London
23 °C
Manchester
19 °C
Glasgow
19 °C
Dublin
15 °C
Belfast
16 °C
Washington
32 °C
Denver
31 °C
Atlanta
35 °C
Dallas
31 °C
Houston Texas
29 °C
New Orleans
32 °C
El Paso
34 °C
Phoenix
37 °C
Los Angeles
26 °C
San Diego
25 °C
San Francisco
21 °C
Chicago
31 °C
Minneapolis
28 °C
Seattle
17 °C
Portland
16 °C
Salt Lake City
28 °C
Las Vegas
32 °C
Miami
33 °C
Jacksonville
29 °C
San Antonio
37 °C
Bermuda
28 °C
Nassau
29 °C
Iqaluit
10 °C
Yellowknife
20 °C
Anchorage
12 °C
Fairbanks
5 °C
Barrow
1 °C
Calgary
15 °C
Edmonton
37 °C
Winnipeg
23 °C
Goose Bay
25 °C
Halifax
24 °C
Boston
24 °C
Ottawa
26 °C
Toronto
28 °C
Detroit
29 °C
Cleveland
32 °C
New York
30 °C
Baltimore
31 °C
Philadelphia
31 °C
Nuuk (Godthåb)
7 °C
Hong Kong
27 °C
Singapore
28 °C
Melbourne
28 °C
Canberra
8 °C
Adelaide
12 °C
Darwin
24 °C
Perth
16 °C
Fort Worth
32 °C
Honolulu
25 °C
Sydney
13 °C
Johannesburg
16 °C
Dubai
37 °C
Mumbai
28 °C
Zürich
22 °C
Tokyo
25 °C
Seoul
22 °C
Delhi
30 °C
Beijing
19 °C
Riyadh
35 °C
Prague
19 °C
Pennsylvania
31 °C
Valletta
28 °C
Manama
34 °C
Warsaw
19 °C
Stockholm
16 °C
Netflix said on Wednesday it planned to expand operations in Africa, building on the success of hit shows like the South African drama "Blood and Water."
The online video streaming giant said it had spent $175 million in film production in Africa since starting work on the continent in 2016.
"Expanding our business here is good for Netflix," the firm said in a report.
It gave no details on the scale of its African plans but said that $63 million had been earmarked for South Africa alone in 2022-23.
Netflix's operations in sub-Saharan Africa have so far focused on South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, creating more than 12,000 jobs, according to company.
"This is the start, we plan to reach more countries on the continent," Netflix's sub-Saharan Africa policy director, Shola Sanni, told a press conference in Johannesburg.
South Africa is the continent's largest contributor to the site, adding more than 170 movies, series and documentaries to the streaming service.
In 2020, "Blood and Water" received international praise, becoming the first South African show to reach No. 1 in the United States.
"We... intend to build on these milestones to grow our business -- even as we continue to invest to bolster local creative economies and give more and more African storytellers an amplified voice on the global stage," the firm said.
Netflix has bet on diversifying its production outside the US in recent years, scoring big with series including Spanish smash "Money Heist" and South Korean dystopian drama "Squid Game."
In 2021 the company partnered with the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, to finance six short movies from young African directors.
"It's honestly about time (that) worthy platforms realise the richness and value in our stories," one of the six recipients, South African filmmaker Gcobisa Yako, told AFP.
R.Agosti--INP
