Jason Njoku Reflects on IrokoTV’s $100M Gamble: 'Streaming Wasn’t the Right Model for Nollywood.'

Jason Njoku reflects on IrokoTV’s $100M gamble: 'Streaming wasn’t the right model for Nollywood.'

Jason Njoku reflects on IrokoTV’s $100M gamble; he says "streaming wasn’t the right model for Nollywood.”

I Killed My iROKOtv Dream After Realizing That There’s No Market For Streaming Service In Nigeria – Jason Njoku

iROKOtv founder Jason Njoku has come out to say that his company’s $100 million local investment proved to be a costly error. His March 2025 blog post is presently gaining renewed attention after public interest in the company recently surged following a court order freezing Njoku’s bank accounts amid an increasing debt crisis. According to [...]

We spent $100m trying to win, says Jason Njoku on IrokoTV shutdown

Jason Njoku, the CEO of IrokoTV, has opened up on the challenges that plagued the movie streaming platform in Nigeria.In a web publication, Njoku described the company’s $100 million investment in the local market as a costly mistake.He said the platform, which was founded in 2011 and launched in 2015, was operating in “full survival mode” in the first ten years.Njoku said the company was faced with several obstacles and struggled against compet…

Jason Njoku Admits Defeat as iROKOtv Shuts Down Nigerian Operations

iROKOtv founder, Jason Njoku, has opened up about the challenges of running the streaming platform in Nigeria, calling the company’s $100 million local investment a costly error. In a March 2025 blog post titled “Streaming The post Jason Njoku Admits Defeat as iROKOtv Shuts Down Nigerian Operations appeared first on Gistlover.