Zimrani Media
An independent media and production company headquartered in the Netherlands, telling stories that travel between Africa, Europe and the wider world. We make original shows for online audiences, with longer series to come, expert guides and one-to-one Decoded sessions for people building a life abroad, and family storytelling rooted in African folktales. New formats and learning tools are in development.
Zimrani Media exists to redefine whose stories get told, and to set the standard for how they're told.
Our mission: To produce original, world-class content that amplifies real voices, bridges cultures, and proves that the most powerful stories are the ones the world almost missed.
What we make
Four ways we show up.
01
The Zimrani Channel
Four shows on YouTube: Living Like a Local, Unfiltered, Decoded, and Tastes & Travels to come.
Watch →02
Decoded sessions
Private sessions for people planning the move to the Netherlands or living through their first year.
Book a session →03
Free guides
Plain-English checklists for the first steps after arriving, each with a dated source.
Start the checklist →04
African folktales
Classic tales from Ghana and across Africa, told again for every age.
Explore →Brands, organisations and future guests can also work with us.
We are also building SpreekNow, an app for learning Dutch.
Where we're heading
Rooted in the Netherlands. Made to travel.
The Netherlands is home base. Our audience is wider: newcomers across Europe, the African diaspora, and anyone curious about life between cultures.
01
Across Europe
More cities and more voices, with stories and practical guides from beyond the Netherlands as the channel grows.
02
Africa and back
Journeys and collaborations that connect the continents, with stories told from both sides.
03
Bigger screens
Longer series and new formats for online and, in time, television, with more in development.
Our roadmap, not a promise: timing follows how the channel grows.
What we stand for
Listen first
We stay until the real story arrives, and we let it surprise us.
Check every fact
Every practical claim has a dated source.
Care for the people
Guests agree their boundaries before we film, and can pause any time.
Keep the door open
Every story points to something useful for the next person making the move.
Makafui Zimrani · Founder · Zimrani Media
The founder
Makafui Zimrani
Broadcaster · Filmmaker · Writer · Founder
Makafui Zimrani is a Netherlands-based Ghanaian broadcaster, filmmaker and writer, and the founder of Zimrani Media. Zimrani spent more than ten years in Ghanaian national broadcasting and television, then built and ran an independent production house, before a Master's in Media Studies from the University of Sussex and a career in global logistics and international marketing.
That mix of storyteller's eye and operator's discipline shapes everything the studio makes, from Decoded and The Zimrani Channel to African folktales retold for a new generation.
Keep your heart open, and your spirit free.
The story so far
01
Ghana, on air
Folktales told out loud at home, then more than ten years as a working professional in national broadcasting, television and film, and an independent production house.
02
Sussex, a wider lens
After a decade of professional work, a Master's in Media Studies at the University of Sussex added theory, research and a wider view of how stories travel.
03
The Netherlands, the move
A new country, a career in global logistics and international marketing, and the system learned the hard way. The reason Decoded exists.
04
Zimrani Media, the house
Shows that listen, sessions that help, and stories the world almost missed. Built in the Netherlands, made to travel.
