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Mokolo Project launch on Friday, July 1, 2016‏, in Lagos
At the Nigeria Goethe-Institut premises, City Hall
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rédigé par Thierno Ibrahima Dia
publié le 01/07/2016
Thierno I. Dia (Africiné Magazine)
Thierno I. Dia (Africiné Magazine)
Goethe Institut Lagos
Goethe Institut Lagos
Africiné Magazine, the World Leader (African & Diaspora Films)
Africiné Magazine, the World Leader (African & Diaspora Films)

Mokolo is a portal for audiences and professionals in the film, visual media and IT sectors that connects distribution, information and networking related to the African film and audiovisual industries.The Mokolo online portal, more precisely, pivots on the sharing of information and exchanges between African film key players and operates in three platforms: Mokolo TV, Mokolo Pro and mokolo.labs, whose features seamlessly dovetail into each other. The end-users (or "Mokolizers" as they are called) only need to sign in or sign up either through email or any of their social media accounts to get into any of these platforms.

Mokolo TV is a massive searchable and cross-indexed information database of African film, television, VOD platforms and practitioners with space for comments, reviews and ratings. It provides film enthusiasts with film and TV programmes information from or about Africa. They can view the latest posts from other Mokolo users in addition to exploring the latest series, movies and videos on demand platforms. They can also post comments, add external links, and follow other users.

The Mokolo Pro is the networking and resource platform for African film and audiovisual industry professionals and their colleagues in other parts of the world.. These can not only view other professionals, but also their projects, opportunities, film schools and festivals. The Mokolo Pro users also can create professional profiles and follow each other, and can inbox their messages via this platform.
As for the Mokolo.labs, it provides free access to Open Educational Resources and a calendar of relevant workshops, consulting services and more to the film and audiovisual industry in Africa.

On the homepage of the platforms, Mokolizers have an option to change their language preferences to either English or French.

A previous and succesfull beta launch was held in Dakar, in the Senegalese capital, with many attendants as the Nigerian filmmaker Tunde Kelani (Chairman of Mokolo Foundation), Malian Filmmaker Cheick Oumar Sissoko (General Secretary of FEPACI, the PanAfrican Filmmakers Federation), Beninese filmmaker Idrissou Mora-Kpai, Senegalese filmmakers as Moussa Sène Absa, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Angela Diabang, Ismael Thiam, Demba Dia and several journalists and representatives. Mokolo Project is set to hold a Lagos edition of an other official beta launch (the website is to be completed). This is scheduled for Friday, July 1 by 2:30 pm at the Goethe-Institut premises, City Hall, along Catholic Mission Street in Lagos.

Expected to grace the landmark event, which ushers in a new era in the African film industry, are industry bigwigs, aficionados, associations and members of the diplomatic community. More precisely, the launch will attract such stakeholders in the industry as filmmakers, actors and actresses, representatives of the partner countries through such establishments as the Goethe-Institut, German and French embassies as well as the members of the Nigerian Film Society.

Africiné Magazine (Dakar) is part of the project since the beginning in November 2010, in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian Capital. Mokolo's Project Manager, Espera Donouvossi, was trained by Africiné, he is one of our writers.

Thierno I. Dia

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