iRokoTv is one of the named among the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies ranking in Africa for the year 2017.
The Most Innovative Companies 2017 (Africa)
- Andela: For nurturing first-class coders
- MFS Africa: For facilitating cross-currency payments
- Gro Intelligence: For tilling agricultural data
- Wilderness Safaris: For using luxury travel to fuel conservation
- iROKO: For streaming Nigeria’s Nollywood
- WeFarm: For helping farmers spread their knowledge
- SafeMotos: For letting Rwandans hail a safer ride
- Podozi: For devising cosmetics for diverse complexions
- Njorku: For making job searching simpler
- Zuvaa: For bringing African-inspired apparel to global shoppers
iROKO
Dubbed the ‘Netflix’ of Africa, irokotv is the world’s largest legal digital distributor of African movies, transforming the paid-for Nigerian films on-demand service. It is one of Africa’s first mainstream online movie steaming websites, giving instant access to over 5,000 Nollywood film titles. irokotv is a part of iROKO Partners which is one of Africa’s leading entertainment companies, housing brands such as iROKING, an online music platform and its YouTube website, Nollywoodlove.
irokotv was launched on 1 December 2011. Its parent company, iROKO Partners, was founded by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter in December 2010, with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
Iroko’s co-founder, Jason Njoku, got to realize how popular African movies had become while living in faraway London. Despite the growing worldwide demand for these movies, he could hardly find them on the internet.
His decision to jump on a plane to Nigeria and negotiate distribution deals with local movie producers has earned him a place in history and a lot of dollars in the bag
Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies ranking
This year marks the 10th edition of the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies ranking. The reporting team sifts through thousands of enterprises each year, searching for those that tap both heartstrings and purse strings and use the engine of commerce to make a difference in the world. Impact is among our key criteria and in 2017, ten companies were selected in Africa.
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