Afripods has gotten an upgrade! 💛 And as our favourite, favourite community members, of course y’all get the first tour! A lot of thought has gone into this upgrade. We’ve improved the entire experience so you can spend more time taking your podcast to greater heights. 🚀

Podcasting in 2026 isn’t one-size-fits-all! The podcasters making an impact are finding different ways to stand out: → Build a community → Own a niche → Sound like home → Say what others won’t → Keep showing up Which one are you? 👀 Swipe through and tell us in the replies. 👇

Happy International Podcast Day! 💛🌍 Today, we’re celebrating even more African podcasters both on the continent and across the diaspora who are using their voices to tell stories, shape conversations and put African perspectives on the map. There’s so much being created, and we’re excited to keep discovering the people behind the microphones. Tag a podcaster you love and wish them a Happy International Podcast Day in the comments! 🎙️👇

International Podcast Day is always a good reminder of just how many voices are shaping the way we tell stories, share ideas and sharing conversations. 🎙️🌍 Today, we’re celebrating podcasters both on the continent and across the diaspora who are creating conversations, telling stories and putting African perspectives in front of new audiences. Here’s to the voices worth listening to and the people behind them who keep creating! We've taken the lead, now it's your turn! Tag the podcasters on your playlists and celebrate the phenomenal work they are doing! 👇

“Just start” is good advice but what happens after you start? If you want your work to matter, is it enough to simply create or should we be asking ourselves what we’re bringing to the conversation that hasn’t been said before? So what does originality actually look like in podcasting? 🤔

Starting a podcast alone is hard, but starting one with the right person changes everything. 🎙️ Swipe through to see the group podcasts changing the game for African podcasting right now. Did we miss any? Drop them in the comments. 👇 These podcasts are available to stream on afripods.africa

Thank you @LeadingLadiesAF for this beautiful spotlight! 💛 It is truly humbling to stand alongside so many phenomenal women pushing boundaries. Our mission at AFRIPODS has always been clear: build the systems that help African stories travel on our own terms and the right way. The raw talent and relentless grit on this continent deserve a global stage and we are consistently building to amplify African creators, and we have a new platform cooking to take things to the next level. Let's put African audio on the map, visit afripods.africa to host your work with us! 🎙️💛