The stories the world almost missed.
An independent media house from the Netherlands, making original shows about people who cross borders between Africa, Europe and beyond, and helping the next ones make the move.
Why we exist
We sit down with people who crossed a border to build a life, and we stay until the real story arrives. The leap. The hard first winter. The turning point. The day a new place finally feels like home.
Makafui ZimraniFounder · Made in the Netherlands
The Zimrani Channel and friends
Shows that listen first.
Five shows, one promise: honest stories, told with care, from the people who lived them.
Flagship · Conversations at home · Fridays
Living Like a Local
In-depth conversations at home with people who chose the Netherlands and built a life here.
Street conversations · Mondays
Unfiltered
One question, taken onto Dutch streets. Real people, real answers, and the context kept so nobody is the joke.
Guides · Wednesdays
Decoded
The questions every newcomer ends up typing into a search bar, answered clearly and checked against the rules.
For the whole family
African folktales
Classic stories from Ghana and across Africa, told again for listeners of every age.
Destinations · Saturdays
Tastes & Travels
Cinematic field journeys through the food and hidden corners of the Netherlands and Europe.
Decoded · One-to-one sessions
Moving to the Netherlands? Let's decode it.
A private session with Zimrani for people planning the move or living through their first year. You bring the questions. You leave with a plan, in plain English, from someone who has done it.
“The information is enough to give everyone what he or she needs to migrate and settle in comfortably.”
Pick a time
Choose a slot that suits you, online or in person.
Send your questions
Tell Zimrani where you are in the move, so the session starts at your real situation.
Leave with a plan
Clear next steps, the right official sources, and a written summary afterwards.
African folktales
The oldest stories, told new.
Tricksters, wise elders and brave children: folktales from Ghana and across Africa, told with warmth and wit for listeners of every age.
Makafui Zimrani · the Netherlands
The storyteller
Makafui Zimrani
Founder · Broadcaster · Filmmaker · Writer
A Netherlands-based Ghanaian broadcaster, filmmaker and writer, with more than ten years in national broadcasting and television, an independent production house, a Master's in Media Studies from the University of Sussex and a career in global logistics and international marketing.
Zimrani Media is where those threads meet: shows that listen, sessions that help, and stories the world almost missed.
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