Kumawood

Kumawood
Company typeLLC
IndustryFilm
Founded2006
HeadquartersKumasi, Ghana

Kumawood is a privately owned movie and awards company[1] that is based in Kumasi, Ghana.[2][3] It was founded by Samuel Kwabena Darko, a Ghanaian businessman and entrepreneur.[4]

Kumawood was incorporated as a Limited liability company in 2006; soon after, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film company in Ghana.[5]

The company has been lucrative because of their consistency in producing and providing good quality content in Ghanaian movie space.[6] The language mostly spoken is [[Akan language|Asante Twi subtitles translations are available.[7][8][9][10]

Kumawood owns a television platform, Kumawood TV, which airs on Multi TV and also a Kumawood app which has more than 100,000 installs.[11]

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  2. ^ Orlando, Valérie (15 April 2017). New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813579580. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Video experience headlines". BBC News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ "I am very much disappointed in Adom TV - Kumawood CEO".
  5. ^ Asiamah, Emmanuel (21 August 2023). "We're on course of reviving Kumawood, Ghana movie industry".
  6. ^ "Abstract" (PDF). ijrhss. 2017.
  7. ^ "kumawood - Ghana Film Industry". Ghana Film Industry. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. ^ "Kumawood Actors". Yen- Ghana news. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  9. ^ TalentsGh TV (2018-08-31), Kwaku Manu Talk About Kumawood Ghallywood Differences, retrieved 2018-11-15
  10. ^ AfricaNews (8 June 2017). "Kumawood, the thriving movie industry in Ghana". Africanews. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Kumawood - Apps on Google Play". play google. Retrieved 2019-08-06.