Meet The Founder & Owner of The Platform on Which XYZ Runs On

Any XYZ fan cannot claim not to know Buni TV. Well, Buni TV is a web and mobile video-on-demand platform that leverages Africa’s mobile boom to revolutionise the way content is being distributed and consumed on the continent. But who is the brains behind this marvel?

Meet Marie Lora-Mungai. A serial media entrepreneur, television producer, writer, and journalist by profession, Marie is the co-founder and CEO of Buni TV and Buni Media as a whole. The multimedia company has touched base not only in Nairobi but also Los Angeles, California.

As you know by now, Buni Media is the producer of Kenya’s premier puppet hilarious and controversial political satire show, XYZ, with Marie being the executive producer. Thanks to her tireless efforts and that of the entire team, the show has grown in leaps and bounds; currently being  followed by more than 8 million people every month.

Before co-founding Buni Media in 2009, Marie had a career as a television journalist, working at CNN’s New York bureau and later as a foreign correspondent across Africa for AFP TV, Reuters TV, BBC World Service and CNN. Her work as a journalist was recognized by a UN Correspondent Golden Medal and various other award nominations.

Born and educated in Paris, France, Marie holds a Masters in Political Sciences from Sciences Po and a Masters in Marketing from ESCP Europe Business School.

Want to interact with Marie? Follow her on Twitter; @MarieLoraMungai