International Courant
Nigerian movie business veteran Moses Babatope has unveiled Nile Media Leisure Group, a brand new manufacturing and distribution studio aimed toward reworking African cinema.
The corporate, named after the River Nile, will deal with cultural illustration, business excellence and sustainable practices. As co-founder of FilmHouse Group and managing director of FilmOne Leisure, Babatope had been instrumental in bringing African movies to international audiences.
The Nile Group includes 5 subsidiaries: Nile Leisure, a distribution arm overlaying native and worldwide markets; Nile Cinemas, providing luxurious cinema experiences; Nile Movement Footage, a manufacturing firm for Nollywood movies; Nile Studio Lab, a movie village in Nigeria; and Nile Basis, the CSR arm targeted on group improvement via movie.
Babatope has assembled a female-led govt group for the enterprise. Biola Sokenu steps in as govt director and group COO, bringing over 20 years of expertise as a monetary controller and manufacturing accountant throughout the UK, Nigeria and the US Previous to becoming a member of Nile Group, Sokenu led monetary operations at Fleet River Productions Ltd, managing the manufacturing of Netflix’s “The Diplomat” Season 2. Her intensive background contains work on impartial movies and pivotal roles at international organizations akin to AAA Leisure, FilmOne Leisure and the BBC.
Lolu Desalu joins as govt director, leveraging 18 years of expertise in enterprise technique, model constructing and strategic partnerships. Desalu’s profession spans roles at NPower, Incisive Media, TimeInc. London, and most not too long ago as chief advertising and marketing officer at Filmhouse Group.
Abimbola Roli Craig takes on the position of VP manufacturing. A lawyer-turned-filmmaker, Craig beforehand headed manufacturing at NdaniTV, the place she co-produced hits like “Sugar Rush” and “Actual Housewives of Lagos.” Her Netflix manufacturing “Glamour Women” grew to become the primary Nigerian movie to achieve the worldwide prime 10 listing.
Bukky George Taylor joins as VP of Nile X, the posh cinema arm. Taylor brings 17 years of strategic communications expertise as founding father of Robert Taylor Media and co-founder of Crawl Africa, the primary tourism app within the continent.
Nowekere Alexis CI Segun-Ojo rounds out the group as GM of distribution and advertising and marketing. With over 13 years in public relations and model technique, Segun-Ojo, as normal supervisor at Nile Leisure, formed and executed the corporate’s strategic imaginative and prescient, contributing to the success of West Africa’s highest-grossing cinema advertising and marketing group, executing high-profile campaigns for native and worldwide movies.
“Our imaginative and prescient for Nile Media Leisure Group is to be the beacon of African storytelling, illuminating hearts and minds throughout the globe with charming movies that remember variety, encourage empathy, normalize business excellence and foster cultural trade. We’re devoted to pushing the boundaries of storytelling, each in entrance of and behind the digital camera,” Babatope mentioned. “By our dedication to creativity, sustainability, and inclusivity, we purpose to create movies that entertain, enlighten, and empower audiences of all backgrounds. By championing numerous voices and views, we search to construct bridges, spark dialogue and domesticate a extra compassionate and linked world.”
With over 20 years of expertise, Babatope has produced and govt produced greater than 40 Nollywood titles. He beforehand secured offers with Disney, Netflix, Prime Video, and Warner Brothers via FilmOne Leisure.
Moses Babatope Launches Nile Media Leisure Group
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