Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp excited to launch new podcast

Celebrated radio and TV host Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp is launching a new podcast to celebrate the beauty of women this Women’s Month. Afrika-Bredenkamp said she wanted to create a safe space for women by women to share ideas and empower one another. I’m launching another podcast, this time to motivate women. I told myself what would I want my daughters to experience and who would I want them to meet professionally,” said Afrika-Bredenkamp.

“And those are the type of women that I’m interviewing for this podcast. We are extremely blessed and grateful that I own the number one parenting podcast in the country called ‘Baby Brunch’.

“And we never intended for it to do well. We just wanted to help parents. And it became really successful. And hopefully, through this new podcast that is launching in the first week of August, we will be able to motivate all women. It’s not about money. It’s about being recognised and being valuable. Recently, Afrika-Bredenkamp was awarded the Radio Presenter of the Year prize at the PRISM Awards 2022, taking home the bronze trophy in the Presidential Awards group.

The PRISM Awards is Africa’s most sought-after public relations and communications awards, bringing together agencies, corporates and more to celebrate excellence in the communications sector.

“I have to admit, I don’t enter for awards to get recognition. And so on a personal level, I think my worth is related to the values that I have where I come from, the opinion of my parents, my spouse – I’ve got an amazing husband – and even my children. Professionally, this award is a very big milestone, not just for me as a woman in broadcasting, but for my entire team because I dedicated it to them.

“I’ve also got an amazing female leadership team and professionally what it means to me is that they are recognised as well.” After two decades in the broadcasting industry, Afrika-Bredenkamp is honoured to have been recognised as one of the leading women in radio broadcasting.

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.