iROKOtv, the online distributor of Nigerian movies, announced the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with global phone manufacturer, Nokia. The app has been ...

Inside IrokoTV’s $100M Pivot: Jason Njoku on missteps, market collapse, and moving on Jason Njoku, co-founder and CEO of IrokoTV, has offered a rare and brutally honest look into the trials, ...

Behind a high-security gate on a side road off the frenetic Apapa Oworonshoki Expressway, in the Anthony Village district of mainland Lagos, stands a nondescript three-story concrete building. The ...

iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nigerian movies, has raised $8 million in venture capital from a group of international investors. According to Njoku, iROKO has raised $21 million ...

In the movie-making world, there are three names that stand out: America’s Hollywood, India’s Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood. The second-largest film industry in the world in terms of production ...

Only yesterday German e-commerce incubator and cloning giant Rocket Internet and MTN partnered to develop internet businesses in Africa through Africa Internet Holding (AIH), a vehicle to develop ...

Nigeria's film industry releases something like 1,000 films every year, making it almost twice as prolific as Hollywood and second only to Bollywood, size-wise. Films like Last Flight To Abuja and The ...

French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. Founded by Jason Njoku in 2010 — and backed by $45 million in VC — IROKOtv boasts ...

U.S. investment banner Rise Capital is one of the firms backing the expansion plans of iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies. By Stuart Kemp LONDON – VOD platform iROKOtv, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. iROKOtv, the mobile entertainment group dubbed the Netflix of Africa, has secured $19m from investors including ...

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