Media personality Elana Afrika-Bredenkam celebrates a milestone

Radio and TV presenter Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp is delighted to be celebrating a milestone for her Parent + Baby Brunch Podcast.

The former Expresso show and Jacaranda FM presenter’s podcast has reached six years and Elana is ecstatic.

She spoke to SunBuzz about the show and said it has grown immensely in the past six years.

“Our content has grown to incorporate videos, blogs, podcasts, events, social media and so much more. What started out as a community for new mums has grown into a network for parents of babies, toddlers and teens.

“Dads, mums, black and white, all are part of the Parent + Baby Brunch community,” she said.

“Several years later with over 100 episodes, the popularity of the Parent + Baby Brunch podcasts continues to grow from strength to strength with thousands of streams per month across South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Israel and many more nations,” she said.

She spoke about the inspiration behind the show.

“The concept was born shortly after I had my first daughter. Like the adage write what you know, I created the Parent + Baby Brunch community after experiencing first-hand what mothers and fathers of newborn children were experiencing.”

She said Parent + Baby Brunch wasn’t meant to be a podcast at the beginning.

“Initially it was conceptualised as a series of parenting events, the popularity soon took off as new parents attended the one-day workshops that would feature guest-speakers. However, there were many parents who didn’t have the means to attend, and I was looking for a great way to share the content of the events across the country. My background has been radio for more than 20 years, so producing the podcasts was a natural fit,” said Elana.

The podcast is available on her Parent + Baby Brunch website.