Netflix to continue spending R1 billion a year in South Africa despite axing Africa boss

Netflix has no plans to cut back on its average annual content investment of R1 billion in South Africa, its largest African market. Neither does it plan to cut back elsewhere on the continent.That was the word from Kaye Ann Williams, Netflix’s director of scripted content for sub-Saharan Africa, who spoke at the 2026 MIP Africa trade fair and industry market in Cape Town.