Molly Jensen

Molly Jensen is the Chief Executive Officer of Afripods, a free pan-African podcast hosting platform building the largest library of African audio stories on the planet, based in Nairobi, Kenya. With the ability to categorize in over 50 languages and with content from over 50 countries including that from individual podcasters, radio stations and media houses, Afripods is the home for African podcasting across the continent and within the Diaspora. As a Ghanaian-American born in New York, Molly is extremely excited to help digitize African stories and wants to see African creators take up as much space as possible while creating avenues to help them get paid for their work. She has over ten years of experience across people management, sales, marketing and technology.

She has spoken for Podcast Movement, Africa Soft Power, Africa Podcast Day, Africa Media Festival, Moonshot by TechCabal, BBC Media Leaders conferences, Deutsche Welle, WAN-IFRA Digital Media Africa conference as well as both inaugural Advertising Week Africa and Trace Music Awards. She has been featured in publications including Forbes Africa, The Guardian, Reuters, JamLab Africa, Podcast Sessions, The Verge and Apple Podcasts.

Additionally, she served as an EQ Ambassador for Six Seconds, a global non-profit focused on the awareness of emotional intelligence, and enjoys traveling.