The Kenya Film industry has grown for a long period compared with the olden days. This has been enabled through internet and mobile penetration in collaboration with the rest of the world.
Kenya is continuing to experience exponential growth in the local film industry according to the study commissioned by the Kenya Film Commission.
Back in 2007, the industry had a potential earning up to Ksh.6 billion compared to approximated new peak of Ksh.200 billion in 2015 annually.
The steady growth is attributed to increase in technological innovation in the local scene and the origin of M-pesa for money transfer in the world.
Mobile penetration standing at 80% and internet penetration at 54.6% are other key contributors to the growth in the film industry.
Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) Chief Executive Ezekiel Mutua says that Kenya has a trade mark in the global scene with own actors and actresses.
Mutua was speaking in Nairobi during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Africa.
The MOU between Kenya Film Classification Board and the Film and Publications Board is aimed at building strong film industry in Africa and ensure commitment to promoting world-class film content regulation in Africa.
“Kenya and south Africa have had a long history of political and diplomatic ties. For many years the two Counties have continued to forge several trade and diplomatic collaborations that have been of mutual benefit”, said Mutua.
The MOU has a number of objectives to achieve and they include identifying and defining activities to be carried out jointly to the benefit if the Film Industry in Kenya and South Africa, establishing areas of mutual interest and cooperation t the regional and continental level and promoting compliance to the film content regulations at the regional and continental levels.
The KFCB and the South Africa Film and Publication Board also intend to enhance capacity building through exchange of programs, develop regional legislations, hold joint stakeholder forums and carry out joint research on film content in Africa.