Jason Njoku

**Jason Chukwuma Njoku** (yavutse taliki 11 Ukuboza umwaka 1980) ni umucuruzi wo mugihugu cy’Ubwongereza. Niwe washinze kandi akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru wa iROKOtv, serivisi isaba amashusho kuri firime zo muri Nigeriya .

Yiyita rwiyemezamirimo udasanzwe, iROKOtv yari Njoku ya 11 agerageza gutangiza umushinga. Yaje afite igitekerezo cyo gutangiza urubuga rushya rwo gukwirakwiza firime Nollywood mugihe yabanaga murugo na mama we, afite imyaka 30, nyuma yimishinga myinshi yananiranye igendayanga. 

## Ubuzima bwambere n'imyigire
Jason yavukiye kandi akurira i Deptford, mu majyepfo y’iburasirazuba bwa Londere, nyina amurera na bashiki be batatu na murumuna we wenyine, mu gihe yakoraga akazi k'amasaha yose muri serivisi y’ubuzima . Yigiye amashuri i Londire, nyuma yimukira mu mudugudu wo muri Nijeriya kuva afite imyaka 12 kugeza 15. Amaze gusubira mu Bwongereza, yize kaminuza kugira ngo arangize Amashuri yisumbuye, mbere yo kubona umwanya muri kaminuza ya Manchester aho yize ibijyanye 'ibinyabutabire. Yarangije amashuriye mu mwaka 2005 afite 2: 1 atangiza *Ikinyamakuru Brash Magazine*, igitabo yashize hanze cy’abanyeshuri cyatangiye mumyaka itatu mbere yuko gifunga mu mwaka 2008.   

## Umwuga

### iROKO
Nyuma y’imishinga myinshi yananiranye hagati yu mwaka wa 2005 nuwa 2010, birimo umuyoboro wa blog, ubucuruzi bw'imyenda hamwe n’isosiyete ikora imbuga za interineti,  Njoku yasubiye mu rugo mu nzu ya nyina i Deptford. Aho niho yaje gutekereza igitekerezo cyo gutangiza ubucuruzi bwo gukwirakwiza Nollywood kuri interineti, "Uburengerazuba bwari bufite Hulu na Netflix  Afurika ntacyo yari ifite", Njoku.  Amaze kwiga ibijyanye n'inganda kure, yerekeje i Lagosi, abikesheje ubufasha bw'amafaranga y'inshuti ye magara Bastian Gotter, mugenzi we barangirije hamwe muri kaminuza ya Manchester, maze atangira kugura impushya zo kuri interineti za firime za Nollywood.  Yakoraga mu nzu y'ibyumba bibiri biri mu mujyi wa Festac, i Lagosi,  maze agirana amasezerano na YouTube mu Budage kugira ngo abe umufatanyabikorwa wa sosiyete ya Nollywood.  

Mu mwaka wa 2010, Njoku na mugenzi we Bastian Gotter  bashyize ahagaragara NollywoodLove, kumuyoboro wa YouTube, watangiye kunguka mu mezi abiri bamaze batangiye.  Muri uwo mwaka, bashima inyandiko yanditswe na Sarah Lacy wakoraga icyo gihe muri Tech Crunch, NollywoodLove yashimishijwe n’ikigega cy’ishoramari cyo muri Amerika cyitwa Tiger Global ku kuba cyarashishikajwe no kwagura ibikorwa byabo ku masoko agiye atandukanye akomeye. 

Urukurikirane Ishoramari rya amadolari miliyoni 3 yahawe ingwate muri Tiger Global mu mwaka wa 2010 maze iyo siyete itangira kwerekana amashusho yonyine, kuri iROKOtv, kuri taliki ya 1 Ukuboza umwaka wa 2011. Urubuga rwahuje abareba baturutse mu bihugu 178 kwisi.  Njoku na Gotter kuva bakomeza gukusanya andi miliyoni 22 z'amadolari ziva muri VC mpuzamahanga, harimo n’ishoramari AB Kinnevik na RISE Capital  kandi bakoresheje ishoramari mu kubaka kataloge nini ya firime 5.000,  ibirori byo gutangiza ibiro i Lagosi, New York, na Londire no gushora imari mu kuzamura ibikoresho no guteza imbere iby'ikoranabuhanga. Iroko yagiye gutera izindi nkunga ishoramari ingana na miliyoni 40 z'amadolari 

Mu mwaka wa 2015, Njoku yahisemo kwerekeza ibitekerezo kuri sosiyete kuri porogaramu igendanwa ya Android igendanwa,   aho kuba inzira yo guhangana n’ibikorwa remezo bigari akamaro Afurika mu iterambere.

Muri Nyakanga mu mwaka 2012, yavuzwe na *Forbes Africa* nk'umwe mu 'Baherwe icumi b'Abanyafurika bakurikirana'.  Ku ya 29 Kanama 2013, Njoku yahawe igihembo nka CNBC All Africa Business Awards Umuyobozi w’umwaka muri Afurika y’iburengerazuba.   Yamenyekanye kandi nk'umwe mu bantu 1000 ba mbere mu guhanga ubucuruzi. 

### Ibindi wamenya
Muri Kanama mu mwaka wa 2013, hamwe n'abafatanyabikorwa be mu bucuruzi Bastian Gotter na Mary Remmy Njoku, Njoku yatangije amadorari miriyoni 2 yimodoka ishora imari kuri Lagosi itangizwa na enterineti yitwa Spark.  Isosiyete yabanje gushora imari mu bigo 11, birimo isosiyete ikwirakwiza ibinyobwa byitwa Drinks.ng, ikigo cy’imitungo itimukanwa n’umutungo ku rubuga rwa interineti cyitwa ToLet.com.ng, hamwe n’ahantu ho kubika ibyumba bya hoteri, byitwa Hotels.ng, byakomeje. gukusanya miliyoni 1.2 byamadolari mu ishoramari rya VC riva muri EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund na Omidyar Network.  Muri 2015, Jason Njoku mu rubuga rwa blog yatangaje ko  barekuye abantu bane batangiye bafatwa nk'ubucuruzi bwatsinzwe: .com.ng (iduka ryerekana imideli kumurongo) hamwe nabakristu.ng, urubuga rwo gukundana kumurongo kubakristo.

## Ubuzima bwite
Ku taliki ya 18 Kanama mu mwaka 2012. Njoku yashakanye numugore w'umukinnyi wa filime zinyura kuri Nollywood akaba na producer Mary Remmy Njoku mu mujyi wa Festac, i Lagosi.   Bakiriye umuhungu babyaye wabo wa mbere, Jason Obinna Njoku, ku taliki ya 30 Nyakanga mu mwaka  wa 2013,  umwana wa kabiri, Nwakaego Annabel Njoku, yavutse ku taliki ya 24 Kanama mu mwaka wa 2015  n'umwana wa gatatu, Nnenna Amber Njoku yavutse ku taliki ya 4 Kanama mu mwaka 2017. 

## Amashakiro

## Ihuza ryo hanze

* My Biggest Fear Is That Nollywood Becomes Less Popular – Jason Njoku