Global Immersion Project

Team 2

Team Leader

Hari Shyam Gupta

Country Research

Milind Dumbre

Company Research

Soumitra Wagholikar

Data Collation

Bhavik Parmar

Data Analysis & Industry Liaison

Ajinkya Chikte

Structure

Company & Country

Background & Challenges

Strategic Goals

PESTLE + SWOT + Porter's

The Business & The Market

Gap Analysis

Recommended Strategies

Balanced Scorecard

Conclusion

The Company

American media services provider founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph

Subscription-based streaming media service

137 million total subscribers worldwide

Available worldwide except Mainland China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.

The Company

Released nearly 700 original shows and movies so far, spending around $8 billion on content in 2018 alone

Over 20 billion dollars of debt and long-term obligations

International growth added $65 million to Y-o-Y revenue

The Company

The Country

Ghana

Key Issue #1

Service Distribution

Key Issue #2

Customer Acquisition

Key Issue #3

Customer Retention

The Goal

To Grow The Market

The Country

PESTLE

Analysis

Political Factors

Successful democracy after years of military rule

One of top three countries in Africa for freedom of speech and press freedom.

PESTLE

First black African colony to declare independence

Economic Factors

Diverse and rich resource base

Africa’s second-biggest gold and cocoa producer

Ghana’s GDP growth doubled in 2017 at 8.5 percent

PESTLE

Social Factors

29.15 million people split across various ethnic groups

Young age structure: 57% of population under 25 years old

56% live in urban areas: 3.34% annual rate of urbanization

PESTLE

Technological Factors

First African country to setup internet infrastructure

20 million mobile phone users & over 10 million internet users

Cheapest access to internet data in all of Africa

PESTLE

Legal & Environmental Factors

The Constitution of Ghana guarantees freedom and independence to the media

Very progressive government taking firm action to limit

and control environmental damage

PESTLE

SWOT

Analysis

SWOT

SWOT

SWOT

SWOT

SWOT

Porter's

Five Forces

Porter's

Porter's

Porter's

Porter's

Porter's

Porter's

The Business

CONTENT

The Business

CONTENT

PLATFORM

ACQUIRED

ORIGINAL

DISTRIBUTION

The Business

CONTENT

PLATFORM

ACQUIRED

ORIGINAL

PHONE

SMART TV

TABLET

OTHER

DISTRIBUTION

The Business

CONTENT

PLATFORM

CONSUMER

ACQUIRED

ORIGINAL

PHONE

SMART TV

TABLET

OTHER

SUBSCRIPTION

DISTRIBUTION

RELEVANCE

COST

The Business

The Market

The Market

LOW INTERNET PENETRATION

HIGH INTERNET USER GROWTH

The Market

The Market

ADEQUATE INTERNET SPEED

HIGH TIME SPENT ON MOBILE

The Market

AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME

The Market

LIVE TV APPS

LOCAL COMPETITION

The Market

VIDEO ON DEMAND

LOCAL COMPETITION

The Market

Gap Analysis

NO LOCAL CONTENT

HIGH PRICE

LIMITED PAYMENT OPTIONS

DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS

CONTENT LOCALIZATION

NETWORK PARTNERSHIPS

E-WALLET INTEGRATION

OEM INTEGRATION

Gap Analysis

Strategies

Content Localization

Acquire existing local

content

Strategies

Content Localization

Acquire existing local

content

Recruit local talent to produce new content

Juliet Asante

John Akomfrah

Leila Djasni

Nana Obiri-Yeboah

Shirley Frimpong-Manso

Eddie Nartey

Strategies

Content Localization

Acquire existing local

content

Recruit local talent to produce new content

Yvonne Nelson

Majid Michel

Jackie Appiah

John Dumelo

Nana Ama McBrown

Van Vicker

Strategies

Network Partnerships

Offer content on telecom network aggregator apps

Reduce cost to customer via billing to telecom operator

MTN

46.8% market share

Airtel-Tigo

26.8% market share

Vodafone

23.9% market share

Strategies

E-wallet Integration

Facilitate payment through all available online means of payment

Strategies

OEM Integration

Embed the Netflix app in devices before sale

Provide discounts & info through point of purchase

Strategies

Five-year Projections

Strategies

Balanced Scorecard

Balanced Scorecard

Financial

Balanced Scorecard

Customer

Balanced Scorecard

Learning & Growth

Balanced Scorecard

Internal Processes

Balanced Scorecard

Summary

- Ghana is a limited, yet ripe market to start the African expansion of Netflix

- The socio-techno-economic conditions in Ghana are ideal to drive online video viewership

- Internet infrastructure and penetration are adequately abundant

- 4 step strategy: Content Localization, Network Partnerships, E-wallet Integration, OEM Integration

- The Ghana success story can be replicated in surrounding African countries with minor recalibration of strategies

Summary

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