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Izu Osuigwe, CEO, Forest TV on its African channels VoD platform and its new satellite offering
“"The service is subscription based. With MTN Nigeria, once you subscribe to the services, it doesn't cost you for data."”
Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe on his film The Delivery Boy about a child suicide bomber
“"The Delivery Boy is my own exploration of the different motivations for some of the rather extreme activities people carry out."”
Serge Kalu, TV Zimbo on how the new President is opening up the TV and media space in Angola
“"TV Zimbo was the first private TV channel in Angola and we've been there for 10 years. It changed the way news was done in Angola."”
Jade Osiberu on her film about a women who has to choose between marriage for her or her family
“"I think the pressure to get married is beginning to change. People are getting married later now...The more interesting thing is that people are starting to discover their own identities."”
Brian O.Wilson, Zero Gravity Studios on its live action comedy series Relationships
“"It follows a young man who is growing older and has been given an ultimatum by his aging mother to get married."”
Mahmood Ali Balogun on his next film about the Nigerian boxer Dick Tiger
“He defeated every British boxer and that encouraged the trainer to take him to England...From there he began his professional boxing career.”
Seyi Taylor, Big Cabal Media on creating Zikoko, an online media platform for African millennials
“On Zikoko:"We're rethinking how it works from the ground up and we're making strides towards that."”
Fatima El-Issawi on how journalists in N Africa’s media failed to change roles after the Arab Spring
“We cannot talk of a separation line between social media and new and old media.”
Comrade Fatso on Zambesi News, a comic parody of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation news
“Basically we parody ZBC's news programmes and deal with a lot of the burning issues in Zimbabwe and on the continent."”
Abdulai Awudu on Ghana’s No 1 broadcaster’s VoD partnership with local start-up 2C TV
“We want to get some money from VoD because we need to plough that money back into content, getting people to download your app. VoD must definitely be revenue-driven.”
Keni Ogunlola on his TV comedy series Lodgers, writing an AY film and working with Mo Abudu
“We've got a major French network and two other channels who are interested in our TV series The Lodgers.”
Kunle Afolayan on the 3 films he made in the last 12 months: Omugwo. Roti and Tribunal
“"This year has been a busy year. I've managed toi make 3 films....These are films made in partnership with MNET."”
Izu Ojukwu on his current film 76 and his forthcoming film about warrior Queen Amina of Zazzau
“"I chose to make a history film because until you know where you are coming from, your destination is bleak."”
Walt Banger on his Nollywood Noir film Catch.er and his next film Area Dogs
“"It's set in a fictitious police station where we have a lot of intelligent policing. It was important to start trying to change how we see the police in Nigeria."”
Moses Babatope, Executive Producer, The Wedding Party on The Wedding Party Pt 2 Destination Dubai
“The Wedding Party - Nollywood's highest grossing film:"It was a story thatr Nigerians would have loved to have seen themselves in."”
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