December 01, 2019
Africa: Connected Video's Niclas Ekdahl Sees Increasing Levels of VOD Use and Pitches a Showmax Half Price Mobile Offer in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
It may seem a strange thing to say but Showmax is still finding its feet. Multichoice may be the powerful incumbent in the pay TV sector but it has to work out how to be a… Read more »
November 01, 2019
Nigeria: Arewa24's New Streaming Service Targets 8 Million Plus Hausa-Speaking Diaspora - Just Us$4.99 a Month
Northern Nigerian Hausa-language channel Arewa24 is launching Arewa24On Demand, a new global subscription video-on-demand and OTT streaming service. Russell Southwood spoke to… Read more »
October 01, 2019
Nigeria: Nigeria's No 1 YouTube Channel Founder Mark Angel Talks About How He and His Comedy Channel Came to Success
YouTube in Africa is creating a whole new generation of talent that doesn't have to go through the usual gatekeepers on TV and radio. Russell Southwood spoke to Mark Angel who runs… Read more »
Africa: African Free-to-Use, Music Streaming Platform Mdundo Celebrates Its Seventh Birthday
African music streaming platforms proliferated ten years ago but many of them have closed over the intervening decade. Despite the hype, success in music streaming in Africa is a… Read more »
September 01, 2019
Africa: Kenya's Ludique Works Launches First Major Pan-Continental Esports Event Outside South Africa in October
Africa's online games sector is slowly picking up momentum with the first pan-continental eSports event taking place in Nairobi in October this year. Russell Southwood spoke to… Read more »
Africa: Digital Media, Content and Services - Why They Matter and What Is Africa Doing to Encourage Them?
Africa's digital content and services sector is growing in most African leading markets. But money is tight and it's hard to make it mass market rather than a privilege reserved… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Online Music Platform Spinlet Has Generated U.S.$1.2 Million in Revenues, Transitioning to Offering Streaming-As-a-Service to Non-Entertainment Companies Like Banks and Mobile Operators
Having been promoted as the iTunes of Africa, Nigerian music platform Spinlet ran into the realities of being early into a market where paying for music was still barely accepted.… Read more »
August 01, 2019
Cameroon: Wouri TV Works With Local Producers to Create Its Own Vod Content - Version Two of the Platform Will Offer Downloads and Mobile Money Payment
Caneroon is one of the less well known film and TV content producing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Three year old start-up Wouri TV wants to change all that by raising the… Read more »
