If you love fufu with palm nut soup, then you have found a friend in 26-year-old videographer, photographer and graphic designer Edmund Asamoah. Born in Accra, Ghana, Edmund holds a BA in Communication Design and Multimedia.
As a lover of technology, it’s no wonder that his favourite place in the world is China. It is however Africa’s richness of culture that Edmund loves the most about the continent. His favourite place in the world is also in Africa - at the Cape Coast in Southern Ghana.
Dumevi Irene Yaamoakoa, who goes by the name Irene, is a 25-year-old television director and holds a diploma in Television Production. Born in Accra, Ghana, what gets Irene fired up about the African creative industry is its eagerness to make an impact in the global film and television world.
“I believe in the next ten years, African creatives would be competing strongly with our global counterparts in terms of financing, skills, technology, acting etc.,” says Irene.
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.
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.