Supa Team 4

Supa Team 4 is an animated television series created by Malenga Mulendema for Superprod Studio and released worldwide by Netflix. Season 1 premiered on July 20, 2023 and Season 2 and finale premiered on December 21, 2023. It has been described as the first original African animated series on the streaming platform.

Synopsis
Four teenage girls in a neo-futuristic city, Lusaka, are recruited by now-retired secret agent, who want to save the world, while sticking to a budget. In the process, these girls juggle their school lives and being superheroes who fend off supervillains, turning from four friends into a superhero team, Supa Team 4.

Main characters

 * Linda Sokhulu as Kumbukani / Mama K (Lion), a former secret agent, who assembles Team 4, with the help of T.O.M.I. Her code name was Mkango.
 * Pamela Nomvete as Ntsiki Lukhele, a friend of Mama K.
 * Zowa Ngwira as Komana Mwiinga/ K-Bongo, a brilliant inventor who creates a carbon capture machine to creat clean air and energy to help her father, who has severe asthma. She utilizes a high-tech bow and arrow as her special weapon. She is a member of Team 4.
 * Namisa Mdlalose as Monde / M-Kozo, a girl who is close with her sister, and deemed "bringer of peace" by Mama K. She mainly uses a high-tech baton similar to her majorette one as her special weapon, and it can be doubled as a shield. She is a member of Team 4.
 * Kimani Arthur as Temwe / T-Mlilo, an excitable girl who is a bit of a delinquent with a perpetual appetite, and has a high-tech ribbon wand as her special weapon. She is a member of Team 4.
 * Nancy Sekhokoane as Zee / Za-Mpezi, a tall, athletic girl who is a star on the futbol team at Kamiji Secondary School. She mainly uses high-powered futbol balls as her special weapon. She is a member of Team 4.

Secondary characters

 * Daniel "KStar" Lyapa as Chipo, the girls' classmate who has a crush on Komana.
 * Chipo Chung as Likando, Monde's older sister and love interest of Mr. Magedzee but then broke up with him and keeps the Supa Team 4's secret. She also became the new mayor of Lusaka in the season 2 finale.
 * Abubakar Salim as Principal Nkwashi, the principal of Kamiji Secondary School.
 * Gary Martin as Chomps the Goat, a pet of Mama K.
 * Celine Tshika as Marjory, the captain of the school majorette team.
 * Sne Dladla as:
 * Geoffrey the Reporter, a local news journalist in Lusaka.
 * Mayor Sikazwe, the mayor of Lusaka who citizens believe is "corrupt". He was arrest by stealing money in the season 2 finale.
 * Melvin Alusa as:
 * Prosper, the dad of Komana.
 * Ba Saasa, an old vitumbuwa vendor that Temwe frequently buys food from.
 * Alanagh Nicoll as Triplets
 * Thabe Ntebe as T.O.M.I., also known as "Technical Operations Management Interface", an artificial intelligence assistant who helps Mama K throughout the series.

Minor

 * John Kani as Uncle Chi (Rhino), a friend of Mama K.
 * Lily Banda as Towela (Leopard), a friend of Mama K and mother of Limbani, who lost her memories in the flaskhback. She regain her memories in the season 2 finale.
 * Yinka Awoni as Chicken Man
 * Alanagh Nicoll as Chawezi
 * Ludo Freshe as:
 * Sepiso
 * KSS Player 1
 * Ashley Zhangazha as Vendor 1
 * Sparky Xulu as Vendor 2
 * Sarah Faust as:
 * Chicken
 * Female Goat
 * Nalukui Mufungulwa Muchindu as:
 * Lunch Lady
 * Mom
 * Woman
 * Generic Woman
 * Tshamano Sebe as:
 * Mr. Sibanda / Garbage Man
 * Person 1
 * Generic Man
 * Bad Teeth Man
 * Chi Mhende as Himself
 * Alanagh Nicholl as Boy

Villains

 * John McMillan as Limbani / Lee Magedzee / Bad Magz, the series villain. He is the owner of his tech company and son of Towela. His true identity is revealed to the audience in the season one finale, and revealed to everyone else in the season 2 finale.
 * Ashley Zhangazha as Storm Drain, a supervillain with the ability to control the weather that Team 4 defeats in the first episode.
 * Sparky Xulu as Locust Pocus, a robotic engineer supervillain who controls robotic insects.
 * Sne Dladia as Snap Back, a rapping supervillain who uses mind control to hypnotize his victims.
 * Yinka Awoni as Alley Gator, a half man, half reptile supervillain, who is also in a romantic relationship with Professor Greenthumbs.
 * Chi Mhende as Sunblock, a former vlogger turned supervillain with the ability to use her tech and steal sunlight after her vlog kept getting bad reviews.
 * Abena Ayivor as Professor Greenthumbs, a scientist supervillain who can control plants and is in a romantic relationship with Alley Gator.
 * Lucian Msamati as Chusi

Production
In April 2019, Netflix announced that Supa Team 4 had begun production, and said it joined their "growing slate of original animated programming" designed for families and kids. It was said to draw visual inspiration from "retro-’90s R&B and hip hop girl groups."

In May 2023, it was announced that Anthony Silverston, Mike Buckland, Tom van Waveren, Edward Galton, and Amy Keating Rogers would be executive producers, along with Ciara Breslin as producer. The series is produced by Ciara Breslin, Cake Entertainment, Triggerfish Animation Studios and French studio Superprod Studio. In June 2023, the series was described as being eight-parts long, and featuring actors such as John Kani, Pamela Nomvete, Nancy Sekhokoane, and Sparky Xulu. It was also stated that the series would be dubbed into isiZulu, and have Zambian rapper and singer-songwriter Sampa the Great, creating the theme song, with the help of her production company, Mag44.

It was released on July 20, 2023, on Netflix. The second season premiered on December 21, 2023.