Jacob's Cross (2007)

First Air Date: 2007-01-26
Last Air Date: 2012-11-26
Total Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 104
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Network: M-Net
Creator: Desire&eacute; Markgraaff, Teboho Mahlatsi, Angus Gibson

The series revolves around South African born businessman Jacob Makhubu Abayomi, a son of an ANC stalwart who finds that his biological father is actually a Nigerian tribal chief. Jacob's subsequent desire to build an African oil and gas business empire in the shadow of both of his fathers is set against the backdrop of family feuds and betrayals.