A new M-Net documentary will tell the story of media visionary, former MultiChoice Group Executive Chairperson Nolo Letele, releasing on Thursday 13 June.
‘YES, TO THE IMPOSSIBLE: THE NOLO LETELE STORY’
A new documentary titled Yes, to the Impossible: The Nolo Letele Story, tells the story of media visionary, Nolo Letele. He is the former MultiChoice Group Executive Chairperson Nolo Letele.
The documentary dives in to how growing up in an era where the spirit of independence was sweeping across Africa shaped Letele’s vision for the continent to have its own voice – and how he worked tirelessly to realise that vision. So, what exactly is Letele’s story?
“After studying electronic engineering at the University of Southampton, and later becoming a chartered engineer, Nolo Letele applied for jobs in South Africa – only to find there were hardly any jobs for a black electronics graduate back in 1974. He ended up working for Lesotho National Broadcasting Service, a small radio station and subsequently played a major role in starting the first TV station in Lesotho in conjunction with M-Net in 1988,” according to M-Net.
Letele was asked to join M-Net in 1990. The media visionary succeeded in pioneering MultiChoice’s expansion into the rest of Africa despite the apartheid era. In 1995, he went on to serve in Ghana as West African regional general manager.
Four years later, in 1999, he was appointed as MultiChoice Group chief executive until 2010, when he was appointed executive chair of the MultiChoice South Africa Holdings board, a position he held for 11 years.
He later became a non-executive director of MultiChoice Group Limited after the company was spun out of Naspers and listed independently on the JSE.
WHERE TO WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY
Yes, to the Impossible: The Nolo Letele Story releases on Thursday 13 June at 21:00 on M-Net (DStv channel 101). The documentary will also be repeated on Friday 14 June at 21:00 on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) and Monday 17 June at 21:30.
“I’m proud to have helped connect Africa to the world and give the continent a voice. MultiChoice’s reach is unparalleled in Africa, and it has given the people of Africa the opportunity to tell their own stories in their own languages,” said Letele.
“ We have grown industries, created jobs and contributed meaningfully to economic growth across the continent – it’s something I hold very dear as the realization of a vision I had over 35 years ago when I joined a small Pay-TV business in South Africa,” he continued.