Since 2005, when YouTube co-founder, Jawed Karim first posted a video of himself at the zoo, the video sharing platform has evolved in the most extraordinary ways. Yesterday, it launched its paid-for service, YouTube Red, but over the past years, it has redefined how the world consumed video content. Whereas users had to tune in to MTV or BET at a certain time to watch the latest music videos, all it takes now is searching it out on an artistes’ vevo channel.
How people create video content has also evolved. Gone are the times where one needed a Rolodex of government certifications to start a TV station. Now, all it takes is a YouTube channel to broadcast to the world. Channels like these have sprung up over the past years.
Here are a few of the more interesting ones in Africa:
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Since 2005, when YouTube co-founder, Jawed Karim first posted a video of himself at the zoo, the video sharing platform has evolved in the most extraordinary ways. Yesterday, it launched its paid-for service, YouTube Red, but over the past years, it has redefined how the world consumed video content. Whereas users had to tune in to MTV or BET at a certain time to watch the latest music videos, all it takes now is searching it out on an artistes’ vevo channel.
How people create video content has also evolved. Gone are the times where one needed a Rolodex of government certifications to start a TV station. Now, all it takes is a YouTube channel to broadcast to the world. Channels like these have sprung up over the past years.
Here are a few of the more interesting ones in Africa:
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