I'm South African and having viewed a couple of Nigeria movies(if I can call them that) my conclusion was that the industry despite the hype needed a lot of support from government if it was really to be successful.

In South Africa, people have been making movies forever but it's only in the last five years that the industry has really taken, and this was after several conferences and assistance from the private sector who recognised the economic potential of growing film industry.

On average about four/five South African movies are made every year as opposed to the thousands made in Nigeria. Movies are like a business, you write a business plan, you approach potential investors, draw up a budget and hopefully after a year you movie will be made. For instance Tsotsi took well over three years to make from scripting to it's final post production.

When people are not making movies they're kept busy with television, commercial and documentary productions which happen throughout the year.