Masterminds Creatives Ltd

Stories Rooted in Africa. Created for the World.

A Nigerian creative company developing stories for film, television, theatre and digital media, on a foundation that dates back to 1999.
Flagship project

Oronna: Spirit of a Warrior

A legend rises. A bloodline awakens.
Stage & screen

Mma Udoma

The women who resisted colonial oppression deserve to be honoured.
Our story

The Masterminds Legacy

More than two decades of stories, stages, screens and creative relationships.
Who we are

A creative company with history. A vision built for the future.

Masterminds began in 1999 as Masterminds Productions, a culture-driven outfit that cared more about what a story meant than how fast it could be made. That habit stays on.
Today, as Masterminds Creatives Ltd, we carry that experience into film, television, theatre and the ownership of original intellectual property. We develop original stories rooted in African heritage because they resonate globally and create viable opportunities for partners, investors, talents and communities.
African stories deserve to be told with authenticity, imagination, excellence and global audacity.

It is culture.

It is memory.

It is identity.

It is business.

It is legacy.

Since 1999

Two decades and more of practice

Four platforms

Film, television, theatre, digital

Original IP

Stories we develop and own

Lagos, Nigeria

Working with the world
From idea to audience

Nine ways we put a story on its feet.

01
Feature films and shorts, from first draft to final cut.
02
Series concepts built to hold an audience past episode one.
03
Plays and stage productions, where a story first learns to breathe.
04
Ideas researched, shaped and written until they are ready to shoot.
05
Turning one strong story into something that can live in many forms.
06
Schedules, budgets and crews kept honest, so the work stays on screen.
07
Connecting projects with the actors, writers and directors they need.
08
A consistent look, from the first still to the final frame.
09
Straight advice for people building stories, brands and cultural projects.

ORONNA

SPIRIT OF A WARRIOR
Flagship project

A Legend. A Bloodline. A Reckoning.

Oronna: Spirit of a Warrior is a historical epic rooted in Ilaro, Ogun State. It is an adventure and a mystery, and it is drawn from a heritage that the town’s own custodians still carry.

Genre

Historical Epic · Adventure · Mystery · Drama · Action

Runtime

Approximately 118 minutes

Location

Ilaro, Ogun State

Target release

Q4 2027
How we work

Seven steps between a spark and an audience.

01

Discover

Find the story worth telling.

02

Research

Go to the source, and to the people who hold it.

03

Develop

Write it, shape it, test it.

04

Package

Assemble the team, the plan and the numbers.

05

Produce

Shoot it, stage it, finish it.

06

Distribute

Put it in front of the right audiences.

07

Extend

Let the story grow into new forms.
Our belief

Local Truth. Universal Emotion.

Our ambition is not to make African stories look less African. It is to make African stories irresistibly cinematic.
Leadership

The people holding the company steady.

Otunba (Dr.) Samuel Ayinde Jaiyeola Ibikunle
Chairman, Board of Directors
Dental surgeon, community leader and Otun-Oba of Ilaro-Yewa, and a keeper of the history behind Oronna.
Charles Ukpong, fta
Managing Director / CEO
Founder of Masterminds, with over three decades across film, television, theatre and visual media.
Dr. (Mrs.) Olabisi Adekola
Non-Executive Director
Chartered accountant and investment manager with 25-plus years in finance, risk and governance.
Adeola Z. Folarin, FCS
Non-Executive Director
Capital markets professional, and MD/CEO of Portfolio Advisers Ltd.
Jonah Anietie Ukpong
Non-Executive Director
International business professional with experience in operations, logistics and diaspora engagement.
Company Secretary & Legal Adviser
Founder of Nasir Salau & Co. in 1996, with three decades in corporate law and governance.
Investors & partners

Building value through African intellectual property.

FilmTelevisionStreamingTheatrePublishingLicensingMerchandisingDigitalCultural experiencesInternational partnerships
News & insights

From the desk.

Behind the Story

Notes from the making of Oronna

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Heritage & Culture

Why Ilaro's history deserves a screen

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Project Updates

Where Mma Udoma stands

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Let's talk

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