Rogba Arimoro: Building African Intellectual Property with global scalability
“If African creators want sustainable growth, we have to think beyond single releases. We must build IP that can live across platforms, territories, and formats,” were the words of Aderogba
- By Gbenga Bada
“If African creators want sustainable growth, we have to think beyond single releases. We must build IP that can live across platforms, territories, and formats,” were the words of Aderogba Arimoro, a Nigerian filmmaker based in Lagos while responding to the essence of global scalability.
Arimoro, a popular showrunner, and founder of Paladin Creative Services Ltd, who has contributed to and led multiple commissioned productions for Africa Magic across scripted and unscripted formats, is a creative building narrative intellectual properties designed for both African and international markets.
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Arimoro’s brilliance has seen him getting shortlisted at Raindance and participated in international industry markets, including MIP London where he was selected to pitch his legal series-in-development at the Creative Africa Content Pavilion (CACOP) Best of Africa Showcase.
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He said, “Participating in international markets reinforces one thing, the global industry is open to African stories, but they must be development-ready and structurally competitive.”
Over the past decade, Arimoro’s credits include the arbitration-based reality series ‘Judging Matters,’ a telenovela ‘Venge,’ thriller series ‘Refuge,’ and the drama series ‘Mother of the Brides.’ He currently serves as an Executive Producer and Showrunner, overseeing development, creative direction, and production systems across projects.
Beyond production, Arimoro writes and speaks about the economics of African screen storytelling, ownership structures, and distribution strategy. At different times, his commentary has generated significant engagement among producers and creatives navigating the evolving global content landscape.
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Speaking on ownership of intellectual property in the industry, Arimoro said, “Ownership is the difference between a moment and a movement. The next phase of African storytelling will be defined by who controls the underlying intellectual property.”
His current slate includes feature and series projects that explore identity, power, gender, and cultural transition within grounded African contexts while remaining globally resonant.
“Local authenticity is the starting point. Scalability comes from structure,” the filmmaker and showrunner said.
Arimoro’s work has received industry recognition, including multiple Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) nominations. His short film Tokunbo and subsequent series projects have been recognised for narrative ambition and craft.
