Velona Ayuko
Kukua, whose mission is to offer 21st century children the skills and capacity to dream beyond what they think is possible and to imagine and create a better world, is playing that role in the entertainment industry.
Together with Citizen TV, they have launched Super Sema; an African edutainment franchise. The show aims at reaching children and families across Africa to educate and excite them about the world of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) and give them new aspirational role models to look up to and in which they see themselves reflected.
After the successful launch of Africa’s first kid superhero animated series Super Sema that debuted on Youtube for Kids this month, Kukua, a Nairobi-based multidisciplinary media and technology startup, today announced that it is beginning the linear television rollout for the series across Africa starting with Kenya’s linear broadcaster Citizen.
The COO of Kukua, Vanessa Ford, promised that their programming will empower children to take what they’ve learned from the series into the real world to make, invent and play with intention.”
Wachira-Wanyama, Director at Citizen TV couldn’t agree more:
“It’s time for an authentic animated world with characters that reflects our culture while appealing to a global audience.”
Stycie Waweru plays superhero Sema, Seth Prewitt voices her twin brother and technological collaborator MB, Elsaphan Njora plays the heartless villain robot Tobor, and Lupita Nyong’o lends her voice as a major character in an upcoming two-part episode as well as the official Super Sema trailer.
Just recently, Super Sema got 1 million plus views on YouTube. It will be featured daily on the network and promoted across all of Citizen’s channels.
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