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Netflix increases presence in Nollywood with new Netflix Naija Photoshoot

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Christina Ngene

I am a movie enthusiast with a passion for writing and a desire to see the African movie industries grow. I try to use my skills as an artist to cheer for Nollywood by writing for NollyMania. • Syndicate Correspondent

Netflix increases presence in Nollywood with new Netflix Naija Photoshoot — Visual representation of subject: " perspective"Fly News Wire (2026)

There’s no more holding breath, Netflix has enchanted its Nollywood fans. A new twitter account was recently set up with the name Netflix Naija. The first photo on the account is a delightful group photo of Nigerian actors sitting across the Netflix sign ‘N’.

Here is a link to the twitter thread where twitter users are sharing their excitement after seeing the photo. In honesty, this feels like a new experience.

N is for Naija. N is for Nollywood. N is the 14th alphabet. 14 is also how many great talents you're looking at. N is for Netflix. But most importantly…hello, Nigeria! pic.twitter.com/js8z3LIyM3
— Netflix Nigeria (@NetflixNaija) February 25, 2020

In photo include:

Banky Wellington

Kate Henshaw

Kunle Afolayan

Richard Mofe-Damijo

Ted Sarandos (Chief Content Officer at Netflix)

Adesua Etomi Wellington

Mo Abudu

Omoni Oboli

Ramsey Nouah

Fans hoped for more including Genevieve Nnaji, Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs to have appeared in the photo. However, it is just a selected few that are in the first Netflix Naija photoshoot.

Note – The list is incomplete and not in order.

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