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Moses Babatope, a seasoned skilled within the movie trade, has launched Nile Media Leisure Group, a brand new manufacturing and distribution firm aimed toward reworking African cinema. Named after the River Nile, this firm will focus on cultural illustration, trade excellence and sustainable practices.
The Nile Media Leisure Group is a multifaceted enterprise comprising 5 subsidiaries: Nile Leisure, which serves because the distribution arm protecting each native and worldwide markets; Nile Cinemas, providing luxurious cinema experiences; Nile Movement Footage, a manufacturing firm targeted on Nollywood movies; Nile Studio Lab, a movie village in Nigeria; and Nile Basis, which acts because the CSR arm devoted to group improvement by movie.
Moses Babatope, additionally the co-founder of FilmHouse Group and managing director of FilmOne Leisure, has over 20 years of expertise in movie exhibition, manufacturing, distribution, aggregation, advertising and marketing, gross sales, and operations administration. He has performed a pivotal function within the world distribution of Nigerian blockbuster movies, together with the highest-grossing movie in West Africa, “A Tribe Referred to as Judah,” “Battle on Buka Avenue,” “Born Once more Stripper (Ijakumo),” “Passport,” “Omo Ghetto: The Saga,” “The Wedding ceremony Occasion” movies, “A Journey to Jamaica,” “King of Thieves,” and “King of Boys,” amongst others.
Becoming a member of Moses within the new enterprise are:
- Biola Sokenu: as govt director and group COO, she brings a wealth of economic acumen and manufacturing expertise. Earlier than becoming a member of Nile Group, She led monetary operations at Fleet River Productions Ltd, managing the manufacturing of Netflix’s “The Diplomat” Season 2. Her intensive background contains work on unbiased movies and pivotal roles at world organisations reminiscent of AAA Leisure, FilmOne Leisure and the BBC.
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Lolu Desalu: joins as govt director, leveraging 18 years of expertise in enterprise technique, model constructing and strategic partnerships. Lolu’s profession spans roles at NPower, Incisive Media, TimeInc. London, and most just lately as chief advertising and marketing officer at Filmhouse Group.
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Abimbola Craig: takes on the function of VP of manufacturing. A lawyer-turned-filmmaker, she beforehand headed manufacturing at NdaniTV, the place she co-produced hits like “Sugar Rush” and “Actual Housewives of Lagos.” Her Netflix manufacturing “Glamour Women” turned the primary Nigerian movie to achieve the worldwide high 10 checklist.
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Bukky George Taylor: joins as VP of Nile X, the posh cinema arm. Bukky brings 17 years of strategic communications expertise because the founding father of Robert Taylor Media and co-founder of Crawl Africa, the primary tourism app on the continent.
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Nowekere Alexis C.I Segun-Ojo: joins the crew as GM of distribution and advertising and marketing. With over 13 years in public relations and model technique, Nowekere, as common 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 crew, and executing high-profile campaigns for native and worldwide movies.
Talking on the brand new enterprise, Moses Babatope stated, “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 fascinating movies that remember range, encourage empathy, normalise trade excellence and foster cultural alternate. We’re devoted to pushing the boundaries of storytelling, each in entrance of and behind the digital camera.”
