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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Streetmovement(m): 9:46am On Jan 20
Wotoporiously cool speaking

Streaming services bad gan for Nigeria, which data person wan carry dey stream instead of to just download from a third party grin if data regulation/subscription here improve than this nonsense we have, I believe we will have so many streaming platforms doing well in Nigerian just like our foreign counterpart.

For now na Netflix get naija, make Amazon prime carry their business go Taiwan grin

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by yad2eidi: 9:47am On Jan 20
this is a very good thing, youtube and expecially xvideos should do same.
how person with normal brain go give caption like, my neigbour wife Bleep me because i say i go give am tinubu plative....like wtf

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Caleb15(m): 9:50am On Jan 20
Wahala for who no gree for anybody

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by PinkNature: 9:59am On Jan 20
nedekid:

Why do 2.5gig?
Better to do 5k for 25 gig plus 25 min talk time. E de Tay to finish.
Better still get one of those fiber optics eg luli fiber. It's like 11k monthly with unlimited data. If 11k is much, you and your neighbors, flatmates, wife etc can split the 11k, the more the merrier.

Split bills with wife? Naa grin

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Okoroawusa: 9:59am On Jan 20
Na Tinubu cause am ..
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Mirasteel: 10:10am On Jan 20
Chicagograduate:
Streaming in Nigeria can exhaust data in a flash of light.
Nigerians as a whole love free stuffs so it's better for Amazon prime to leave instead of wasting their money without any profits.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by 2elliot: 10:11am On Jan 20
Hassanmaye:

Is your civilized people from the south that spoiled our image, especially amaka
Your mumu quota system people have contributed nothing, rather una with una Yoruba slaves have run the country to the ground.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by BoldBrainz(m): 10:11am On Jan 20
Kukutente23:
Hmmm

Tinubulation

I thought he built Lagos from pepper farm with ideas and visions

Has he gone blind and dumb?

Did you actually read the article? If yes, are you sure you understood it?
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by lexy2014: 10:14am On Jan 20
EEIA:

as you dey like this, you fit subscribe to Amazon prime still use data before you fit watch am after paying 15k + ?

While the Nigerian team operates out of London, the South African team works in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

wonderful.

so there was no where in Nigeria for them to operate?

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Mirasteel: 10:17am On Jan 20
dominique:
Netflix no gree dem drink water drop cup
Even Netflix at the right time will leave Nigeria.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Hassanmaye(m): 10:18am On Jan 20
2elliot:
Your mumu quota system people have contributed nothing, rather una with una Yoruba slaves have run the country to the ground.
Hmm
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Mirasteel: 10:18am On Jan 20
BarrElChapo:
I was telling a friend who's in the UK and works at Amazon, that if Amazon comes to Nigeria the company would struggle. We have numbers but no purchasing power
💯

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by ajailer(m): 10:23am On Jan 20
Well I won't blame the Prime Amazon Nigerian team working out of London. Lots of challenges that still need to be conquered in this country. Shey na Power generation we wan talk about or the unstable internet connectivity?

na so my person dey do online interview recently o, internet connectivity just went off like that, back-up connection sef come at that same moment started behaving like a lunatic..... till now, the interviewers are yet to get back to my person on when dem go conclude the interview.

I know we have the purchasing power but challenges like data and power dey discourage plenty people.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Bullfallo(m): 10:29am On Jan 20
I don't see why telecommunications in Nigeria not having TV streaming. It would be much easier to watch with data instead of subscription
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by NextAbuja: 10:31am On Jan 20
I have been to the uK n South Africa

Which country is beta developed in terms of infrastructure ?

Leave Nigeria talk Nigeria no follow make Nigeria go de drag with Burkina Faso.

Your Nigeria wey no get ordinary drainage system. Nigeria wey una still de pack shit.

YourGFsnatcher:

Where did u see that south Africa is a developed nation?
4words:


Do argue blindly. He is telling you the fact.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Kukutente23: 10:38am On Jan 20
BoldBrainz:


Did you actually read the article? If yes, are you sure you understood it?
If you ask me.... 🤷
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by jojothaiv(m): 10:40am On Jan 20
lexy2014:


wonderful.

so there was no where in Nigeria for them to operate?
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by joshkke(m): 10:42am On Jan 20
Samueltemi337:
I think I should buy the company

Call me, make we join forces cos it's still very viable. This is a mistake and the result of losing the subscribers growth war.
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by joshkke(m): 10:52am On Jan 20
BarrElChapo:
I was telling a friend who's in the UK and works at Amazon, that if Amazon comes to Nigeria the company would struggle. We have numbers but no purchasing power

Hmnn. 14 million Nigerian households have DSTV/GOTV which is from 1-3 times more expensive than Netflix or Prime. The real enemy is internet data costs which is some of the highest in the world. The solution? A partnership with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide redundant fixed data at affordable rates just for streaming services. Not possible? Local telcos are already doing this with special bundles, eg WhatsApp bundle, etc. Actually very solvable but company executives would rather collect fat bonuses than actually solve problems with applicable local/particular solutions

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Ondami43: 10:57am On Jan 20
see below

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by ncoolsome(m): 11:01am On Jan 20
dejonathan:
Telegram people don spoil market for them


I swear down...all the recent movies I have watched is from telegram...
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by dejonathan(f): 11:08am On Jan 20
Smartguyboy:

Where do you guys watch movies on telegram please?
Many channels dey telegram wey dey upload this movies within a week after the release

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by nedekid: 11:12am On Jan 20
PinkNature:


Split bills with wife? Naa grin
Lol.
Eg, In my house madam pays Netflix family plan, me I pay YouTube premium.
Each one has capacity for 5 users of which we are 5.
Me and wife de share some bills, not under any agreement, it just flows naturally.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by YourGFsnatcher: 11:20am On Jan 20
NextAbuja:
I have been to the uK n South Africa

Which country is beta developed in terms of infrastructure ?

Leave Nigeria talk Nigeria no follow make Nigeria go de drag with Burkina Faso.

Your Nigeria wey no get ordinary drainage system. Nigeria wey una still de pack shit.

So infrastructure is what made SA a developed nation?
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by DangoteIvy: 11:20am On Jan 20
Chicagograduate:
Streaming in Nigeria can exhaust data in a flash of light.
cool
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by nedekid: 11:21am On Jan 20
olatunji390:


Where can I find the subscription method. And what network

Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by YourGFsnatcher: 11:24am On Jan 20
4words:


Do argue blindly. He is telling you the fact.
Ague blindly keh? Seems like most Nigerians cannot comprehend. It seems like u guys are so emotional that you cannot read and understand again. We are talking based on facts, I asked him how u ended up with the fact that SA is a "developed" nation and you are talking about arguing blinding.

Seems like most of you don't know the meaning of a "developed nation" you think infrastructure is what makes a country a developed nation?

First, go and check the meaning of a developed nation.. then check if SA is among the developed nations or developing nations before u can reply me
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by YourGFsnatcher: 11:26am On Jan 20
4words:


You can only compare if you've been to South Africa if not, please don't bother. Forget all this things you read or see on the media.

My brother, South Africa is better and bigger. Don't let us decieve ourselves.

I can only pray Nigeria grows and get better too.

It's a simple question. I don't argue based on notion. I ague based on facts.

You can tell me their economy is bigger or they have better infrastructure or they have better GDP per capita and so on... and we will check and compare.

You can't just say SA is better and that's it. I don't do that kind of argument. I'm a scholar.. I need facts not emotions.
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by Jackson105: 11:29am On Jan 20
PrinceofSarcasm:
I knew it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

All the hype around the substandard trash our producers were making was all propaganda.

I knew they weren't getting good stream numbers. Why on earth will I use my hard earned Prime subscription to watch home videos ? All those She must be obeyed and tribe of judah nonsense are things I only watch from free of I ever want to watch such nonsense . I download them and watch free only

No wonder you are bittered, you don't even have money for data? SMH!
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by motionarena: 11:32am On Jan 20
nedekid:

Lol.
Eg, In my house madam pays Netflix family plan, me I pay YouTube premium.
Each one has capacity for 5 users of which we are 5.
Me and wife de share some bills, not under any agreement, it just flows naturally.

What do you gain from YouTube premium u don't get from regular YouTube.

Curious question
Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by nedekid: 11:48am On Jan 20
motionarena:


What do you gain from YouTube premium u don't get from regular YouTube.

Curious question
Ha! It is the koko.
1. No advertisement.
2. Multiple users ie family plan. 5 users.
3. YouTube music. Continuous play without break. Even if you open a regular browser, your YouTube music app continues to play on the background.
4. Full movies on YouTube. As in not broken versions. Search any movie and watch the full version.

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Re: Amazon Prime To Layoff Staff And Stop Producing African Content by descarado: 11:50am On Jan 20
Bulldozer90:
Netflix is next.

Paid streaming services including Amazon prime, Netflix and the rest are running at a loss in Africa.
The cinema and paid streaming are not viable
In Nigeria and Africa. If you remove their foreign content/ their foreign audience in Nigeria, cinema and Netflix will collapse, including those so called nollywood movie grossing heaven on earth.
The main nollywood in Asaba is viable because they somehow managed to adjust the standards for grassroots affordability across Africa.

Viable distribution channels remain YouTube, paytv and dvd. Only the Nollywood Asaba/Enugu axis and skitmakers understand this, hence their profits.
I watched uche Nancy and family episode one day and heard her workers talk.
They said uche pay them more than the big and known producers.
Some actors snd actresses kinda look down on these asaba producers but they are closer to the people and employ more

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