According to South Africa’s President, there are over 100 South African companies in Nigeria. Wait, there’s more. Nigerians, who are also one of the top spenders in the UK, contributed $88.6million to South Africa’s economy in the last year alone. -Uduak Oduok “VENTURES AFRICA – A total of 73, 282 Nigerian tourists visited South Africa …
CATCH MTN SAMA 19 ON TV, ONLINE, ON YOUR MOBILE…IN FACT EVERYWHERE VOTING FOR MTN RECORD OF THE YEAR TO CLOSE AT 10pm Music fans unable to lay their hands on tickets to the hottest music event in town, the 19th Annual MTN South African Music Awards (MTN SAMA 19) at Sun City on 10-11 …
“VENTURES AFRICA – Celebrated Nigerian internet entrepreneur and iROKOtv CEO, Jason Njoku and partner, Bastian Gotter, today announced the official launch of SPARK, a $1m-backed company to support and develop aspiring Nigerian tech and Internet entrepreneurs. The Lagos-based company said in an official statement it “is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in …
“Jeta Amata hails from a long line of family filmmakers (Ifoghale Amata, Zack Amata and Fred Amata), therefore he is a natural when it comes to the film industry. Jeta, is perhaps most well known for such films as “The Amazing Grace”, “Alexa Affair” and “Mary Slessor,” is a respected filmmaker from Nigeria, who has …
OkayAfrica profiles the selected films at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival “The 2013 Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us. Now in it’s 66th year, the festival will run from 15 to 26 May, with Audrey Tatou hosting the opening and closing ceremonies and Steven Spielberg heading up the jury. Only a handful (or …
The world is celebrating one hundred years of Bollywood, the triumph of an industry that continues to challenge the status quo of western storytelling. But Bollywood might have to watch its back, as the Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, steps up to challenge the eastern industry for the title of most productive film industry. The fast-paced, …
