Africa: Umoyastream Pilots Pan-African Gospel Streaming Platform at Taxi Ranks

Streaming in Africa is a tough mountain to climb but Thabo Dabengwa knows that as he set up his new company after being made redundant from Kagiso Media. Russell Southwood spoke to… Read more »

Kenya: Odanga Madung, Odipo Dev On Its Charting of Celebrity Engagement in Kenya and What It Costs to Buy Celebrity Influencers

There are now many African online celebrities and offline celebrities who've built a following. Digital savvy ad agencies are now buying access to their followers to get people to… Read more »

Nigeria: Music Streaming Services Continue to Grow Despite Coson Chaos, Regulatory Barriers and Etisalat Crash

Nigeria's music steaming services have really being going through it recently: the near bankruptcy and coming ownership change at 9mobile; restrictive regulations from NCC; and… Read more »

Kenya: Viusasa Wants to Be the One-Stop Shop for Local Content

George Waititu is the CEO, Content Aggregation which has launched Kenya's Viusasa. It wants to become the local content contender able to take on the other more Pan-African… Read more »

Africa: Angola's Leading Online News Site Club K Tracks Corruption and Human Rights Abuses

Africa's diaspora produced news websites allow people in tightly controlled and/or corrupt states to know what's actually happening in their country. Russell Southwood spoke to… Read more »

Africa: Promoting Africa's Games Developers Internationally At Gamescon and Paris Games Week

The African gamers community is growing in numbers but the challenges of producing games for the continent are considerable. However, slowly things are beginning to fall into… Read more »

Africa: Ringier's News and Info Platform Pulse Gets 170 Million Video Views Per Month With Short-Form Content

Since 2011 Swiss media firm Ringier has steadily built up its African businesses covering classified platforms and media. Their growth has been significant and demonstrate that… Read more »

Africa: Worldreader Increases It Active Readers in Africa and Wants to Get Its APP On 40 Million Handsets Through Opera

Free book reading platform Worldreader has over the last three years increased its active readers in Sub-Saharan Africa and has ambitious plans to keep increasing the numbers.… Read more »

Cape Verde: Cap Verdean and Congolese Music Streaming Platform Launched

Cap Verdean music industry veteran Elodie Dasilva, CEO of music label LusAfrica and DRC's Djo Moupondo of La Clique Musique have come together to launch a low-cost music streaming… Read more »

Africa: Duncan Mcleod, Founder, Techcentral On Why Podcasts Will Become Massive When Mobile Data Prices Fall and Why He's Doing Podcasting

Podcasting gives enormous opportunities to those in Africa who can produce high-quality content. Data costs still need to come down and discoverability needs to go up but there are… Read more »

Africa: Why Design Is 'One of the Most Important Things Happening On the Continent'

Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted became interested in Africa but couldn't find much on Africa design. He launched a magazine called Ogojii - Innovation in African Design which… Read more »

Africa: One of Africa's Successful Youtubers You've Never Heard of Talks About Passionate Content, Mother Tongue Languages and Monetizing Channels

Vusi Sibiya is a soft-spoken but highly knowledgeable YouTuber who has both set up successful YouTube channels for media organizations and sells advertising for channels. Russell… Read more »

Africa: Digital Lab Africa Drives Content Innovation

Digital Lab Africa was launched last year by the French Embassy and the French Institute in South Africa as part of their on-going support to creative industries. It has partnered… Read more »

Africa: Airbnb Looks for Tourism Growth Across Africa

Airbnb is an international shared economy start-up that has built its presence in Africa without a lot of hoopla. At the end of last year, it released a progress report on where it… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Joox Takes On International Music Streaming Brands

Once the biggest thing in town, South African media and entertainment giant Naspers is now playing the unaccustomed role of underdog with digital service. But maybe its launch of… Read more »

Zambia: Vodafone Zambia's Music Streaming Service 'Is Different to Everywhere Else' and It's Also Planning Other Digital Content Services

Music streaming services have had some success in Sub-Saharan Africa but it has tended to be in the larger country markets. This week we talk to Vodafone Zambia's B2B Director… Read more »

Zambia: Vodafone Zambia's Music Streaming Service 'Is Different to Everywhere Else' and It's Also Planning a Vod Launch

Music streaming services have had some success in Sub-Saharan Africa but it has tended to be in the larger country markets. This week we talk to Vodafone Zambia's B2B Director… Read more »

Africa: Digital Music Label and Aggregator Africori Gets 60 Million Views Per Month On You Tube From Its Artists

Beyond ringback tones, music downloading and streaming services in Africa have been a slow burn. Digital music label and aggregator Africori sits at the crossroads of tomorrow's… Read more »

Africa: Key Video On Demand Players Give Their Views On Africa's Digital Content Future

Annual TV Content market DISCOP Africa brought together some of the key VoD players for a panel discussion. Russell Southwood invited the panelists and moderated the session. In… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni's Social Media Ban - Good News and Bad News for Africans

African rulers who want to stay in office are increasingly using "security" as a reason for closing down social media. They fear popular protests on the street challenging their… Read more »

Egypt: Political Satirist Bassem Youssef On Going From Youtube to a Smash Hit Programme, Then Banned

Egyptian cardiac surgeon Bassem Youssef didn't quite know what he was getting into when he launched his first political satire show B+ (his blood group) on You Tube. He imitated a… Read more »

Africa: Digital Advertising Industry Begins to Take Off - Big International Brands Take Online and Mobile Seriously

The digital advertising industry in Africa is beginning to show the first signs of beginning take shape. Digital spend on banners and social media is increasing, particularly… Read more »

Africa: Making a Success of Africa Online Content - Commissioner, Curator or Aggregator?

With the rise of social media, Africa is awash with content that has been copied, pasted and hurled out into an unsuspecting world. African content creators struggle to become the… Read more »

Africa: Diversify or Die - Africa's Remaining Social Media Contender Eskimi Survives Facebook Onslaught and Smartphones

Regional players have come and gone but Facebook and Google remain Africa's dominant social media players. The only platform really giving them any serious competition is a… Read more »

Senegal: Online Music Platforms Battle It Out

It's easier to set up an African music streaming or downloads platform than it is to attract users. Russell Southwood spoke to musician Mamadou Dione about the platform he has… Read more »