Idris Elba sets his sights on Africa, planning to move there in the next decade to build studios in Ghana and Tanzania and 'bolster the film industry' there.

British actor Idris Elba has told the BBC that he will relocate to Africa within the next decade as part of his plans to support the continent’s movie industry. The 52-year-old star of the hit series The Wire is behind nascent projects to build a film studio on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar as well as one in the Ghanaian capital,

One of Britain's biggest movie and TV stars is planning to move to Africa to support the continent's growing film industry. Idris Elba, who starred as Stringer Bell in The Wire, tells the BBC that he plans to make the move in the next five to 10 years.

Earlier in the month the actor had announced his new project, a TV-series adaptation ofChinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart British star Idris Elba has announced his plans to move to Africa in the next ten years as he hopes to support the continent’s film industry.

Idrissa Akuna Elba’s affiliation and constant fondness for Africa should come as no surprise, given the actor’s direct ancestry. Simply referred to as Idris Elba, the British actor’s father hails from Sierra Leone while his mother is of Ghanaian descent.