[wanabidii] The battle is on: Nigeria's iROKO announces new funding for Africa content, as Netflix, Showmax march in (M&G Africa)

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The battle is on: Nigeria's iROKO announces new funding for Africa content, as Netflix, Showmax march in   It's suddenly all very exciting as video-on-demand services take off--and the battle could very well be won on content.

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