jake bright

No. 85: Netflix is Taking it Global

Jul 16, 2015

Business

Africa, International, iRoko, Italy, jake bright, Japan, jason njoku, Netflix, Portugal, Reed Hastings, Spain

One more before bed. Netflix released its shareholder letter today and had some interesting results. Jake Bright mentioned in his comments during the book launch for The Next Africa, that Netflix is paying attention to what is happening in African markets in the internet TV streaming space. So, when I saw that Netflix released its…
No. 84: I Can’t Wait to Read The Next Africa

Jul 16, 2015

Africa, Technology

Africa, aubrey hruby, business, investment, jake bright

When Aubrey Hruby and finance ministers from several African countries waited for the globe at Google headquarters to rotate to the African continent so that they could see how many hits the continent was getting at the time, they were stunned to see just a couple dots compared to completely outlined countries for the rest…
No. 44: My A-Listers For Africa – Business and Policy

Jan 3, 2015

Africa

aly-khan satchu, aubrey hruby, bobby pittman, brian laung aoeh, chris becker, chuba ezekwesili, eliot pence, ibrahim saigna, jacqueline musiitwa, jake bright, jason njoku, kurt davis, ory okolloh mwangi, patrice backer, paul wallace, razia khan, rolake akinkugbe, todd moss

List of my top people to follow for insights on Africa’s business and policy environments.