Institutional track record.
Lufodo Group has delivered projects in partnership with Nigeria's leading financial institutions, government agencies, and international development organisations.
Purpose
Why Lufodo exists
We seek to change the entertainment industry into a medium that entertains audiences while reaching them deeply — making them think and feel about the society they live in.
That sentence has governed the organisation since 1985. Everything the Group has built since — an accredited academy, a heritage venue under concession, a distribution arm, a production slate that has travelled to three continents — exists to make it possible at scale.
Vision
To develop and deploy internationally benchmarked entertainment content for stage, television and the film industry.
Mission
- Outstanding and thought-provoking content for stage and screen
- World-class standards in entertainment projects
- Platforms that offer growth and productivity in the local sector
Values
- Sincerity
- Hard work
- Honesty and accountability
- Innovation in the industry
Conduct
To conduct business consistently with the highest level of honesty, integrity and transparency, without undermining the interest of counterparties.
Heritage
Forty years, in sequence.
From a two-person production company in 1985 to a four-unit institution managing ₦4 billion in cultural infrastructure.
Lufodo Group founded
Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva establish Lufodo as a stage and film production company.
Incorporated
Registered on 25 September as a fully-fledged media and entertainment services company.
LAPA established
The Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts opens, later licensed by the National Board for Technical Education to award the National Innovative Diploma in Performing and Media Arts.
Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange, London
Curated for Nigeria's participation in the London Olympics cultural programme, funded by the Bank of Industry.
Heartbeat: A New Beginning
The longest-running Nigerian stage musical, across 40 performances.
Potato Potahto
Feature film, released to global distribution.
Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange, Paris
Showcasing Nigerian film, visual and performing arts, cuisine, music and craft.
SDG campaigns
Road safety and healthcare campaigns produced with Total and Social Global.
UN Women creative advocacy
Campaign films on gender-based violence and women's participation in governance.
Glover Memorial Hall concession
Lagos State Government awards Lufodo Group the PPP concession to manage Glover Memorial Hall, following a competitive bidding process.
Netflix Grow Africa · UN Women
A capacity building programme delivered with Netflix, alongside a further UN Women creative advocacy campaign.
The King Must Dance Naked
Stage production across 16 performances.
Over the Bridge
Feature film, released to global distribution.
Continued cultural programming
Glover Memorial Hall programming and venue development continues under Lufodo management.
Why it matters
Logos are not evidence. Outcomes are.
Every relationship below is tied to a programme, a year, and a delivered result. Where a figure or an outcome is not yet cleared for publication, we say so rather than imply more than we can evidence.
Government & public sector
Concession, policy and public programme delivery.
- Lagos State Government
- PPP concession for Glover Memorial Hall (2022); Lagos @ 50 programming
- Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism & Creative Economy
- Cultural sector programming partner
- Niger Delta Development Commission
- Commissioned Little Drops, toured Edo, Rivers and Cross River (2010, 2016)
Development finance
Institutional funding for cultural infrastructure and international showcase.
- Bank of Industry
- Funded the Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange, London (2012); founding support
- Afreximbank
- Creative sector financing relationship
Banking & financial services
Corporate partners across production, sponsorship and venue programming.
- Access Bank
- Production and programming partner
- GT Bank
- Production and programming partner
- First Bank
- Production and programming partner
- Wema Bank
- Production and programming partner
- Rand Merchant Bank
- Production and programming partner
International
Multilateral, diplomatic and platform partners.
- UN Women
- Creative advocacy campaigns on gender-based violence and women in governance (2021, 2023)
- British Council
- Cultural exchange and capacity building
- Netflix
- Grow Africa capacity building programme — completed 2023–24
- Theatre Royal Stratford East
- International theatre partner
Corporate & industry
Commercial partners across campaigns, broadcast and the wider sector.
- Accenture
- Corporate partner
- Total
- SDG road safety and healthcare campaigns (2018–20)
- Social Global
- SDG campaign production partner (2018–20)
- Africa Magic
- Broadcaster — Subterfuge (2014)
- Terra Kulture
- Cultural sector partner
- Freedom Park
- Cultural sector partner
- African Women Development Fund
- Programme partner
- Ciuci Consulting
- Operations partner, Glover Memorial Hall concession
What we bring
A delivery partner, not just a producer.
For funders, government agencies and development organisations, Lufodo Group offers something a production company alone cannot: infrastructure, an accredited training institution, a distribution route, and forty years of governance history — in one counterparty.
Governance
An advisory board chaired by Gbenga Oyebode, founder of Aluko & Oyebode, with law, finance, real estate and operations expertise. Incorporated since 2000. RC 391598.
Concession experience
Won and operate a Lagos State Government PPP concession covering ₦4 billion in cultural infrastructure, following competitive bid.
Accredited delivery
An NBTE-licensed academy able to deliver and certify training outcomes, not just run workshops.
Reach
A 400+ seat venue on Lagos Island, a distribution arm, and a talent network spanning four decades of Nigerian stage and screen.
Exploring a partnership?
We work with development finance institutions, government agencies, multilaterals, foundations and corporate partners on infrastructure, capacity building, advocacy content and cultural programming.