‘Africa Is Our Home’: Fighting Off Global Rivals Like Netflix, African SVODs Tout Tailor-Made Local Strategies

When Netflix dropped its first African Original, “Queen Sono,” in 2020, it was widely heralded as a gamechanger for African filmmakers expecting a wave of investment from global streaming giants in their cash-strapped creative industries. While that prediction has largely panned out, with the Los Gatos-based streamer and Amazon Prime Video in particular inking top […]