EXCLUSIVE: Mediawan Africa, the Republic of Benin and French-language international channel TV5 Monde are partnering to co-develop original daily fiction series The Best Is Yet To Come.
The ambitious project – which has set an initial target of 220 episodes of 26 minutes – aims to break fresh ground for drama production in Africa to create a daily show featuring and developing pan-African talent across all disciplines.
The drama will revolve around students on a fictional campus in Benin – hailing from the country as well as wider Africa and further afield – as they navigate the path to adulthood, caught between tradition and modernity.
The opening premise revolves around five young people who have nothing in common but are forced to live together in a villa while waiting for their student accommodation.
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