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 ...

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 ...

Inside IrokoTV’s $100M Pivot: Jason Njoku on missteps, market collapse, and moving on Jason Njoku, co-founder and CEO of IrokoTV, has offered a rare and brutally honest look into the trials, ...

U.S. investment banner Rise Capital is one of the firms backing the expansion plans of iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies. By Stuart Kemp LONDON – VOD platform iROKOtv, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Innov8tiv.com reports that CEO of iROKO Partners, one of Africa’s top-funded startups and the machine behind iROKOtv, a leading platform for African films globally, will be moving its base of ...

Jason Njoku, CEO of IrokoTV, has reflected on the challenges the company encountered in Nigeria’s movie streaming industry, ultimately describing their $100 million investment in the local market as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Behind a high-security gate on a side road off the frenetic Apapa Oworonshoki Expressway, in the Anthony Village district of mainland Lagos, stands a nondescript three-story concrete building. The ...