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Fiatope: crowdfunding, the African way
September 2026
Since 2015, Fiatope has funded 78 projects and raised over $400,000 from 4,800 donors. Founder Eric Ntonfo explains what makes a campaign work, and why film and animation are the next frontier.
On the Ground
As African producers, we too often find ourselves faced with two options: produce locally without a structured ecosystem, risking limiting the reach of our content; or aim for the global market and look elsewhere for what still seems sorely lacking at home: funding.
Eric Ntonfo, founder of Fiatope
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