With the ability to categorize in over 50 languages and with content from over 30 countries including that from individual podcasters, radio stations and media houses, Afripods is the home for African podcasting across the continent and within the Diaspora.
As a Ghanaian-American born in New York, Molly is extremely excited to help digitize African stories and wants to see African creators take up as much space as possible while creating avenues to help them get paid for their work. She has over ten years of experience across people management, sales, marketing and technology.
She has spoken at Podcast Movement, Africa Podcast Day, Africa Media Festival, BBC Media Leaders conferences, and Advertising Week Africa as well as most recently featured in Forbes, The Guardian, Reuters, JamLab Africa, Podcast Sessions and Apple Podcasts.
Additionally, Molly serves as an EQ Ambassador for Six Seconds, a global non-profit focused on the awareness of Emotional intelligence, and enjoys traveling.
Topics
00:00 Intro
03:11 What is Afripods
05:49 How Afripods appeals to African Podcasters
08:23 It’s never been a perfect time for Africans to podcast!
13:45 Why Africa needs an Afripods to bridge the gap for creators
16:00 How Afripods was conceived
23:20 Building The African Podcast Landscape
24:45 Features and functionality of Afripods
28:28 The appetite for businesses for advertising on African podcasts
32:00 How African Podcasters are making money without sponsorship and ads
35:00 Afripods Business Model
39:58 The Future of African Podcasting and Creators
43:50 All About Molly!
45:20 Final thoughts
46:20 Outro, Announcements and Socials
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