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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind a high-security gate on a side road off the frenetic Apapa Oworonshoki Expressway, in the Anthony Village district of ...

Jason Njoku, co-founder and CEO of IrokoTV, has offered a rare and brutally honest look into the trials, miscalculations, and eventual retreat of his once-ambitious streaming venture in Nigeria. In a ...

JOHANNESBURG — With the bulky frame of an NFL linebacker, iRoko Partners CEO Jason Njoku was hard to miss as he paced the hall at the Discop Africa conference in Johannesburg last winter. If all eyes ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAGOS: The African Internet TV platform iROKOtv.com is adding to its extensive Nollywood catalogue with the addition of Hollywood, Bollywood, telenovela and Korean programming. The service, which is ...

It’s from one endorsement deal to the next for Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele. The comic actress has just signed an endorsement deal with Iroko TV. The actress was unveiled as the company’s brand ...

iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, has announced a funding round of $8 million, led by existing investor Tiger Global, with further participation from Sweden-based Kinnevik ...

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 ...