This glitzy reality series aka a real-life soap opera follows a group of young, affluent and famous A-list media personalities. Hailing from South Africa, Nigeria and East Africa, this aspirational who’s who of music, media, fashion and Insta stars comes together in JoBurg. All friends and connected, they are on a quest to find love, rekindle old flames, reboot struggling relationships as they continue to shine bright.

The stars, who, one by one revealed their series taglines on their Instagram accounts, include South African entertainment industry royalty, Khanyi Mbau, who said, “My friends call me the OG, the original gold digger”, Tanzanian bongo flava mega artist, Diamond Platnumz who lovingly speaks on his romantic side and, said, “I think I’m too romantic. The way I treat my lady it’s as if she is my wife”, Nigerian singer 2Baba, who said, “It’s B Red in the building, Fresh King Don Come” and rapper, Nadia Nakai, who calls out her seasoned hustle. 

The cast also includes stellar African stars including renowned South African DJ, Naked DJ, Diamond Platnumz’s  ex-wife, Zari the Boss Lady, who hails from Uganda and is a renowned businesswoman, musician and socialite, Nigerian model, presenter and actress, Annie Macaulay–Idibia, South African actor and media personality, Andile Ncube and  Nigerian stylist, Swanky Jerry. 

The show is created and executive produced by Peace Hyde and Martin Asare Amankwa. Adelaide Joshua Hill joins as executive producer from Urban Brew Studios. Young, Famous & African is expected to release in early 2022.

Happiness Ever After is the sequel to the highly successful film Happiness is a Four-Letter Word,  based on Nozizwe Cynthia Jele’s novel of the same name. The film will encapsulate the “heart” of the first film, by tying back to the important threads such as sisterhood and friendship. However, the story has been re-imagined with the inclusion of a  new romantic arc as well that viewers can look forward to.

• Director: Thabang Moleya (Happiness is a Four-letter word, The Herd)
• Screenwriter: Ayanda Halimana 
• Producers: Bongiwe Selane (Happiness is a Four-letter word, Nomalanga and the Witch)
• Synopsis: The glamorous Happiness friends are back close to four years after we left them. We join them for  another journey of self-discovery and re-evaluation as life throws new challenges at them.  
• Quote from Khanyi Mbau: “The sequel lives independently from the book but obviously with some of the old characters returning to bring more drama and more sizzle in the sequel. 
• Quote from Renate Stuurman: “We wanted to take audiences somewhere new. The story picks up 5 years later from where we left our characters and it is on all of us (the cast, the producers, the crew) to take our audiences somewhere new. 
• Production will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa.

There’s seemingly no slowing down Netflix‘s dedication towards investment in local productions with this being yet another great example. And in the case of Happiness Ever After, this is all the info we have do far, we’ll of course bring you more details as soon as we get them.