Investigating Netflix is a real challenge. The secretive US streaming service doesn’t give many interviews and remains stingy when it comes to announcing figures. However, the little it does communicate reveals that it is thriving, in large part due to the ongoing pandemic.
In 2020, the group gained 37 million subscribers, which enabled it to pass the 200 million customer mark for the first time worldwide. And in Africa? It is impossible to know how the streaming platform is expanding its community on the continent, let alone country by country.
Only one figure is known: Netflix has 66.7 million subscribers for a vast area encompassing Europe, the Middle East and the African continent, i.e. 14.7 million more in one year.
One other thing is certain: the streaming platform is becoming more and more popular on the continent. Furthermore, the original series Blood and Water and Queen Sono h
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