New on Showmax in Kenya in February 2024

African streamer Showmax kicks off February with a bang – with a brand-new app, an ambitious slate of 21 African Original titles and an even bigger offering of international titles.

Landing on 12 February, South African serial killer thriller Red Ink, adapted from Angela Makholwa-Moabelo bestselling debut novel of the same name, tells the story of a journalist turned publicist whose life takes a dramatic turn when she is approached by an imprisoned serial killer to tell his story. 

Catch Me A Killer, also premiering on 12 February, follows Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) as Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial-killer profiler. Adapted from Pistorius’ memoir, the true crime series is set in the mid-90s and traces Pistorius’ quest, as a newly-qualified forensic psychologist, to track down South Africa’s most feared killers.

South African drama series Wyfie follows four mismatched first-year roommates as they navigate the complicated world of university life and how they walk the thin line between mischief and wrongdoing to survive. Wyfie premieres on 12 February.

The Real Housewives of Durban, the longest-running Real Housewives franchise in Africa, returns on 9 February, with new episodes on Wednesdays. The fourth season adds two new housewives who are both no stranger to the spotlight- fashion television host Zama Ngcobo, Ameigh Thompson and Angel Ndlela – who will fit right in with returning cast members include Sorisha Naidoo, Nonku Williams, Slee Ndlovu and Maria Val.  

From Nigeria, the drama series Flawsome returns for a second season on 12 February. On 12 February, also catch the Igbo epic series Cheta M which explores the extraordinary love story of two young lovers who must fight to protect their love in a world where tensions between two kingdoms have reached dangerous levels. 

Based on one of the highest-grossing gaming franchises of all time and exec produced by Steven Spielberg, Halo S2 premiers on 12 February. The series is set amid an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. 

Seth MacFarlane is back in an all-new prequel event series in which the foul-mouthed bear is forced to navigate high school alongside his best friend John in Ted on 12 February.

On 12 February, also catch David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves, a slave who became the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi, arresting over 3,000 outlaws during the course of his career in Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is one of the executive producers.

NBC comedy classics The Office (box set) and Parks and Recreation (box set) drop on 12 February with The Rookie S5 landing on 22 February.

Tom Cruise is once again ready to do the most daring stunts in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning dropping 12 February while Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse lands on 18 February. Catch Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings on 5 February. On 1 February, Brendan Fraser’s transformative Oscar-winning performance lights up The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

See a full list of what to watch on Showmax in Kenya in February 2024:

1 February

The Whale (Film)

Bubble Guppies S6

Butterbean’s Cafe S2

Cheer, Murder (Film)

Drama (Film)

Tower Heist (Film)

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Film)

Big Nate S1

The Tiny Chef Show S1

2 February

Lionesses: How Football Came Home (Documentary)

5 February

No Hard Feelings (Film)

Definitely, Maybe (Film)

Hot Wheels: Monster Truck Live S1

It’s Complicated (Film)

Raa Raa the Noisy Lion (Film)

Sengkathele S5

Space Pups (Film)

8  February

Beautiful Disaster (Film)

Kwanjomane S1

One True Loves (Film)

Perfectly Single (Film)

9 February

The Real Housewives of Durban S4 (Reality)

12  February

Red Ink S1

Catch Me A Killer S1

Halo S2

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Film)

Gran Turismo (Film)

The Office S1-9

Parks and Recreation S1-7

Ted S1

Lawmen: Bass Reeves S1

Wyfie S1

Flawsome S2

Cheta M S1

Widows Unveiled S1

Sadau Sisters S1

Freemen S1

Intlawulo (Film)

The Counsellor (Film)

Found S1

Funny Woman S1

SAS Rogue Heroes S1

Killing It S1

Bupkis S1

Mooiweer en Warm S1

Love Back S6, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Roary The Racing Car S2

14 February

Matilda en Matthys (Film)

Forever Yena (Film)

Dead Serious (Film)

Queens Court S1(Reality)

Race To Survive: Alaska S1 (Reality)

Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons (Docuseries)

15 February

A Million Ways To Die In The West (Film)

Legion of Super-Heroes (Film)

The Mummy (Film)

16 February

Headhunters S1

18 February

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Film)

19 February

The Mommy Club S2 (Reality)

Kandahar (Film)

The Battle for Justina Pelletier (Film)

The Bourne Identity (Film)

The Bourne Legacy (Film)

The Bourne Supremacy (Film)

The Bourne Ultimatum (Film)

Jason Bourne (Film)

Terrific Trucks S1

The Mummy (Film)

20  February

Arctic from Above (Film)

21 February

Accused S1

22 February

Ekhaya Backpackers S1

The Rookie S5

Praise This (Film)

Sisters (Film)

Full Circle S1

Ted (Film)

Ted 2 (Film)

The Best Man (Film)

The Big George Foreman (Film)

26 February

Run the World S2

Fool’s Paradise (Film)

Baby Mama (Film)

Doom (Film)

Harriet (Film)

MnaKwethu Happily Ever After? S3

27 February

Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1

28 February

Home Economics S2

29  February

Babylon (Film)

Call Jane (Film)

Malpractice S1

21 Grams (Film)

Inglorious Basterds (Film)

Love & Loss S1 (Film)

The Nutty Professor (Film)

The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (Film)