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πŸ”¦ This Week's SpotlightNovember 2, 2026
Weekly Startup Spotlight Β· Africa Dev November 2, 2026
FilmTech Β· Creative Economy Β· AI
Write Worth

Africa's stories deserve
better infrastructure.

The digital ecosystem connecting screenwriters, filmmakers, and the tools they need to bring African stories to the screen.

Founded Nov 2025 HQ Yenagoa, Nigeria Team 7 Community 800+ creatives
CompanyWrite Worth Limited
FoundedNovember 2025
HeadquartersYenagoa, Nigeria
FoundersAriko Fuludu Onome & Bester Waribo
StageBootstrapped
Team size7
FundingUndisclosed
Community~800+ combined writers and filmmakers
What they do

Write Worth is a technology platform connecting screenwriters, filmmakers, producers and film-industry professionals. It combines screenplay discovery and protection, creative networking, pitching, collaborative Writers Rooms, and practical production-management tools in one ecosystem β€” making the journey from screenplay development to screen production more connected, secure and efficient.

The problem

Africa has a wealth of stories and creative talent, yet screenwriters often struggle to reach legitimate buyers, while producers must navigate fragmented networks to discover suitable scripts and production talent. Existing filmmaking tools were designed around industry structures outside Africa and don't account for the local realities, workflows and challenges of African filmmakers β€” leaving a gap between Africa's storytelling potential and the digital infrastructure available to support it.

The solution

An Africa-first digital ecosystem designed around the needs of African screenwriters and film production professionals. It brings essential creative workflows together through a protected screenplay marketplace with buyer verification, AI-powered script discovery, AI-assisted plagiarism checking, a social and jobs network, Pitch Room, collaborative Writers Rooms, and a Production Suite for pre-production planning.

"Africa doesn't lack stories. It needs better infrastructure to develop, protect, finance, and bring those stories to the screen."

β€” Ariko Fuludu Onome, Founder & CEO, Write Worth
610+
Screenwriters
218+
Filmmakers
800+
Total community
4
Core product offerings
Script Discovery
Screenplay Marketplace & AI Discovery

Protected screenplay listings with verified-buyer workflows. AI-powered script matching lets filmmakers find screenplays by genre, themes, character types and story elements. AI-assisted plagiarism checking flags potential similarities before submission or sale.

Pre-Production
Production & Collaboration Tools

A collaborative Production Suite including screenplay editor, Writers Rooms, script breakdowns, storyboards, budgeting, call sheets, continuity tracking and shot lists β€” everything needed to move from page to production.

Community & Pitching
Creative Network & Pitch Room

A social feed for creative-industry posts and updates, a professional network for talent, jobs, screenplay listings and production calls, and a Pitch Room where writers can package and submit projects directly to producers.

Talent & Crew
Creative Talent Marketplace

Connects writers, directors, cinematographers, editors, crew members and equipment providers with industry opportunities β€” making crew discovery and production hiring accessible across Africa.

πŸ€– AI & Technology

Find My Script β€” AI lets filmmakers describe the kind of screenplay they want by genre, themes, character types and story elements, then surfaces matching scripts from available listings. It's discovery that works the way creative professionals think.

AI-assisted plagiarism checking β€” helps writers examine their work for potential similarities and originality concerns before pitching or listing. Combined with the platform's protected listings and verified-buyer workflows, this gives screenwriters meaningful intellectual-property safeguards.

Note: All checks are intended to flag potential concerns, not to guarantee that a script is plagiarism-free.

  • Founded November 2025 β€” built and launched a functioning platform spanning screenplay writing and discovery, creative networking, job listings, pitching, and production workflows.
  • Launched AI-powered Find My Script and AI-assisted plagiarism checking β€” the first AI features serving Africa-focused film professionals.
  • Launched Pitch Room for packaging projects and responding to producers' calls.
  • Grown to 610+ screenwriters and 218+ filmmakers within the first year of operation.
  • Released collaborative Writers Rooms and a Production Suite covering script breakdowns, storyboards, budgets, call sheets, continuity and shot lists.

Write Worth was founded by Ariko Fuludu Onome β€” a screenwriter, software developer, educator and creative professional β€” alongside his wife and co-founder, Bester Waribo, a psychologist, screenwriter and filmmaker.

Their partnership extends beyond marriage into a shared vision: building better digital infrastructure for Africa's creative industry. Recognising the challenges screenwriters face in connecting with filmmakers, protecting their intellectual property, and navigating the journey from story development to production, they set out to build a platform that brings these processes together.

Ariko's experience in software development, screenwriting, digital product building and education combines with Bester's background in psychology and filmmaking to shape Write Worth's approach to technology, creativity and collaboration.

For them, Write Worth is more than a technology venture. It is a shared commitment to building the infrastructure that African stories deserve.

Websitewriteworth.online
Emailhello@writeworth.online
Twitter / X@writeworth
Instagram@writeworth
Facebook@writeworth

Support Write Worth

Introduce Write Worth to producers, studios, investors and organisations supporting Africa's creative economy Β· Help expand the filmmaker network Β· Explore partnerships around screenplay discovery, production technology and creative-industry infrastructure.

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