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Jáde Osiberu. It Took Her Three Years to Raise ₦45 Million for Isoken. Five Years Later She Signed the First Amazon Deal in Africa. She Wants Younger Filmmakers to Know the Sowing Season Is Supposed to Hurt.
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Jáde Osiberu. It Took Her Three Years to Raise ₦45 Million for Isoken. Five Years Later She Signed the First Amazon Deal in Africa. She Wants Younger Filmmakers to Know the Sowing Season Is Supposed to Hurt.

Jáde Osiberu made Isoken in 2017. It took her almost three years to raise the ₦45 million to produce it, flying blind through a distribution system nobody would…

By Adaeze Okoye 5 min read 4 Aug 2026
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Jáde Osiberu. It Took Her Three Years to Raise ₦45 Million for Isoken. Five Years Later She Signed the First Amazon Deal in Africa. She Wants Younger Filmmakers to Know the Sowing Season Is Supposed to Hurt.

Jáde Osiberu made Isoken in 2017. It took her almost three years to raise the ₦45 million to produce it, flying blind through a distribution system nobody would explain to…

By Adaeze Okoye · 4 August 2026

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