Seed Round · $500K-$2M · 2026

The infrastructure of
African cinema.

Not another streaming platform. The localization and distribution infrastructure the entire African content industry is waiting for.

$1.5B
Spent by failed platforms
Every model was wrong
64%
Africans without French or English
Our entire market
25M+
Wolof speakers
The language moat
<20h
Global Wolof AI data
We are building more
The problem

$1.5 billion.
Every platform failed.

IrokoTV ($100M+). Showmax ($430M). HiTV. Kwese TV. The model failed, not the market. The audience is there. The distribution layer was not.

IrokoTV
SVOD subscription, wrong model
$100M+
Showmax
Licensing collapse
$430M
HiTV Nigeria
Overextension on sports rights
₦9.5B
Kwese TV
Single revenue stream
Massive
The thesis

Why Wawaw
survives.

01.

Not a streaming bet

We are infrastructure. Dubbing studio, CDN, payment stack, language data. Rights holders need us to reach West Africa.

02.

Multi-window architecture

Cinema, platform, diaspora, broadcast TV, YouTube. Every title travels through 5 revenue windows.

03.

Two revenue streams

B2C: pay-per-view and packs, no subscription. B2B: content licensing and AI voice data. Neither depends on the other.

04.

The voice-data moat

A professional multi-speaker Wolof corpus, extending towards Pular, Bambara, Mandinka. Less than 20h of Wolof exists globally.

05.

Proven execution

F&F 9 dubbed in Wolof. Apple-certified developer. Platform built on iOS and Android. Advanced Nollywood deals. Zero institutional funding.

06.

Diaspora revenue ready

10,000 diaspora subscribers in France at €5.99/month = ~€60,000/month. The fastest path to operating revenue.

Allocation

Use of funds.

40%
Content & licensing
Revenue-share deals, Nollywood catalogue, Turkish drama licensing
25%
Dubbing & localization
Studio scaling, Pular and Bambara production, AI voice annotation
20%
Market activation
F&F 9 premieres Dakar and Paris, diaspora community connectors
15%
Tech & infrastructure
CDN scaling, payment integration, platform optimization
Execution

Roadmap.

Now

Deals & social content

Even Prod, UIP London, F&F 9 documentary content.

Month 6

F&F 9 premiere, Grand Théâtre

App launch. Paris diaspora premiere. TVOD live.

Month 12

Platform + Diaspora

Full packs. Card integrated. 8 to 10 content deals.

Month 18+

TV + AI data

Broadcast TV licensing. AI data deals. Telco bundle.

Contact

Let's talk.

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