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Lucy Chodota on her TV series Rush about four empowered African women
“"I wanted to tell stories about women and empowerment and the modern Africa."”
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim on his 1st novel about an elder widow and a weed dealing young man
“"I think I was born to be a writer...I grew up telling stories with words and pictures."”
Valerie Konde, Pavilion 33 on her online start-up gallery selling art from Africa
“"Pavilion 33 is a peer-to-peer market place. Aas a user you can go to buy, rent or swop works of art."”
Michela Wrong on her new novel Borderlines about a border dispute in Africa
“On writing a first novel:"You have to make it dramatic and simplify things. I wanted to inject in some of the key issues (about border disputes)".”
African comedian Mamane on his political satire, the Very, Very Democratic Republic of Gondwana
“I got into comedy by accident. I was a student in France. A French friend took me to a comedy workshop and I wrote a sketch. I performed in front of a live audience.”
Obi Emelonye on his TV series The Calabash about Nigerian bankers & iROKO TV’s film Thy Will Be Done
“"I'm one of a new generation of Nollywood film-makers taking the magic of Nollywood to the rest of the world.”
Emma Kaye, Bozza on raising GBP0.5 million for its African content marketplace
“"In 2-3 years time we'll absolutely be a marketplace for all kinds of content for Africa."”
Nigerian Afro-Fusion/Urban RnB artist Jay Bleeng on how he makes a living in the USA and Africa
“I moved to the States in 2010 with my family. That was part of the reason that I landed in St.Louis, Missouri.”
Martin Nielsen on Mdundo, a mobile music platform for Kenya and East Africa
“We started with 10 well established Kenyan artists who helped us with how to launch in Kenya.”
Uche Iwuchukwu on the launch of Udala Media’s SVoD platform for African and Caribbean Users
“"We're an online platform for African and Caribbean entertainment. We are an SVoD platform with more than 50 films and many TV series"”
Nicholas Beveney on Kingmakers, an Africa TV drama series about a struggle to be President
“"We've got the English Government, the French Government and American Government trying to get their candidate as President."”
Julie Taylor on a new online gallery for Southern African artists called Guns and Rain
“"The Internet - like for many other things - makes that information about art and the art itself so much more accessible."”
Eban Oliver, Skyroomlive on livestreaming top African music acts in concert to the world
“"Sometimes we have on our own productions 65,000 streams. On festivals, it goes up to 240,000."”
Pascal Schmitz, iBiskop on overcoming the three barriers to downloading: bandwidth, price & piracy
“iBiskop is a download-to-own content shop...It will roll out in 26 African countries.”
Juliet Asante on Mobilefliks rolling out across Africa and her new film Silver Rain
“As we speak, Mobilefliks has had 100,000 downloads in Ghana and is making ground in Nigeria. We've also signed a deal to be in 30 African countrues.”
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