APVA Announces its Podcast Winners for the 2024 African Podcast and Voice Awards.

The long-awaited Africa’s audio industry award, the African Podcast and Voice Award ceremony held on the 28th of September, 2024.

During the ceremony, everyone was excited as the podcasters were recognized as the best in the industry. The Expansive Podcast hosted by John Sanei and Erik Kruger has won the title of Podcast of the Year, as determined by votes and a committee of judges. Other winners include Teens Talk with Nifemi hosted by Awobajo Oluwanifemi for the Rising Talent of the Year, African Couch Potato for Lifestyle and Entertainment also The More Sibyl Podcast won the Diasporan Podcast of the Year!

Take a look at the full list of APVA Awards winners (Podcast Category) below:

Podcast of the Year

• The Sandton Times Hour By Alexander Leibner
• Mothers By Grace Podcast
• The Young God Podcast By Rodney Omeokachie
• The Sound of Accra Podcast By Adrian Daniels
• The Expansive Podcast by John Sanei and Erik Kruger (Winner)
• 234 Essential By AOT2 and Ugochi

Diasporan Podcast of the Year

• Sambaza Podcast by Stephen Batti
• The Sangyin Podcast By Rugaba John Paul
• Afros in the Diaspora By Sarahuwadiae
• The Mo Sibyl Podcast by Mo Sibyl (Winner)
• Concrete Pastures Podcast By Nancy Mulemwa Siisii

Rising Talent of the Year

• Safari Conversations – The Singita Podcast By Singita
• BlackFlame Podcast By Gaise Baba
• Mama Tales Podcast by  Sally Kuria
• Mixed Feelings Over Mixed Drinks by Lilly Bekele-Piper and Julie Githiri-Goko
• Teens talk with NIFEMI by Nifemi  (Winner)
• The Sangyin podcast By Rugaba John Paul

Lifestyle and Entertainment

• In My Voice Podcast by Abass Bwanaheri
• Bioscope Brass By Jody & Ross
• My Bukka adventure by Mordí Chukwunonso Esther
• African Couch Potato By Gino Shelile (Winner)
• The Carol Ofori Podcast By Carol Ofori
• The Spectrum Podcast By DANANA

Comedy

• Convos and Cocktails By Lesego Tlhabi
• What a Joke By Adebayo Oduwole
• The Break Time Podcast By Denver Bagaka
• Mevrou Mevrou Podcast By Gerda de Sousa and Dianne Broodryk (Winner)
• The Spectrum Podcast By DANANA
• Taking the Rams By The Horn By Rams Mabote

Fiction 

• Bookishamos By Mosinmi Alake
• The Comnerdic Podcast By Akano Charles
• The Talking Phoenix By Austin Okeke (Winner)
• Kenyan Stories by Daniel Duwa Show
• African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe

Finance

• Investment terms By Chukwunonso Mordi
• The Marketing Pulse By Mukwemba Mangangu (Winner)
• MoneywebNOW By Simon Brown.
• Epokothweni with Babalwa Nonkenge

Crime

• TimesLIVE Audio 
• Law & Omen By Kristin Miles
• Petty Crime South Africa By  Phil de Lange
• True Crime South Africa By Nicole Engelbrecht (Winner)

Sports

• The Hindsight Podcast (Winner)
• After the Whistle Podcast By Kay O, Corey, Crack, Kawawa, Van Gelder and Smyly 
• Sport Report By NationFM
• Working Title FC 

Society and Culture

• The Sound of Accra Podcast By Adrian Daniels
• StaybyPlan Podcast  By Afi and Zuu
• Alternative Convos with Charles Kojo Vandyck (Winner)
• The Young God Podcast By Rodney Omeokachie
• Eusebius on TimesLIVE By Eusebius McKaiser
• Africana Woman By Chulu Chansa

Music

• Shotgun Story By Shotgun Tori (Winner)
• Afrobeats Weekly
• Bulela Podcast by In’utu J. Mubanga
• The Tribe UG Podcast
• Quite the ordinary Podcast
• That 80s Show SA

Relationship 

• The Break Time Podcast by Denver Bagaka
• Conversation with Kalekye (Winner)
• Mixed Feelings Over Mixed Drinks by Lilly Bekele-Piper and Julie Githiri-Goko
• Three’s a Crowd by Terence Mentor
• Due Parenting By Ihuoma and Ibrahim Suleiman
• Okay Kiasi By Chiku, Nyam, and Gathoni

Arts and Culture

• The Tribe UG Podcast (Winner)
• Oriire By Sesi and Heleemah 
• People to People podcast by Chimzy Dorey and Hazel Darwin-Clements
• LEMBA: The Africana Authors Space
• The Art Lexcia PODCAST By Wesley Pepper

News and Current Affairs 

• Podcasts from the Edge By Peter Bruce
• The TimesLIVE in the News podcast 
• Just Us and the Climate – Climate Justice Coalition (Winner)
• Raw Conversations with Chromez and Fanatik
• Investment terms By Chukwunonso Mordi

Education

• Bookishamos By Mosinmi Alake
• The Educated Africana by Tebogo Kangote (Winner)
• EduThink by Education Incorporated
• What a Joke By Adebayo Oduwole
• The Mazungumzo – African Scholarly Conversations Podcast By Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa)

Career and Entrepreneurship

• The Curse Of The Creative by  Paulo, Bongani, Justin, Nick, Refiloe and Ricci,
• The Entrepreneurs Lodge Podcast By Tosin Olomu
• Becoming the Product by Naya (Winner)
• Listen To Your Footsteps by Kojo Baffoe
• The One-Eyed Man with Mike Stopforth
• The Sound of Accra Podcast By Adrian Daniels

Personal/Self-Development 

• Revenge of the forsaken gods Podcast By Andrew Opere
• The Entrepreneurs Lodge Podcast By Tosin Olomu
• Volatile Times with Daniel (Winner)
• The Interweave Podcast By Vidora
• Mama Tales Podcast by  Sally Kuria
• The Mo Sibyl Podcast by Mo Sibyl

Advocacy and Social Change

• Comm – UNITY! Podcast By CivSource
• Rising Above Shadows of Abuse By Grace Ovba
• Mazungumzo-African Scholarly Conversations By TCC AFRICA
• Alternative Convos with Charles Kojo Vandyck
• Men in Motherland By Emmanuel Waheed (Winner) 

Spirituality Podcast

• The Chai Lounge with Safeera Kaka (Winner)
• The Self-Propelled Flower Podcast By Tapiwa Simukwai
• Teens talk with NIFEMI
• You Can Rest Here By Mazino Malaka
• WorshipGear Podcast By Diego Domingo

Health and Wellness Podcast

• Power of Sleep with Restonic
• Heal Your Mind with Tracey-Lee Kotzen (Winner)
• Being You with Lisa Raleigh and Stafford Masie
• MedxTek Africa podcast by Samuel Oti.

Technology and Innovation

• Power Talks By Ronald Ssuna 
• ZedAlpha with Dean McCoubrey
• Mtambo Podcast By Duke Mtambo (Winner)
• The Open Africa Podcast By Furo, Nosa, and ‘Laolu

Children Podcast

• Solid Gold Story Time by Lynn Joffe (Winner)
• ZedAlpha with Dean McCoubrey
• Kabrazen
• Represented Podcast – Storybooks for African Kids

Podcast Art of the year

• Safari Conversations – The Singita Podcast By Singita
• Made In Africa By Kemeshi Samuel
• In My Voice Podcast by Abass Bwanaheri
• The Educated Africana  By Tebogo Kangote lll
• Dangerously Honest By Susan Kaittany
• Unspoken Podcast By Awino Awiti (Winner)

Watch the award ceremony here!

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