Netflix’s Ben Amadasun: “In Africa, access to finance is a huge challenge”
Netflix’s director of African content spoke to Africa Business+ about the strategy and obstacles faced by the American platform on the continent.
27/10/2021 at 21h12, by Africa Business+
Ben Amadasun has been the Amsterdam-based director of content for Africa since February. A former consultant with the Modern Times Group and Econet Media, Amadasun is also leading the acquisitions and co-productions policy for Netflix since 2019.
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