Stay updated with the latest podcasting news! This week, we cover the 2024 British Podcast Awards nominees, rising African-American podcast listeners, the Shining Stars Africa Awards winners, Ambies 2025 submissions, and the Top100 Most Impactful African Brand Influencers. Read more on podcasting excellence!
1. British Podcast Awards Announce 2024 Nominees
The British Podcast Awards are back, and the nominees for this year have been announced. The award show aims to celebrate British based podcasts and podcasters across a number of different genres and categories. Some of the nominated podcasts are:
- Terribly Famous
- Mission: Responsible
- Where There’s a Will There’s a Wake with Kathy Burke
- It’s Not You It’s Them… But It Might Be You with LalalaLetMeExplain
- Have You Heard George’s Podcast?
The full list of nominees is available on the British Podcast Awards website, and the ceremony will be taking place on the 26th of September 2024.
2. There’s been an increase in African-American Podcast Listeners
With the podcast industry growing larger and larger on a daily basis, it should not come as a surprise that podcasts are becoming more popular within the African-American community as well.
Research has been conducted by the Signal Hill Insights tracking podcast listening in the United States, and data indicates that there has been a continuous increase in the percentage of African-American monthly podcast listeners within the United States.
In the past year alone, there has been a 10% increase in African-American podcast listeners, and the research also shows that there are specific niches that African-Americans tend to be drawn to. The niches in question are sports, music, and Religion/Spirituality.
What do you think has contributed the most to the surge in African-American podcast listeners?
3. Shining Stars Africa Awards Winners
The Annual Shining Stars Africa Awards took place on Saturday, August 3rd in Sandton, Johannesburg. Celebrating African excellence across a number of different categories, including the Best Star Podcast of The Year award, this event was incredible!
Amongst the winners of the night are: The Centtwinz who received the Best Star Podcast of The Year award for the I’ve Been Through The Most Podcast. And Millicent Mashile, co-host of the very same podcast, who swooped up the Best Star Social Media Personality Award as well.
Congratulations to all the nominees and all the winners of this year’s Shining Stars Africa Awards! The full list of winners is available on the Shining Stars Africa website.
4. The AMBIES Are Back!
It’s official!! The Podcast Academy Ambies 2025 are happening, and submissions are now open!
Whether you are a podcast company, an individual, big or small, this is your chance to put your podcast on the map. Head over to The Ambies website for more information on how to enter and to submit your nomination today!
Early bird submissions close on Monday, September 16th, and regular submissions close on Tuesday, November 22nd.
5. ‘Ranks Africa’ names 2024 Top100 Most Impactful African Brand Influencers
The Ranks Africa Magazine has released its list of Top100 Most Impactful African Brand Influencers of 2024.
These are individuals who have “exceptional charisma and unwavering transparency” in the brand influencing industry and have put Africa’s name on the map.
Amongst the 100 people listed are Murugi Munyi, the co-host of the Messy Inbetween Podcast. And Grace Àkànní-Lawrence, the host of the Yoruba Maestro Podcast.
Congratulations to all 100 brand influencers, and may you continue achieving more and more in this industry! The full list is available on Ranks Magazine’s social media pages.
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