[2] In September 2011, Afrinolly was announced winner in the Entertainment category of the first Google Android Developers Challenge, Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

[6] In May 2012, Afrinolly signed a partnership deal with leading African telecommunications provider MTN Nigeria to help drive app consciousness among Nigerians and promote the Nollywood industry on mobile devices.

Nigeria has the largest share of download with over 70%, Ghana, South-Africa and other African countries follow, USA, UK, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and India make up a majority of the rest.

Participants are expected to upload their films to a dedicated competition website and the finalists are selected by a panel of judges and public voting.

Members of the panel of judges included award-winning Nollywood movie producers – Tunde Kelani, Femi Odugbemi and Obi Emelonye.

Hollywood writer/producer and curator of The Black List Franklin Leonard, Mahen Bonetti of the New York African Film Festival and Nmachi Jidenma blogger and founder of Celebrating Progress Africa (CP-Africa) among others.