Kunle Afolayan on Leaving Banking for Film and Building West Africa's Biggest Film Resort | Nidacity

Kunle Afolayan on Leaving Banking for Filmand Building West Africa's Biggest Film Resort Before he was one of Nollywood's most recognized producers, Kunle Afolayan spent nearly seven years working in banking. In this episode of The Builders, he joins Kemi Adeosun to trace that unlikely path from the banking floor to film school in New York, and from fighting piracy on Lagos bridges to building KAP village, a resort that industry insiders call the biggest privately-owned film destination in West Africa. Kunle opens up about what it really costs to build at this scale (he estimates over ₦8 billion in personal funds), how Nigerian filmmakers actually get paid by platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, why the exchange rate — not popularity — is driving the YouTube gold rush, and why he believes Nigeria's film industry still doesn't speak with one voice when it comes to funding and policy. It's a conversation about business discipline meeting creative vision — and what it takes to build something built to outlast a single film release. In this episode: From banking to Golden Effects to KAP Studios The piracy problem that nearly broke his early career How Netflix deals with Nigerian filmmakers actually work Why YouTube's "boom" is really an exchange-rate story Building Cap Village: the vision, the ₦8 billion cost, and what's next Why film funding in Nigeria still lags behind agriculture His MOU to build a film city in Benin Republic Advice for the next generation of Nigerian filmmakers 🎧 Subscribe to The Builders for more conversations with the people building Nigeria's economy, one industry at a time. #business #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #film #nollywood #nidacity #kemiadeosun #thebuilderspodcast