency. Our story covers the first two September episodes: an English opening conversation and a French discussion featuring Senegalese researcher Dr Chérif Salif Sy. Episode 3 followed on 16 October.
Apple lists the annual Podcasters Program fee for 41 African countries. Most entries are US$19.99; South Africa is R349.99 and Nigeria is NGN8,900. These are annual programme fees, not creator earnings. Check your country's entry before budgeting for subscriptions.
Meridian17 and KAS Media Africa's ten-part series asks how journalism is made, financed and heard. France 24's Georja Calvin-Smith hosts conversations with people working across the sector. It is an example of an institution using a podcast to open up its research.
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