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How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix

An eight-year-old South African streaming company has zoomed past Netflix to become Africa’s favorite. Showmax — which was spun out of Africa’s largest entertainment company, MultiChoice, in 2015 — had 2.1 million subscribers on the continent at the end of November 2023, as compared to 1.

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