Something major just happened in the film distribution space — and if you blinked, you might have missed it.
Nile Entertainment has officially partnered with United International Pictures (UIP) in a landmark move that positions the Nigerian powerhouse as the exclusive theatrical distributor of blockbuster titles from global studios across Anglophone West Africa.
Yes — this is big.
Through this partnership, Nile Entertainment will now distribute films from two of Hollywood’s biggest studios — Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures — across key territories including Nigeria and Ghana.
Effective February 27, 2026, this deal shifts the theatrical landscape in West Africa in a way we haven’t seen in years.
For context: United International Pictures handles international distribution for both Universal and Paramount. So this isn’t just another content acquisition announcement — this is infrastructure. Strategy. Positioning.
And Nile is at the center of it.
For years, conversations around African cinema have focused on production. But distribution — real, structured, international-grade distribution — is where sustainability lives.
This deal is about power alignment.
It’s about access.
It’s about who controls what audiences get to see — and how.
And Nile Entertainment just expanded its influence significantly.
The next chapter for cinema in West Africa?


















































