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For instance, See Nollywood investing in young talents who want to work on a global scale;

Nollywood trains young talent who want to work on a global scale as part of a cooperative effort between a Nigerian film production business and the Lagos State government. 

Esther Abah, a Nigerian Nollywood young talent who is also a filmmaking student, is part of a new generation of Nigerian filmmakers. 

“It’s been an amazing experience because I now view cinema from a different perspective. 

“I actually understand what it’s all about, far better than I did before,” the filmmaking student added. 

Nigeria’s domestic film industry, known as Nollywood, is huge and prolific, coming in second only to India’s Bollywood in terms of the number of films produced and far ahead of Hollywood.  

“We have talent in Lagos, in Nigeria, but to work on an international scale it changes a little bit. So, what the school does, it formats the way people work on an international standard. We also allow these guys to go through a full production cycle from script development to casting, to pre-production to production and post”, explained Theart Korsten, EbonyLife Creative Academy head of school. 

Nigeria’s film industry made up 2.3 percent of the national GDP or $660 million last year. 

The rise of streaming platforms is also creating demand for better films from beyond western studios.