INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

What comes next for Kenya where the African streamer has has invested heavily in local content over the past five years?

As new guilds emerge across Uganda’s film industry, we examines whether they can address long-standing challenges or repeat past failures.

From the Oscars and the Kalashas to the Creative Economy Support Bill, we offer a detailed breakdown of the moments that defined the year.

Will Canal+'s control mean bigger budgets, bolder projects, or just monopoly?

In Kenya's creative economy, opaque funding and grand promises expose the widening gap between budget, policy and action.

Bold theatre, hits and misses, cautious streaming, and lofty promises, what does the first half of 2025 mean for Kenya’s creative future?

Too few screens, high ticket prices, poor infrastructure, we unpack the crisis in Kenyan cinemas and what it will take to revive them.

Media and entertainment lawyer Linda Musita unpacks how film contracts in Kenya exploit actors and crew, and calls for urgent reform.

This piece examines the cost of censorship on banned Kenyan films, and on emerging filmmakers yearning to tell bold stories.

The Film Industry Satellite Account aims to estimate the Kenyan film industry's contribution to the country’s overall GDP.

To build profitability, the Kenyan film industry must really work towards winning the audience and growing a strong cinema culture.

Since 2017, Kenya has felt the need to send a film to the Oscars but has it always been the right call?