We are Develop Audio.
We are creating a community of African journalists and empowering them to build better audio journalism.
They create podcasts of the highest quality, with a focus on social justice, human rights and corruption reporting, in a range of African languages.
Asylum - a podcast series that investigates the state of journalism in South Sudan
This podcast series will uncover the torture and atrocities that journalists are facing in the country.
It is presented and co-produced by South Sudanese journalist Opoka p'Arop Otto who has gained asylum in The Netherlands and now dedicates his life to helping journalists back home.
Opoka p'Arop Otto has been part of our training and mentoring program.
This series is funded by The Pulitzer Center.
The series will be released early 2024.
Listen to the trailer here.
Meet the journalists we are teaching how to podcast
Gbemisola Esho from Nigeria is a data journalist and a member of Wanadata, a group of Pan African female journalists, data scientists and technologists.
She is a fact checker and journalist in mobile and digital journalism. She works mostly in English, understands basic French and is presently learning German.
On an average day she is trying to curb the spread of fake news, sharing information and writing data driven stories. “I believe in digital transformation and I support journalism with new media, tools and technology,” she says.
Adesuwa Tsan has over 10 years experience in parliamentary reporting and was the Politics Editor for the Leadership newspaper.
She has worked at Order Paper, an online newspaper which specialises in “…bridging the gap between people and parliament” and is now settled at 365 Daily.
Our training program provides mentoring & support to journalists so they can create investigative podcasts of their own.
We help them produce their stories for radio stations and as podcast episodes in English and local languages.
We work with journalists from South Sudan, Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Liberia and Angola.
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The Last Afternoon In The Garden
Ayanda Ngila was assassinated in the Ekhenana communal garden in Durban, South Africa, on the 8th of March, 2022. Ayanda was 30 years old and shot in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon. He was fixing a water pipe in front of women and children and as he went down he yelled for people to take photos of the scene so the truth of his death could be known. Those are the words of a man who was expecting to be killed and was clearly at the center of a conflict that he imagined would end in his death.
Listen to the podcast series here.
This series was made possible with the financial support of The Henry Nxumalo Foundation.
We produce podcasts that are investigative, intimate and narrative-rich for a global audience.
Our focus areas include: assassinations / criminal justice / climate / corruption / police / politics / health / gender-based violence / education / human trafficking / LGBTIQ rights.
The Outsiders
Spotlighting minority stories from Nigeria. Hosted by Todah Opeyemi.
The series is about how LGBTQ+ Nigerians are gaining access to healthcare despite the country's discriminatory laws.
“This work will explore how inclusive and accessible tailored healthcare is available for many members of the community,” says Opeyemi. “It will also spotlight NGOs, activists, and individuals who are stepping in with various unique interventions.”
Listen here.
Alibi
In the inaugural eight episode series, journalist Paul McNally tracks down a man who may have been wrongfully convicted for 17 years for a crime committed during apartheid.
Alibi is Africa’s first investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.
Listen here.
Alibi: Laduma High
Priscilla Mchunu was a 54-year-old acting principal when she was assassinated. She was gunned down with an astonishing 19 bullets while teaching her high school history class.
In Alibi’s second season the question that we ask is why anyone would want to assassinate a high school teacher who, by all accounts, was loved by her students and by the members of her community?
Alibi: Laduma High is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.
Listen here.
