Afrostream

AFROSTREAM is Netflix for African-American and African content…

Y CombinatorSummer 2015InactiveConsumerContentVideo

What they do

Problem

Black audiences worldwide lack easy access to a large, licensed library of African and African-diaspora film and TV content.

Solution

Afrostream is a Netflix-like streaming platform offering licensed black-focused shows, films, and web series across web, mobile, smart TVs, and set-top boxes.

Who it's for

Consumers seeking African and African-diaspora entertainment content across multiple devices and countries.

Founders

Tonjé Bakang Tonje

Founder/CEO

Founder & CEO at Moots AI. Improving human connections through innovation. Second time YC founder. Former CEO at Afrostream (Netflix for Africa) and scaled the business operations to 28 countries.

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Ludovic Bostral

Founder

Streaming tech advisor, fractional CTO. 25 years building video platforms: R&D Manager on M6 Replay (50M+ monthly users), co-founded Afrostream (YCS15), CTO at Majelan, ran platform at Trace. Now I help founders and investors with technical due diligence, architecture audits, and stack decisions for streaming/OTT/video. I also publish Streaming Radar, a weekly newsletter and data intelligence platform covering streaming tech, vertical drama ($14B market), and Africa streaming. Open to: fractiona

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