Your largest indigenous comics
IP library in Africa.
The first 100 comics and 1,000 chapters across our
platforms have been created in-house by our 60-person
writing and Artists team.
Umuaka Labs
The first 100 comics and 1,000 chapters across our platforms have been created in-house
by our 60-person writing and Artists team. By 2030, we expect to host
100,000+ stories in comic form from within the African creative communities on
our platforms. Umuaka is the catalyst for this coming content renaissance.
Rapid AI advancements reduces the costs and accelerates
our development time frames
Endless Source of IP
From the amazing young content
communities across Africa.
Umuaka Production Capacity
Our in-house studio holds the largest production
capacity in Africa for outstanding comics
Vast Experience in IP production
The founding family has successfully adapted many
different forms of popular IP into live-action films. Digital
comics are easier in comparison.
Investors & Advisors
The Management Umuaka was supported by some of the most prominent and well regarded
investors and operators in the African technology ecosystem. Collectively we have a proven
track record of building and exiting technology companies in Africa.
Shola Akinlade
Founder of Paystack
John Ugbe
CEO of MultiChoice West Africa
Kola Aina
General Partner Ventures Platform
Joe Kinvi
Founder & CEO of HoaQ
Tommy Chia
(Trill Ventures & prominent angel investor)
Chijioke Dozie
Founders of Carbon
Ngozi Dozie
Founders of Carbon
Kwamena Afful
Prominent Investor & Operator
Uzoma Dozie
Founder of Sparkle
Kelechi Dozie
Kunoch
Adia Sowho
Former CMO of Nigeria
Deepankar Rustagi
Founder of OmniRetailInvestor
We're a global digital storytelling platform & studio network creating original and industry leading webtoons, comics and animations. We are uniquely focused on stories originating from Africa to the World.
Cofounder &
Exec. Chairman
Jason Njoku
Founder & CEO of IROKO, the largest paid digital content platform in Africa. Raised $41m in investment from international VC's including Tiger global, Kinnevik, RISE Capital and Vivendi CANAL+
Cofounded ROK, along with Mary Njoku. ROK, which was incubated within IROKO, scaled to $8.1m revenues & $3.4m EBITDA in 5 years before exiting ($25m EV) to CANAL+ Vivendi in 2019
Our team
The Management Umuaka was supported by some of the most prominent and well regarded investors and operators in the
David Adegoke
Head of Engineering
Victor Maamaa
Backend Engineer
Tobiloba Ajayi
Mobile Engineer
Motunrayo Adegbola
Mobile Engineer
Emmanuel Ajayi
Frontend Engineer
Salihu Abdulhamid
Frontend Engineer
Priscilla Yusuf
Quality Assurance Engineer
Favour Mustapha
UI/UX Designer
Zion Esenyi
Marketing Specialist
Mfoniso Etokeren
Marketing Specialist
Eme Moses
Content Developer
