Marie Lora-Mungai

Marie Lora-Mungai
Born Marie Lora
Les Lilas, France
Education Sciences Po Paris, ESCP Business School
Occupation CEO, media entrepreneur, producer
Known for Restless Global, Restless Talent Management, Buni.tv, Buni Media, The XYZ Show, Ogas At The Top

Marie Lora-Mungai is a Media Entrepreneur and producer. She is the co-founder and CEO of Restless Global,[1] the first African studio to be engaged in every aspect of the content production and distribution pipeline. She also founded or co-founded talent agency Restless Talent Management,[2] leading African VOD service Buni.tv, and production company Buni Media, now all under Restless Global.

Education

Marie graduated from Sciences Po Paris in 2003 with a masters in Political Sciences, and from ESCP Business School in 2004 with a masters in Marketing and Communication.

Life and career

Lora-Mungai started her career in 2004 at CNN's New York bureau, where she occupied various producing positions, including on the shows Paula Zahn Now and Diplomatic License with Richard Roth. During that time, she covered the 2004 US presidential campaign and published 'Marketing Politique : Mode d'Emploi', an analysis of the political marketing techniques used by George W. Bush and John Kerry.[3]

In 2006 she moved to Nairobi, Kenya, to establish herself as a foreign correspondent, working for CNN, Reuters TV, AFP TV, and the BBC World Service in 15 countries across Africa. In 2008 she received a UN Correspondent Association Gold Medal for Best Broadcast[4] for her series of reports on the Darfur crisis. In 2009 she was nominated for Best Television Feature and Journalist of the Year at the DIAGEO Business Reporting Awards.[5]

In 2009 she co-founded Buni Media, a multimedia production company, with political cartoonist Gado (Godfrey Mwampembwa). Together they launched The XYZ Show, a puppet political satire show inspired by Les Guignols de L'Info and Spitting Image. The XYZ Show rapidly became very popular,[6][7][8][9][10][11] airing on national television stations Citizen TV, Kiss TV, and later NTV. In 2013 The XYZ Show won the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best TV Series.[12]

In 2012 Lora-Mungai launched Buni.tv, one of the pioneers and leading platforms of the VOD space in Africa.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

In 2013 she was named a Rising Talent by the Women's Global Forum,[19] and one of the "30 Women Who Matter" by L'Express magazine. In 2015 she was listed in the Choiseul Institute's list of "200 Economic Leaders of Tomorrow".[20]

In 2014 Lora-Mungai and Gado launched a similar show to The XYZ Show in Nigeria called Ogas At The Top, which also went viral[21][22] and was listed by CNN as "one of the 8 African shows to watch".[23] In 2015 it was nominated for Best Online Video at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.[24]

Two years later, she and business partner Tendeka Matatu announced the launch of talent agency Restless Talent Management[25] at the Cannes film festival.

In February 2015, Lora-Mungai and Matatu announced the merger of their activities and the launch of pan-African studio Restless Global.[26][27][28]

References

  1. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher. "Restless Global Aims to Be Africa's One-Stop Shop for TV, Talent, Production, Distribution". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  2. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher. "African Agency Scouts Local Talent for Hollywood". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  3. ↑ Lora, Marie. Marketing politique : mode d'emploi. Levallois-Perret: Jeunes Editions. ISBN 9782844728241.
  4. ↑ "OhmyNews UN Correspondent Receives Silver Medal - OhmyNews International". english.ohmynews.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  5. ↑ "Africa Business Reporting Awards 2009 – Finalists announced". Media Update. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  6. ↑ "Zuqka".
  7. ↑ "Breaking News Videos, Story Video and Show Clips - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  8. ↑ Instagram, Gregory Warner Facebook Twitter. "In Kenya, Political Puppets Give Voice To Satire". NPR.org. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  9. ↑ "Africa - Kenyan TV's puppet satire takes on elections". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  10. ↑ "Kenyan Political Satire Show Prepares for Elections". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  11. ↑ Reinl, James. "Kenyan satire takes aim at 'corrupt leaders'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  12. ↑ "#AMVCA: The XYZ Show wins Best Television Series". Africa Magic. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  13. ↑ Shezi, Ntombenhle. "Goodbye cinema, hello web". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  14. ↑ "Meet ‘Nollywood’: The second largest movie industry in the world". Fortune. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  15. ↑ Jackson, Tom. "Why Startups Are Leading Online Video in Africa". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  16. ↑ "Entertaining Africa". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  17. ↑ Town, Sean Robson Cape. "Video on demand poised to change how Africa watches". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  18. ↑ "VOD alive and well in Africa". www.screenafrica.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  19. ↑ "Women's Forum - Meet with Marie Lora-Mungai, co-founder and CEO of Buni Media". www.womens-forum.com. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  20. ↑ "Choiseul Institute" (PDF).
  21. ↑ "TV and internet satire shows gaining popularity in Africa". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  22. ↑ "Interview: 10 questions for Marie Lora-Mungai, creator of the hilarious hit series, Ogas At The Top - The ScoopNG". The ScoopNG. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  23. ↑ "8 African shows you need to watch - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  24. ↑ "Nominees Announced for 2015 AMVCAs". Africa Magic. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  25. ↑ "South African Agency Scouts Local Talent for Hollywood". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  26. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. "Media Entrepreneurs Partner to Launch New Global-Focused African Film & TV Studio". Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  27. ↑ "La 20th Century Fox africaine est peut-être née grâce à une Française". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  28. ↑ "Cinéma - Marie Lora-Mungai : la dénicheuse de talents africains". Retrieved 2015-09-09.

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