And East Africa opening up the market was only after 1910, and even after the market opened, the Eastern Africa Government also had regulatory roles over the development of the film industry, so the East African film industry naturally carried a tight control.
This posed higher requirements for East African film industry practitioners, so international exchange was beneficial in stimulating their creative inspiration. Of course, it also facilitated content plagiarism, though that was a minor issue.
Moreover, Mombasa's convenience in external exchanges also allowed it to access some new technologies, especially the exchanges with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which played a huge role in the development of Mombasa's film industry.
