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Growth · August 10, 2022

Genti Audio – Stories and podcasts in African languages

Hi all, Eke here, co-founder of Genti Audio. Genti Audio is a mobile app for streaming and downloading Africa-focused audiobooks, stories, and podcasts in regional and local African languages. In September 2021, my sister and I sat down to work on an audio show exploring Nigeria’s cultural and linguistic diversity. As we began to put the show together, we realized that our target audience- Nigerians and Africans in both urban and rural areas, were not heavily present on any of the major audio platforms for this type of content. Recognizing this, we decided to first fix this distribution gap,…

Genti Audio – Stories and podcasts in African languages launched on August 10, 2022 with 13 votes, #919 of 3,307 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

In plain words

Genti Audio is a mobile app that streams and downloads audiobooks, stories, and podcasts focused on African content in regional and local African languages. Created to address a distribution gap for audiences in urban and rural areas across Africa, the app targets Nigerians and other African listeners seeking culturally relevant audio content in their native languages. The platform launched in August 2022 and aims to make African-language audio content more accessible than it is on major audio platforms.

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From the sources

Genti is an audio media platform dedicated to showcasing African audio stories, dramas, educational materials and more in African languages and voices! Check these out on the Genti Audio!

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi all, Eke here, co-founder of Genti Audio. Genti Audio is a mobile app for streaming and downloading Africa-focused audiobooks, stories, and podcasts in regional and local African languages. In September 2021, my sister and I sat down to work on an audio show exploring Nigeria’s cultural and linguistic diversity.…

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