80 Best Africa Podcasts

1. Focus on Africa

Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Audrey Brown
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6MTwitter Followers 1.9MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Africa Daily

One question to wake up to every weekday morning. One story from Africa, for Africa. Alan Kasujja takes a deep dive into the news shaping the continent. Ready by early morning, five days a week, Monday to Friday.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Alan Kasujja
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 1.9MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Eye on Africa

Join Georja Calvin-Smith for all the news from Africa and the Maghreb, with France 24's correspondents and our guests on set. From Monday to Friday at 9.45 pm and 10.45 pm Paris time.
Podcast france24.com
Email ****@francemm.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 2.4MTwitter Followers 311.3KInstagram Followers 414.3K Frequency 4 episodes / week Listen on Apple YouTube Get Email Contact

4. Daybreak Africa

Each day, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news and a selection of listeners letters.
Podcast voaafrica.com
Email ****@voanews.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 10Twitter Followers 1.7MInstagram Followers 725K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 8 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

5. Africa News Tonight

Africa News Tonight is a 30-minute news magazine program that airs twice each evening Monday through Friday. Africa News Tonight brings you the latest news from our correspondents on the continent, as well as interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs, human rights activists, and government officials. The show also examines developments in science and technology, the environment, development issues, the African diaspora, business, lifestyle, and culture .
Podcast voaafrica.com
Email ****@voanews.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 11.9MTwitter Followers 1.7MInstagram Followers 725K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 25 min Since Mar 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

6. Nightline Africa

Nightline Africa highlights the latest issues and developments on the continent. Join host Pete Clottey and correspondents from Washington and across Africa as they offer in-depth interviews, reports analysis and features. Nightline also brings you African arts and culture, country profiles, sports, music and commentary by top African experts.
Podcast voaafrica.com
Email ****@voanews.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 10Twitter Followers 1.7MInstagram Followers 725K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

7. Good Morning Africa

Good Morning Africa is your daily source of Economy and Business news from the continent. It is a product of @TheKFinancial, hosted by Ruth Adong.
Podcast goodmorningafrica.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 13 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. 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 member states com.
Podcast spreaker.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 17 episodes / week Avg Length 2 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

9. Into Africa

Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics, and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.
Podcast csis.org
Email ****@csis.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 532.5KTwitter Followers 348.4KInstagram Followers 81K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Afropop Worldwide

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon.
Podcast afropop.org
Host Georges Collinet
Email ****@afropop.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 21.4KTwitter Followers 13.6KInstagram Followers 4.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 58 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. True Crime South Africa

True Crime South Africa covers solved and unsolved South African true crime cases.
Podcast truecrimesouthafrica.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Instagram Followers 4.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. New Books in African Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Africa about their New Books. New Books in African Studies is an author-interview podcast channel showcasing new books in the field of African and Africana Studies. The channel has a back catalog of over 100 podcast episodes.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 1.4KTwitter Followers 885 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Africa On The Move

A Pan-African Political Talk Show. It seeks to educate, inform, enlighten and expose information and activities of interest that impact the well being of Africa and African People
Podcast blogtalkradio.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 153 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 179 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Africa Radio Stations

All Africa Radio Stations Worldwide And Explore Podcast Episode Feeds
Podcast africaradiostations.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.5 / 5 Frequency 5 episodes / year Avg Length 1405 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. Techpoint Africa Podcast

The Techpoint Africa Podcast brings you the most important stories of the week on startups, technology, and innovation in Africa.
Podcast podcast.techpoint.africa
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 42.4KTwitter Followers 45KInstagram Followers 36K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. Africa Today

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.
Podcast kpfa.org
Email ****@igc.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 19.1KInstagram Followers 4.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 60 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. Music Time in Africa

Music Time in Africa is VOA's longest running English language program. Since 1965, this award-winning program has featured pan African music that spans all genres and generations. Ethnomusicologist and Host Heather Maxwell keeps you up to date on what's happening in African music.
Podcast voaafrica.com
Email ****@voanews.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 986.1KTwitter Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 55 min Since Apr 2019 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Africa Rights Talk

Conversations on human rights. A Centre for Human Rights podcast series. Hosted by Tatenda Musinahama.
Podcast africarightstalk.podbean.com
Email ****@up.ac.za
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 51.9KTwitter Followers 18.9KInstagram Followers 3.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

19. The Connecting Africa Podcast

This podcast tackles the biggest trends in African tech and interviews local startups disrupting their industries.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@informa.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 10KTwitter Followers 8.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 39 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

20. The Africa Report

Crystal Orderson brings news from the continent.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@primedia.co.za
Apple Rating 2.7 / 5Facebook Followers 305.2KTwitter Followers 835.3KInstagram Followers 42.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 6 min Play Get Email Contact

21. Invest Africa Insights

Invest Africa is a leading pan-African business platform that promotes trade and investment in Africa. In this podcast series we will explore Africa's key economic trends and the issues facing businesses and investors across the continent.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@investafrica.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 4.7K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 39 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. Africa Legal Podcast

Home of the Africa Legal Podcast. Bringing you the right news, views and insights from across the African legal community.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@africa-legal.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 13.3KTwitter Followers 2.7K Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

23. Africa's Untold Stories

Join us to discuss African history that is largely untold. Each episode, we have a conversation about a topic in African history and point out some lessons that come with that significant aspect of the continent's history.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Twitter Followers 213Instagram Followers 1.7K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

24. Africa's LSP Podcast

Africa's LSP Podcast is a monthly podcast for the language services industry covering trends in translation, interpretation, localization, and language services in general. We speak with industry professionals such as translators, interpreters, knowledge management specialists, and multilingual organizations, businesses, and individuals.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@bolingoconsult.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 143Instagram Followers 305 Frequency 11 episodes / year Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

25. 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 new 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.
Podcast ufahamuafrica.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 56Twitter Followers 2.3KInstagram Followers 410 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

26. Next Stop Africa

Welcome aboard to Next Stop Africa! An informative podcast on all things Africa. Here, we're discussing different topics from music/entertainment to politics, and everything else in-between. Join us as we explore deeper into the glorious world of Africa! Next Stop, Africa!
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 30Instagram Followers 406 Frequency 7 episodes / year Avg Length 77 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

27. Peakie You With Michael Ukwuma

Peakie You is a place we share personal experiences about leadership, career, and the workplace.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 4.2K Frequency 4 episodes / year Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

28. The Open Africa Podcast

On this podcast, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about technology, startups, and issues across the African technology ecosystem.
Podcast shows.acast.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 264Instagram Followers 175 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 50 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

29. Afrobility: Africa Tech & Business

Stories and analyses of African technology companies, sectors & business models.
Podcast afrobility.com
Email ****@afrobility.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 437Twitter Followers 825Instagram Followers 304 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 130 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Inspiring African Travel

There are so many entertaining, inspiring, passionate, and powerful individuals out there working in and around tourism in Africa that we just don't hear about. This podcast is about bringing their uplifting stories to you. Stories of female empowerment and local tourism ownership.Stories of travel adventures and their experiences of traveling through Africa. We will bring you interviews with people who will inspire you about travel through Africa, and the incredible things we can achieve through Responsible tourism!
Podcast inspiring-african-travel.castos.com
Email ****@inspiringafricanravel.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 40Instagram Followers 1.4K Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact