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Mary Remmy Njoku, the undisputed queen of Nollywood sells ROK to Canal+

In what is arguably the biggest boss move in Nollywood history, Mary Remmy Njoku, the CEO of the ROK group, which includes three ROK cable channels has just sold her production company and all its properties to French media giant, the CANAL+ group. The buyout deal will see Mrs. Njoku relinquish control of its production... Read More

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October 20, 2016

The Media Blog: iROKO’s London office gets a makeover

New commission for @irokotv office London pic.twitter.com/9uTBQerlmk — Mr Cenz (@mrcenzgraffiti) October 18, 2016

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October 20, 2016

The Film Blog: Of course, someone came for Mary Njoku

We have been wondering what took them so long, to be honest. Mary Remmy Njoku, actor, is wife of media and film entrepreneur (please he should stop that Internet entrepreneur story o), Jason. She has had an incredible year. Her Rok Studios, an arm of iROKO which she runs as a production and original content... Read More

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October 10, 2016

The Media Blog: Did you know that some StarTimes subscribers pay only N17 a day?

On August 1, iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku shocked those who pay attention when he announced (it’s an impressive Jason trick to always announce big things with such striking – and distracting – narratives they blunt the effect): subscription to iROKO TV in Nigeria is now basically N100 a week. iROKO’s subscriptions reportedly doubled within... Read More

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October 10, 2016

The Film Blog: It’s just a fantastic time to be a Nigerian actor, we tell you

Think about it really. Look at all the New Nollywood projects that have come out this year: Arbitration, Okafor’s Law, It’s Her Day, Green White Green, Isoken, Surulere, for some. Look at all the big budget films we have had this year: The Wedding Party and 93 Days, for two – more budgets within them... Read More

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October 5, 2016

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has completed the cycle from online TV to linear

To understand what’s happening here, you have to unpack anodyne press statements with enough corporate-speak to drown the smart and the cynical. There are many analogies between Shane Smith and Jason Njoku. And now there is one more: they are both moving from online pioneers to traditional media juggernauts in their play for profitability and... Read More

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September 19, 2016

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has made a very, very important move with IrokoX

So, it’s always interesting to follow Jason’s Njoku’s moves – not just because iROKO is a big fish in a very clearly small pond, but also because he shares how his mind works, and even if it’s not the whole truth, it’s much better than anything you get in these parts. He recently announced that... Read More

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August 23, 2016

Jason Njoku: What Andrew taught me about the future of our ecosystem

Mrs Njoku was fast asleep, no noise from the kids, the world was at peace. I finally had time to wade through hundreds of unread Spark emails. I happened across an email from Andrew. Firstly, it was the best intro email I have ever read before. Except I actually didn’t read this email. I starred... Read More

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August 16, 2016

Jason Njoku: The Spark 2.0 manifesto

In 2013, at the inception of Spark, I wrote the below manifesto. We are not a fund and we are not an incubator; we are a company that builds companies. We focus on Lagos, Nigeria as the gateway to Africa. We focus on well defined and scalable revenue models. We are a collection of internet... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: Olusegun Mimiko and the true meaning of June 12

by Jude Ndukwe No doubt, the June 12, 1993, mandate freely and willingly given to the late icon of democracy and philanthropist, Chief MKO Abiola, by Nigerians but unfortunately annulled by the military junta led by Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has come to be an integral part of our democratic life as a nation. No one,... Read More

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Movie Review: Iyore

African movie reviewer, Adenike Adebayo, reviews the movie ‘Iyore’ She describes the movie as a really good one with a high calibre of actors and actresses. She also pointed out the good chemistry between Rita Dominic and Yemi Blaq, and also between Rita Dominic and Joseph Benjamin. Adenike rates this movie a whooping 4/5! Synopsis:... Read More

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“Do these people think I am stupid?” | Jason Njoku reminds founders to shut out the noise

by Jason Njoku Every day, Dick Costello gets hundreds of emails from well meaning (and some really horrid folk) regarding the strategy, misdirection or lack of specific feature sets at Twitter. I thought it was just me. Almost daily, I too get given advice from well meaning people, speculators, bloggers or social media experts on... Read More

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Michael Orodare: It is wrong to blame Jonathan for Boko Haram massacres (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare The Northern leaders have failed their people and the unborn generation will find it hard to forgive them for this generational flaw. Their sin; under their watch and nurturing, Boko Haram sect grew out of hands into an international terrorist group Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions... Read More

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December 23, 2013

Jason Njoku writes: Who says iROKO is dead?!

by Jason Njoku iROKO will be here in the next 5 years. $8Mn and my revenue growth over that period guarantees that. We have institutionalised and survived too many things over the last 3 years to not be strong enough to combat any and everything. So we announced a new chunk of money. Cause for... Read More

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December 3, 2013

Jason Njoku: No, iROKING is not dead

by Jason Njoku Nope. Not even close to it. There has been a chorus of all types of strange sayings recently about the imminent demise of iROKING platform and aggregation business. But then for the first time in over a year I actually looked at the revenue numbers. Although there are a number of issues... Read More

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November 1, 2013

Ex CEO of iROKING, Michael Ugwu reacts to company’s claim of gross misconduct & contract breach

by Rachel Ogbu On Thursday October 31, Jessica Hope, Global Communications Officer of iROKO Partners released a press release announcing the dismissal of iROKING CEO, Michael Ugwu siting gross misconduct. “He was dismissed earlier this month with immediate effect for gross misconduct. It came to light that, whilst under contract and salary of iROKING, Michael... Read More

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October 22, 2013

Reno Omokri: A parable of 2 trees, a forest and a storm

by Reno Omokri Where shall we shelter’ they said, ‘who will save us from the coming storm’? They ran to the tiny tree but it had little room and could not shelter everybody. Then they ran to the Iroko tree and it sheltered everybody under its branches. The Chinese have a greeting which goes... Read More

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August 22, 2013

Jason Njoku: The death of a startup – RIP Brash magazine (Part 3)

by Jason Njoku I was left with nothing. My ego was shattered, my life’s work amounted to £0, my reason for being didn’t exist anymore, I had spent the best part of 3 years evangelising to everyone how important Brash was going to be, how it was going to change the world. But it didn’t.... Read More

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August 20, 2013

Start up seed capital: The early Nigerian stories

by Okechukwu Nnamdi My advice to Celestine and his team is to Bootstrap and find inexpensive ways of achieving progress. They should find a niche for their business and be aggressive. A few years ago I would spend hours at my office desk reading stories on techcrunch about American startups that got funded. I remember... Read More

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Aww, how cute: iROKO TV boss, Jason Njoku and wife welcome son (LOOK)

by Oge Okonkwo iROKO TV boss, Jason Njoku and wife, actress Mary Remmy Njoku welcomed their first child, a baby boy early today at a hospital in the UK. Reports say the baby has been named Jason Obinna Njoku. Both mother and child are doing well. We say a big congratulations to the couple.

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Opinion: A tribute to the man in whom the spirit of Okonkwo lives

by Ojay Kaikai To the man that gives life to African literature, to the man that insisted that Nigeria must be better before he will accept any honour, to the man in whom the spirit of Okonkwo lives, to the man of the people, I say, ‘Bon Voyage’, safe journey. The dominant personality of Chinua... Read More

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Africa Magic & other stories: 5 thoughts on Nollywood and distribution

by Chinaza Aijuswanarite Online distribution will increase as broadband gets faster and penetration increases. Aggregators (like iROKO) beat VOD services any day… Introduction: This is an interesting time for the Nigerian film industry – Nollywood being the dominant but not the only segment. The industry is expected to double in size over the next 5 years... Read More

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Opinion: From Ghana, we pay tribute to Achebe – “Damirifa Due”

by Sylvaus Bedzrah Even though the center could no longer hold for you while the falcon could still refuses to hear the falconer, it is refreshing and heartwarming to know that, your legacies will never fall apart. “For me, there are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that, you have an overpowering... Read More

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Once upon a crusade: Akeem Lasisi remembers when he fell under Prophet Obadare’s spell

by Akeem Lasisi Early 1980s. The setting is Iroko, a sleepy town along old Ibadan-Oyo Road. A crusade was holding on the field of one of the primary schools there. At the centre of this was the preacher, whose words oozed with the power that commanded the attention of many people that had... Read More

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Andrew Rice: Iroko’s Jason Njoku is creating the next Netflix in Nigeria

by Andrew Rice He was just a poor kid from London, but Jason Njoku has masterminded the African equivalent of Netflix. Four years ago, Jason Njoku sat down with his old friend Bastian Gotter and told him about an investment opportunity in Nigeria, a precious resource that was sitting there, just waiting to be exploited:... Read More

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December 13, 2012

Maliyo Games, OEMs & sooooo many start-ups: Kayode Nubi’s Top 10 tech moments in 2012

by Nubi Kayode 2012 is/was (depending on when you are reading you this) a wonderful year as regards the local tech space. So wonderful in fact, that I decided to defer admission for an overseas Masters Program program. I blog tech at OTEKBITS, so I do have an eye for whats is happening in the... Read More

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