{"id":4992,"date":"2022-05-30T02:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.speakupafrika.org\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:28:12","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.speakupafrika.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4992\" class=\"elementor elementor-4992\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55153b4 elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"55153b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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src=\"https:\/\/staging.speakupafrika.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/45Lbt8OtrWA-HD-1-510x335.jpg\" class=\"audio-img\" alt=\"How Much Is Too Much Information by Erick Obwaka.\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n                \n        <div class=\"content\">\n                \n            \n                                                <div class=\"icon\">\n                        <i class=\"flaticon flaticon-headphones\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                                <span class=\"category\">\n                                            <a class=\"not-mega-link\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.speakupafrika.org\/?category_audio=season-1\">\n                            Season 1                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/span>\n            \n                            <span class=\"episode \">\n                    Episode 13   \n                <\/span>\n            \n   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