NorthSouth Media: Building the Ownership Engine for African Stories
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$23 displayed raised · 3 fund applications · 1 season · best rank #1111 in Season 7
Produce in shillings license in dollars. NorthSouth Media builds Nairobi media infrastruc…
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About
We are building an all-in-house media studio in Nairobi. We fund, produce, localize, and distribute original African shows ourselves—owning the whole process so the long-term IP rights, value, and profits stay permanently in local hands.
Impact
We transform Nairobi’s creative economy by building missing studio infrastructure and hiring locally. Beyond jobs, our Impact 5 model directs 0.5% of production budgets straight to Gen Z mental health support, mentorship, and skills training on-site.
Progress
Own award-winning IP (Stay) earning globally on Roku for 10+ years. Signed 15-language AI-dubbing deal with Aview, secured Nairobi HQ term sheet, and attached Kenya’s #1 comedian Eric Omondi (8M+ followers). Not pre-proof ~ pre-scale!
Team
Multi-hyphenate creator (20+ yrs artist/producer with IMDb/Spotify credits) turned entrepreneur. Created Kenya's 1st comedy-drama & 1st reality series. Worked in 60+ countries, combining deep local network with a revolutionary IP ownership model.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $23 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $23 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Fund of Infinite Yes | submitted | 2026-08-10 |
| Season 7 | Feÿtopia Fund for Extitutional Communities | submitted | 2026-08-10 |
| Season 7 | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance | submitted | 2026-08-10 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/northsouth-media-building-the-ownership-engine-for-african-stories
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Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
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