4.4 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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We look into the growth of foreign investment in Africa’s media space. Africa is generating a huge amount of localized content as international streaming platforms and global media organisations battle to gain a foothold in the market.
We find out what’s driving the interest and whether it’s working.
Producer / presenter: Bisi Adebayo Image: Reporters in Nairobi; Credit: Getty Images
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| 0:00.0 | Whether you call it football or soccer in your part of the world, |
| 0:03.1 | Match of the Day, Africa Top 10 is the podcast from the BBC World Service |
| 0:06.6 | ranking the best African players. |
| 0:08.4 | This guy is recognized as the best in the world. |
| 0:10.3 | Teams. |
| 0:10.8 | The world coming turn, boom. |
| 0:12.6 | And the biggest moments in African football. |
| 0:14.5 | The whole world remembers that. |
| 0:15.8 | Remember that year? |
| 0:16.5 | It's not just African fans. |
| 0:18.0 | Match of the Day, Africa Top 10. |
| 0:19.9 | Find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts. |
| 0:24.7 | Why does everyone want a piece of Africa's media? |
| 0:28.5 | I think everyone is interested in Africa as a destination for new content, |
| 0:33.9 | for obvious reasons of variety, inclusion, |
| 0:40.4 | and also for the fact that recently African stories have taken center stage in Hollywood. |
| 0:43.0 | The continent is generating a frenzy of localized content as international streaming platforms |
| 0:48.7 | and global media organizations battle to gain a foothold in the market. |
| 0:53.3 | Most households today have Netflix and maybe to add more on DSTV, which is the other force. |
| 1:01.0 | I am Bisi Adibayo and in this episode of Business Daily, I'm going to look at the growth of foreign investments in Africa's media space. |
| 1:09.5 | If you are not using online streaming platforms, I don't know how you're going to get movies, music and all that. |
| 1:16.8 | I'll explore how streaming giants like Netflix, Prime and Disney Plus are increasing their footprint in Africa |
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