Oluniyi David Ajao

African showbiz & entertainment industry, from my perspective.

This is interesting. An AFP report:
Africa is mulling setting up a 24-hour television news channel that would portray the continent in positive perspective on the global platform and promote a development agenda, officials said on Wednesday.
They said the channel, which will resemble pan-Arabic television Al-Jazeera, could be in place by next year. “We want to [...]

“Nana Ama McBrown marries at last”. Please don’t quote me on this one Rather, quote the 5th August 2006 edition of “Ghana’s most popular weekly since 1953″, The Mirror.
The first paragraphs of this story carried on Page 3 read:
For years many movie lovers and some other members of the public, lead by a section [...]

“Excuse me Sir, you look like Orlando Julius”
“Yes, that’s me”
I was confused. The man standing in front of me at BusyInternet in Accra (Ghana) was Orlando Julius? Hmmnnn… Coolll!!! That was in late 2005.
Just last Friday, the main guest on KSM’s Thank God Its Friday (TGIF) on Metro TV in Ghana was no other [...]

TV3 Ghana had earlier this year launched a reality show aimed at producing “music stars”.
TV3 Mentor is the biggest reality show on the screens in Ghana today. A programme that is unearthing the hidden talents in the youth. Big ups to TV3. See Music in Ghana:

AFTER two gruelling months of hunting for talents for TV3 [...]

Towards the end of the year 2005, I came across this music video on Ghana’s Metro TV. I was truly impressed by both the music and visuals. The artist was one of the rising stars in America’s music industry. It was Akon. The music video was “Pot of Gold”.
The album that holds this track “Pot [...]

I watched the Nollywood home video “Bonjour (Osuofia Speaks French)” last night, and can’t help sharing my comment.

2Face Idibia, which one be which?