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Dawit Abraham, Qene Technologies on its 3D mobile game Kukula, an African game to conquer the world
“"When they first see the game they know that it's actually African and it looks good...There is a lack of African games in the global market."”
Aibee Abidoye, 5ive Music on the challenges facing mobile music services in Nigeria
“Revenue share with mobile operators:"Every other part of the world the mobile operators get 15-30%. But in Nigeria's it's the other way round."”
Dayo Akinrinade & Ray AjikeAjoke on start-up Africlick, a dating app for global Africans
“"We're looking at a personalised dating experience. In our culture we're very what's your job, what do you do, etc. People do want to get married and we'll definitely be honing in on that"”
Abdulai Awudu, Multi TV on its TV comedy show Kejetia vs Makola
“"It's fully local comedy talent and lots of ad-lib. They're now very big commedians. The show has made them big."”
Ema Edosio on her new film Kasala! about 4 slum brothers who wreck their Uncle’s car
“"Kasala is a story about brotherhood. It's about 4 young boys who steal thir uncle's car, take it to a party and wreck it. They have to raise the money to fix the car."”
Mbuotidem Johnson, Animation Nigeria on the type of animation work being made in Nigeria
“"Either they're producing content for TV commercials or they're producing special effects for films or viral content, short films for thje internet."”
Raymond Honu, Soronko Academy on storytelling, 360 deg cameras and the education of a rural girl
“"Compared to the other girls we were teaching she was above and beyond what we expected of girls in the rural areas."”
Carol Kioko on how Kenya-South African film co-productions work with some examples
“"She loses a child she wasn't expecting to have and suddenly she has to identify who she is and ask herself hard questions about what it means to be a woman."”
Beth Achitsa: How Ongea promotes East African musicians to festival bookers
“"There's a movement for female DJs. It was started by a female DJ in Uganda, DJ Rachael. The scene is a bit male crowded and there's this idea of promoting women DJs."”
Angela Aquereburu, YoBo Studios on her dramedy Hospitalite about a doctor and a traditional healer
“"It's about two doctors, one is doing conventional Western medicine, the other is a handsome man, doing traditional African healing."”
Akin Omotoso on his two new films Vaya and A Hotel Called Memory
“"Vaya is based on and inspired by the lives of those in the Homeless Writers Project."”
Okechukwu Ofili on e-publishing start-up Okada Books, its authors, readers and raising funds
“"We have authors who are making anything from N20-30,000 per month. Some we have paid out in chunks up to N0.5 million."”
Willie Currie: His comic novel Blue Eland Foxtrot on apartheid & eerie present day parallels
“"It was an extraordinary time when you could cross all the boundaries in a racially segregated environment."”
Katlego on her collection of poems that question what’s normal in terms of gender
“"The collection of poetry is called On About The Same Old Things..There's four movements: Politics, Love, Faith and Family."”
Thomas Imboywa, NAICCON on Kenya’s comic culture and its Nairobi Comic Convention
“"NAICCON is our version of Comic Con or MCM London, or any other version of a pop culture event and we're doing it (here) in Kenya."”
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