Awards & Recognitions

Too Many Enemies was a final three nominee in the Podcast & Radio Award category at the One World Media Awards 2022.

4 May 2022

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In a move to bolster media innovation in Southern Africa, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has invested in South African podcasting company Volume. MDIF is a not-for-profit investment fund providing loan and equity financing to independent media companies that provide the news, information and debate that people need to build free, thriving societies.

3 June 2021

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The Witness was highlighted by the Daily Maverick as one of the best South African podcasts of 2020.

1 January 2021

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Johannesburg-based podcast production studio Volume got creative, using WhatsApp to shed light on how media startups in South Africa were reporting on the toughest parts of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Aaisha Dadi Patel.

18 November 2020

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Alibi is included in Mashable’s ‘The best true crime podcasts of all time’ list.

26 April 2020

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The phone messaging app WhatsApp is beloved by millions but infamous as a platform for hoaxes. We speak with the co-host of the new South Africa-based podcast, "What's Crap with WhatsApp?"

26 January 2020

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What’s Crap on WhatsApp? is the winner of the 2019 Fact Forward Fund.

3 June 2019

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In South Africa, community radio stations — lifelines for local news in rural areas — can get a boost with Volume.

23 July 2018

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Nine organisations, startups and nonprofits have been selected as winners of the South Africa Media Innovation Program’s (SAMIP) first Innovation Challenge.

12 December 2017

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