iROKO Partners, the world’s largest online distributor of Nigerian movies and music, starts 2013 with the opening of a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The office, located in Maboneng precinct, will house a team of up to 5 and will be a regional hub for iROKO Partners. It will focus on new business partnerships, [...]
Nigerian Actress Uru Eke Talks Nollywood, Future
August 27, 2012 | Posted by
Nigeria – Fast rising actress, Uru Eke is surely a beauty to behold. Born in East London, she had her primary school in London and secondary school here in Nigeria. She went back to the United Kingdom for her University education at The City University. Before taking up acting as a career, she worked with [...]
iROKOtv, the ‘Netflix of Africa’ Reaches Over 500,000 Subscribers Within 6 Months
June 14, 2012 | Posted by
iROKOtv, the “Netflix of Africa” and the continent’s first legal online source of Nollywood films, is delighted to reveal that it has recorded over 500,000 registered users in less than six months since its launch. The news comes just months after the company announced that it had secured $8m in funding from US-based hedge Tiger [...]
South Africa’s MeTVAfrica.com Targets Pan-Continental Audience
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
The South Africa-based company, MeTVAfrica.com, has decided to target a pan-continental audience with their video on demand services. Most African VOD sites are only successful within African borders—Nigeria, East Africa, and South Africa. Ever since its launch in December 2011, however, MeTVAfrica.com has made efforts to reach out to a broader audience than the typical [...]
Nigerian Entrepreneur Launches African Netflix With $8 Million
May 1, 2012 | Posted by
Jason Njoku has been busy. The Nigerian Internet entrepreneur just completed what is being called possibly the largest fundraising round in the West African tech world. Njoku, founder of Iroko Partners, recently landed $8 million from NY-based Tiger Global Management. Iroko Partners is the world’s largest digital distributor of Nigerian movies and African music. It [...]
