 What's up everybody welcome to Barazzo Media Lab and this is where we are launching Wazel podcast platform officially guys and right here with me I have a very beautiful lady who's going to be introducing herself and telling us what does she do for Wazel hi mama hi how are you thank you thank you for having me Harry Boussana now let me ask you what role do you play on this amazing platform oh well I work at summer box so we're part of the team that is launching Wazel so we're really excited for the podcast platform and what it means for podcasters in Kenya is we're really excited about it yeah now let me ask you something when you guys were creating you know this platform what was in your mind especially when it comes to what you guys are offering to the podcasters well mostly it's about visibility for the podcasters you know Spotify all those other podcast platforms are fantastic but if you have your podcast they're 320 something million users of Spotify worldwide so the chances of your podcast getting noticed at least for Kenyans it's not that high so our priority is visibility especially for now at least for now for Kenyan podcasters yeah of course working with summer box you've interacted with so many podcasters you get you know to to know how the industry is going on that direction let me ask how do you feel what is the status of podcast in Kenya right now I think podcasters are getting a lot more trust they're getting a lot more trust from the audience from you know the public from corporates but that is also a lot of responsibility because we can't just talk carelessly on our platforms we can't be spreading misinformation we can't be spreading you know just bad vibes online so we have a lot of responsibility and and hopefully money is coming into the the industry as well yeah the money path for sure I know we definitely cannot wait to see what you guys have to offer us what are we expecting this evening we're going to have a showcase of a couple of podcasts that we work with here at summer box and then we launched the app so that's the most important thing yeah for sure yeah all right mama thank you so much we can't wait to see how it goes thank you thank you hello you look nice thank you thank you I shouldn't choose my mic not really I think we're gonna use mine please tell us what you're doing today for was a podcast platform all right so today we are launching was a podcast myself and Ben psycho are okay myself and Ben psycho are hosting the event today so we just want to take you through the whole podcasting space and there's a lot I don't want to say much because I know Doris has already said the the bit and Dan is also gonna say a few things but I'm excited for what we have I'm excited that our podcasters are getting recognition and for the first time in Africa podcasts are being monetized by one of our own now of course as a digital creator Claudia um the podcasting is something you might have to interact with and also probably you have your own I know that how does it feel to have now something of our very own this is all right I'm happy this is beautiful it's good to see we're all about monetizing Kenyan talents right now so we are on the right path I believe what do you like to tell someone who's probably just starting off someone as young as you what do you like to tell them when it comes to podcasts all right so uh fortunately right now you don't have to do a lot of pro bono gigs you can start with your own things so that you get that recognition so you can start by doing your own podcast and guys will just be attracted to you we have our tech talks Africa they're part of our program we're gonna interact with them they've also been monetized and they didn't start by doing pro bono gigs they started by their podcast so and it's it's it's amazing to see how there's a lot of growth and development hey now Claudia you are very young quite young I must say but I've been seeing you on these platforms you know hosting and even this one is quite a big deal for you to be here what character or trait do you think you actually possess that has been getting you this gig I think I'm really ambitious extremely ambitious and I'm very self-driven I have a lot of goals and for me it's just a matter of pushing yourself and putting yourself out there you might be really good but guys don't know you're good so you have to put in extra effort so that you can get noticed I was telling a friend of mine the other day um you know you the way you fan girl over celebrities it gets a point it gets to a point where now you're the celebrity how did you get there and most most of the times it's not hanging out with celebrities it's your work that gets you that recognition that gives you that fame and I believe sometimes when the fame comes it also comes with money for sure all right Claudia what are we expecting from you today as the host what what tell us you're going to have an interactive session that's all I can see very conversational because podcasting is all about conversations very conversational so there's a lot that you're going to get and it's going to be very insightful all right my dear I know you're just about to start so I'm going to let you go so that you can get yourself you know some some some self-time all right I've seen Willis Raburu somewhere I just yeah I've seen him some I'm just going to say hi to him and also Ben cycle all right all right thank you as always thanks man you know the the the brief of the outfit was hippie and podcasty so you're a good one you're a great one for that matter you know joyride has been doing so good and I see you guys have you know not deviating but introduced something tell us about that Ben so I think it's a joyride is about growth I think podcasting interview president I think it's just like expanding from just expanding the space so that joyride becomes more than bigger than us because the dream with other sub-shows I watch every every episode pitching on camera this is for you yeah I want you this is from Miss Kitingi and she's very rich so let's talk about why we're here today we're here because of the Wazzo podcast platform how does it actually make you feel for us to just have our very own in Africa for the first time I think it's first of all you see it serves the it you see the the problem about products being launched in Europe US exactly because the markets are very different you see the market in in Switzerland or Finland or US it's very different from the market in Nairobi so when you have one that's Kenyan that means the platform understands what people want how people can make money you can be paid easily I'm sure in future they can introduce a table they can pay via MPSA so you don't have to be going every time to the bank and follow up so that's the beauty about having a Kenyan platform because we tell the story from our perspective yeah yeah now what are you looking for especially this platform because I know you as a host you have a deeper brief than the rest of the people what are you expecting from this podcast precisely um this platform I just want Sema box to tell us how we're going to make more money no Besa hey we just I just want to see how the monetization element is going to come alive and I'm sure they'll do a good job yeah what are we expecting from you as a host tonight oh my god tuna and Soma so guys better watch out for that so um just looking forward to having an engaging uh crowd I hope the crowd will be a sport yeah I think these are podcasting so they're quite energetic and all the feedback they better give me feedback now Ben as we wind up please inspire a young person or just someone who's would really want to start a podcast right now tell them something oh man podcast is in the hands of you know Kitambo podcast because I'm a Barbie but now I know podcasts in Kituie I know radio stations who their biggest shows are podcast we have now podcasting Kiku you as well so that is the future so get in with the wave I'm sure this is just the beginning of podcasting because in Africa it's South Africa Kenya then Nigeria in podcasting you have it from the biggest in Kenya right now not even just Kenya Africa that podcast of yours guys is so big say hi to one zero for me and thank you so much I will thank you so much for having me