"It's all unseen and unknown as to how big this is" - Inside the business of podcasting

With guests
Molly Jensen

Episode notes

Molly Jensen is the CEO of Afripods, a Kenya-based podcasting platform that focuses on the African market and has more than 3,000 podcasts on its platform. She's the expert on podcasting in Africa and why media is key to the continent's development.

Transcript

1:46 All about Afripods

2:55 Challenges of podcasting across the continent

5:38 Podcasts VS radio

7:54 Switch to video

9:52 True crime favourites

14:04 Most popular genres by country

16:46 From NYC to Accra and Nairobi

19:51 East African tech scene

25:59 Don’t forget the diaspora

đź’¬ QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

“Curated, intentional audio content that people choose to listen to and develop a relationship with the host has really exponentially kind of exploded over th...

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