THE GROWTH OF BOTSWANA'S CREATIVE INDUSTRY

Hello loves ☺️ It's been a minute, welcome back! Today we pivot our discussions around the growth of Botswana's creative industry. We profile one of our budding local media production companies – ‘the Hotlist Crew’.

THE BIRTH AND RISE OF ‘THE HOTLIST CREW’


By: Priscilla Malete 

There has been a notable growth in Botswana's creative industry. Lately, Batswana youth have taken it upon themselves to make use of their creative talents. With the growing digital technology, it came in handy as we see most of them using it to their advantage to unleash their potential in crafting a creative and mesmerizing content.

(Pic by Hotlist)

Notwithstanding the fact that most Batswana creatives only just got into the rhythm of creating and sharing their content during the lockdown period, various platforms of creating and distributing content via technology, have however, been created by several establishments within the industry. Amongst these establishments, we talk of amongst many, media production companies in the likes of ‘the Hotlist Crew’. They have been in existence since the year 2018. This is a youth-owned company formed and co-directed by Thato Kagiso Mokgautsi and Marvin Moatshe. Tumelo Toda recently joined in as a third member of the executive. His area of expertise lies in branding and editing. These folks are currently pursuing their studies in Media at the University of Botswana.

The Hotlist Crew aspire to establish themselves around the sphere of content production. They hope to be a fully functional production company if everything goes according to plan. At a glance at their recent work, it’s quite evident that the young men will be one of the country’s gems in the area of film production. It is heart-warming to note that, despite the hardships and demanding school schedules, ‘the Hotlist’ chaps have always made time to do film gigs on the side. They have worked with various BW artists such as ‘Ice Cold Mob’ and ‘Tflame’.

Video of Ice Cold Mob Produced by Hotlist👇

                      

                                      https://youtu.be/k3GQzR4RZ8A

Now this one has to be a final nail in the coffin, the trio went for the jugular when they recently dropped a lekker local film named 'TOKELO: THE PATH'. The release of this film has shaken all corners of the country. The creative flair in their production has left people speechless! Batswana have shown ‘the Hotlist Crew’ unwavering support since the release of this project. It has been a wave of appreciation across all social media platforms especially Facebook and YouTube. Allow me to prematurely air my sentiments in confidence that, the future is guaranteed!