AfrolandTV is the #1 destination for premium content from African producers, reaching the global diaspora across all major platforms via dedicated streaming service and FAST Channels.Led by Michael Maponga, my role is to assist the execution of his vision and utilize my experience and relationships to secure opportunities in distribution, monetization and content acquisition.

Partners include: Amazon, Samsung, Sony, Google Play, Panasonic, Seiki, Hisense, Roku, Qualcomm, Vizio, Voxx, Kurio, and others.Stephen has spearheaded the children’s content platform Toon Goggles (TG) since its launch in 2012, establishing a huge presence on a multitude of consumer-electronics devices. As founder of this dominant on-demand entertainment platform that delivers games, animated and live-action series as well as music, Stephen has secured major partnerships with Verizon’s mobile service Go90, leading smart-TV manufacturers like Vizio and Hisense and tablet makers such as Kurio, to elevate Toon Goggles to new heights in North America. "That extensive reach has been key to the platform’s global growth", says CEO Stephen Hodge. "As crowded as the market is, in many places we’re the only children’s service available,” Hodge notes. “If you were to turn on a Vizio TV, we’re the only children’s service there. If you were to turn on a Panasonic TV, we’re one of two children’s services. Turn on any smart TV and you’re going to find Toon Goggles. On a lot of those devices we’re preloaded and on some of those devices we actually have buttons on the remotes like Seiki, plus we’re on the packaging. So our presence at TG is all encompassing. From the very beginning we have focused on being where children are consuming content. Other companies just exist in the App Store—we’ve always focused on being a bit more than that. That’s helped us with much of our consumer recognition. We don’t spend capital on user acquisitions. Instead, our users discover us from unboxing their Panasonic, Vizio or Hisense TV, going to the children’s section and seeing Toon Goggles heavily promoted. You see Netflix then you see Toon Goggles.”

Managed brand development, created strategic partnerships, sold innovative concepts to brands.

"We provide and support programs that enrich the creative capacities of youth for real world excellence."