In December 2021, Africa Podfest and Baraza Media Lab came together to launch a report on the state of African podcasting. For the first edition of the Podcasting in Africa report, we directly engaged with pioneer African podcasters, enablers & decision-makers in the African & global podcast and media ecosystem to uncover new findings, garner feedback from the stakeholders and build support for the research initiative. “Is This Mic On?” explores how podcasting is taking root in Africa, going into what are some of the broadcasters motivations, their needs, the relationship between podcasters and their audiences, as well as look into the sustainability in African podcasting.