Lagos studio iBAKA Entertainment launched the Nollywood library IbakaTV back in 2011, then turned it into YouTube’s biggest sub-Saharan partner, with more than 15,000 hours of free movies. Alongside that huge free network sits a separate paid app and website holding thousands of Yoruba and Ghanaian titles in studio quality. Billing runs in US dollars worldwide, the naira auto-converts on local cards, and the annual plan works out cheapest if you watch often.
The service centers on Nigeria, the wider African continent and the diaspora in the US, UK and Canada. Step outside those supported regions and the catalog tightens, because some licenses are tied to a Nigerian IP, so a hotel Wi-Fi in Madrid or Berlin may greet you with a region notice. A VPN like Surfshark fixes that: pick a server back home, reopen the app and the full library streams again at up to 1080p, exactly as it would back in Lagos or London.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | IbakaTV | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurfsharkBEST | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | July 5 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Open |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | July 5 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | July 5 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | July 5 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | July 2 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialTakes about 2 minutes. Works on your phone, tablet, TV, PC, or laptop.
IbakaTV works in 56 countries, including in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Canada, in South Africa and in Algeria. In 138 more it is blocked, and outside available regions you will need a VPN.
IbakaTV works without a VPN in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Canada, in South Africa, in Algeria, in Angola and in Benin, plus in 49 more countries.
IbakaTV is blocked in Australia, in New Zealand, in Ireland, in Germany and in France, plus in 133 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like Surfshark.
IbakaTV is a Nigerian platform built around Nollywood cinema, launched in 2011 in Lagos by Blessed Idornigie under the iBAKA Entertainment banner. It runs on two tracks: a sprawling free YouTube network with more than 15,000 hours of films and over a million subscribers, plus a standalone subscription app and website. The catalogue spans thousands of Nigerian and Ghanaian (Ghallywood) titles alongside Yoruba-language movies. It is a licensed, aggregated library with no in-house originals, no live TV and no sport. Apps cover iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV and the web, downloads are supported, and streams reach 1080p. It speaks to Nollywood fans and the Nigerian diaspora.
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