Very few things can win the hearts and minds of many in the way that film in West Africa has.
What sets this particular film industry apart from those in other African countries is that storylines are deeply rooted in everyday life, which is why industries such as Nigeria’s Nollywood and Ghana’s equivalent have managed to be fan favourites from as far as Rwanda to all the way in South Africa.
Nigeria Academy
The Academy's vision is for the students of Nigeria to become key players in the growth and sustainability of Africa’s creative film and television industry.
Experienced leadership team well-positioned to grow group’s leading entertainment company position in Africa Naspers today announced the executive leadership team for the newly formed MultiChoice Group (formerly Naspers’ Video Entertainment business). Calvo Mawela has been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and Imtiaz Patel has been appointed Executive Chairman of the MultiChoice Group. Further appointments include Tim Jacobs as Chief Financial Officer and Brand de Villiers as Group Chief Operating Officer. The appointments will be effective 1 November 2018.
The rapid advances in digital technology in Africa have created new opportunities to innovate on TV content delivery. Digital disruption seen in mobile devices is changing the way Africans access TV content. As a result, Over The Top (OTT) viewing, which streams contentdirectly to viewers via the internet onto their devices, has grown exponentially in recent years.
Broadcasting specialist Berry Lwando has worked in Zambia’s TV, film and radio industry for decades. And has recently been appointed academy director for Multichoice Talent Factory (MTF) in Southern Africa, which includes countries Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. MTF is a brand-new initiative dedicated to training 60 individuals from 13 African countries to hone their film and television production skills in a year-long funded programme supported by MultiChoice Talent Factoryacademies hosted in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia.
Academy in West Africa officially opened its doors today at a highly-anticipated launch ceremony in Lagos. Speaking at the launch of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy (MTF), the Lagos State Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Honourable Steve Ayorinde commended MultiChoice Nigeria for giving these young Nigerians selected from across the country an opportunity to understand the business of film production. “What MultiChoice did deserves huge commendation and these 20 students should consider themselves lucky. They need to acknowledge the fact that stakeholders in the entertainment industry in Nigeria and across the continent expect a lot from them and the students on their part should make good use of this opportunity given to them” he said.
