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SciDev.Net’s award-winning Africa Science Focus podcast has been placed in the Top 100 Africa News Podcasts on the internet by FeedSpot.

It has been placed in position 25 amongst a range of other prestigious podcasts including BBC News’ Focus on Africa and Africa Daily podcasts, as well as Bloomberg’s Next Africa and France 24’s Eye on Africa.

Africa Science Focus is SciDev.Net’s award-winning weekly podcast. It dives deep into the impacts that science has on everything from health, to technology, agriculture and life and has over 180 episodes since it was created in 2020.

Episodes include ‘Advancing gender equality in research,’ ‘Unlocking stronger food systems with African research,’ and ‘Women in STEM make strides in education, climate change.’

Placement is testament to the quality and breadth of subject matter

Paul Dawson, Operations Director at SciDev.Net, said, “This placement is testament to the quality and breadth of subject matter on the Africa Science Focus podcast and its reach amongst so many other larger news outlets.

“It also reaffirms that SciDev.Net is the world’s leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis about science and technology for global development.”

FeedSpot is an organisation whose mission is to categorize global media outlets and content creators to make them easy to discover, follow, and contact. Media outlets include blogs, podcasts, magazines, and news websites. Creators include Instagram influencers, X influencers, YouTubers, and TikTok influencers.

Anuj Agarwal, Founder of FeedSpot, said, “I personally give you (SciDev.Net) a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 100 Africa News Podcasts on the internet, and I’m honoured to have you as part of this.

“When ranking these Africa News podcasts, we’ve considered not just their following, but also their engagement, ratings, reviews, freshness as well as overall influence in the Africa News space.”

Other podcasts in the top 25 of the lists include CSIS’ Into Africa, Daybreak Africa – VOA Africa, China Africa Talk, and Africa Business News.

You can access all episodes of the Africa Science Focus podcasts from SciDev.Net here.