30 Best Africa News Podcasts
Africa News Podcasts
Here are 30 Best Africa News Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
1. Focus on Africa
London, England, UK
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspec...tive on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.more
bbc.co.uk/programm..
6M 2.3M 5.3M 1 episode / day Avg Length 31 min
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2. BizNews Radio
Welcome to BizNews Radio where we interview top thought leaders and business people from South Africa and across the globe.
biznews.com
24.7K 16.6K 6 episodes / week Avg Length 24 min
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3. Africa News Tonight - Voice of America
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine featuring VOA correspondent reports, and interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs, an...d human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.more
voaafrica.com/afri..
23K 370.2K 16.7K 4 episodes / week Avg Length 12 min
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4. Nightline Africa - Voice of America
Nightline Africa is a 60-minute news magazine program highlighting the latest issues and developments on the continent. Correspondents from Washington... and across Africa offer in-depth interviews, analysis, and features on African arts and culture, sports, and musicmore
voaafrica.com/nigh..
21.8K 370.2K 16.7K 2 episodes / week Avg Length 53 min
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5. Good Things with Brent Lindeque
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
A weekly good news show dedicated to telling good news stories from South Africa to the world. We always believe there is a bit of good and we're ...here to tell you all about it.more
podcasts.apple.com..
154.2K 58.9K 21.2K 1 episode / week Avg Length 20 min
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6. Polity.org.za | Podcasts
Polity.org.za posts daily news reports covering the major issues of the day on our website, as well as weekly video interviews with some of South Afri...ca's most respected thinkers in the political and economic environment.more
polity.org.za/page..
2.4K 8.6K 2.6K 1 episode / day
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7. Africa Science Focus
Wallingford, England, UK
Africa Science Focus offers weekly insight into the impact that science is having on health, technology and agriculture in Africa. Produced by SciDev....Net, the world's leading source of news, views and analysis about science and technology for global development.more
buzzsprout.com/125..
70.2K 27.2K 692 1 episode / week Avg Length 31 min
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8. The John Perlman Show
The day's news stories are delivered by one of South Africa's most respected news presenters from 3 pm to 6 pm on weekdays.
omny.fm/shows/afte..
305.3K 4 episodes / day Avg Length 9 min
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9. Africa Business News
Daily news insights and analysis of the Africa Business Landscape, covering from emerging startups to macroeconomics from across the 55 Africa Union m...ember states com.more
spreaker.com/show/..
17 episodes / week Avg Length 2 min
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10. The Taxpayer Podcast
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Editors of The Taxpayer Peter Dachs and Trevor Emslie have recently teamed up to produce podcasts on the subject of South African tax law, both for th...eir own and the listeners' enjoyment and edification. They aim to release relaxed and easy-to-follow podcasts regularly. Peter and Trevor hope that their discussions will be lighthearted and informative, and communicate an infectious enthusiasm for the subject.more
podcasters.spotify..
134 3.5K 1 episode / month Avg Length 33 min
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11. The COSAFA Show
With football news, views and analysis from around Southern Africa, The COSAFA Show offers a unique window into what is happening on and off the pitch... in the region.more
rss.com/podcasts/t..
101.8K 25.1K 18K 1 episode / month Avg Length 25 min
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12. Africa Today
Berkeley, California, US
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
kpfa.org/program/a..
19.1K 4K 1 episode / week Avg Length 57 min
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13. Angler News South Africa Podcast
Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ANSA is South Africa's fishing podcast series that focuses on the latest fishing reports, whether they hot or not! We deliver true and accurate co...ntent from the country's most prominent anglers on a weekly basis on various facets of angling.more
ansapodcast.buzzsp..
4.8K 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min
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14. The Weekly Wrap
This Pod is all about entertainment, catchy news and everything trendy in the Pearl of Africa.We also talk about environmental conservation and are pa...ssionate about the rights of women and girls.more
podcasters.spotify..
1 episode / week Avg Length 11 min
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15. Ufahamu Africa
Ufahamu Africa is a podcast about life and politics on the African continent, co-hosted by Kim Yi Dionne, and Rachel Beatty Riedl. Each Saturday, a ne...w episode highlights what is happening in the news, followed by an interview with a diverse thinker or innovator who is deeply ingrained in the life, culture, and politics of the continent.more
ufahamuafrica.com
56 2.6K 410 1 episode / week Avg Length 40 min
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16. Railways Africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Railways Africa Magazine discusses the activities of African railway operators and the supporting railway industry. Railways Africa has been providing... railway news and rail-related business intelligence - focused specifically on the African continent since the early '50s. Our platforms consist of - Railways Africa Coffee with the Editor, the immersive experience, and our weekly and monthly publication.more
podcasts.bcast.fm/..
3.6K 5.2K 933 3 episodes / month Avg Length 18 min Jul 2020
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17. Podcasts from the Edge
South Africa
Peter Bruce, veteran South African newspaper editor and commentator, interviews the country's social and political leaders and experts in a weekly... effort to explain what is actually going on in this complicated country. Bruce's interviews are about making events easy to understand for people with little time to listen.more
iono.fm/c/5913
2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 25 min
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18. The Weekly Beat by Mansa
Welcome to The Weekly Beat by Mansa with your hosts Arnold Segawa, Maggie Mutesi, and Dumi Jere. Every Monday morning, we will be bringing you all the... info on Africa's big finance and economic stories.more
mansamedia.africa/..
832 1 episode / week Avg Length 17 min
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19. Africa Straight Talk
California, US
Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong'o, two award-winning African journalists and radio personalities, offer their unique, bold and unapologetic perspectives... on African life, news, and culture. They go beyond the simplistic and lazy explanations of colonialism, slavery, and 'brain drain' to argue that unless we Africans become brave enough to point fingers at ourselves, we'll always be at mercy of foreigners. This podcast discusses some of the ways we can start talking straight about the flaws that make us an attractive target for those looking for a continent to loot.more
africastraighttalk..
574 43 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 47 min
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20. The Crane: An Africa-China Podcast
A bi-monthly podcast giving you a fresh look at the news, events, and debates around China-Africa relations from the perspective of two young(ish) Afr...icans.more
thecrane.podbean.com
21K 7.3K 5 episodes / year Avg Length 35 min
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21. South African Crime News Podcast
A South African focused crime news podcast that will keep you informed on the latest crime trends in the country. Daily crime news are sourced from a ...variety of credible sources including the South African Police Service.more
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22. Tide News Network Podcast
This is about analyzing and presenting news about events and activities on the African continent. Expect to hear real news from a cross-section of the... people including those underrepresented within their various societies.more
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23. Techbytes: Let's go round the world of Tech
Welcome to Techbytes with Technext. Here we bring to you a brief round-up of everything exciting about the tech space across Africa. From startup anno...uncements to new inventions and the latest gbas gbos on the social space. We'll be sharing industry important highlights and exploring the news within the news. We'll also be bringing experts to share opinions about major news for the week.more
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12 episodes / year Avg Length 40 min
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24. Africa Online News
Afrocentric News and Information Service.
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25. Wake UP AFRICA (with Dr. Mumbi Seraki)
Our Bondage has come from being cloned into a foreign narrative that was designed to degrade us, disenfranchise us, and Lower us from our majestic Roy...al Priesthood to a barbaric collective of tribes. They bait and switched our narrative to be their narrative and whitewashed our Kings & Queens, Priests & Prophets all in an attempt to colonize and control our narrative. On this podcast, we shed light on the methods used to steal our narrative and the key steps we need to take as a people to get it back.more
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26. Africa Business Focus
Bruce Whitfield offers a wrap-up of the day's business news as well as insight into trends and expert advice on all things money-related.
702.co.za/podcasts..
19 episodes / year Avg Length 10 min
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Africa News Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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Primedia Broadcasting | omny.fm | 615 | |
Africa Business Radio | spreaker.com | 355 | |
BizNews | biznews.com | 345 | |
VOA Africa | voaafrica.com | 139 | |
BBC World Service | bbc.co.uk | 120 | |
SciDev.Net | buzzsprout.com | 67 | |
VOA | voaafrica.com | 32 | |
KPFA | kpfa.org | 24 | |
Vinesh Soogreem | ansapodcast.buzzsprout.com | 24 | |
Abiodun Abidoye | podcasters.spotify.com | 16 | |
The Taxpayer | podcasters.spotify.com | 15 | |
Peter Bruce | iono.fm | 14 | |
Railways Africa | podcasts.bcast.fm | 11 | |
Technext | rss.com | 10 | |
Mark Gleeson and Nick Said | rss.com | 8 | |
Brent Lindeque | podcasts.apple.com | 8 | |
TideNews | podcasters.spotify.com | 7 | |
Forever Media Africa | podcasters.spotify.com | 5 | |
Khaboshi | africastraighttalk.com | 5 | |
702 | 702.co.za | 4 | |
Mohamed Elshinnawi | voaafrica.com | 4 | |
Dongsheng Collective | thecrane.podbean.com | 3 | |
Carol Van Dam Falk | voaafrica.com | 3 | |
Darren Taylor | voaafrica.com | 2 | |
Kim Yi Dionne and Rachel Beatty Riedl | ufahamuafrica.com | 2 |