At the end of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, the first Franco-Senegalese female director in competition, Mati Diop, was awarded the Grand Prix for her film Atlantique. This is the Senegalese director's first feature film. The niece of one of the great names in Senegalese cinema, Djibril Diop Mambéty, the...
Uberization is taking hold in French-speaking Africa
The development of digital technology in Africa is fueling entrepreneurial energy on the continent and attracting project leaders from around the world. International startups are inventing their future on the continent and exploring new opportunities there. Recently, the startups Glovo and Heetch chose French-speaking Africa to accelerate their development. The...
Senegal: Wari teams up with WhatsApp
A few days after announcing a strategic partnership with Rwandan brand Mara Phones, financial services specialist Wari has joined forces with WhatsApp to expand its business. Read also: Wari signs strategic partnership with Rwandan smartphone manufacturer Mara Phones for the entire African continent More than a billion people in over...
Africa24: Cameroon government acquires Afrimedia SAS
End of turmoil for Africa 24. Since January 2019, Afrimédia SA, the French subsidiary of the pan-African audiovisual group Africa 24, headed by Constant Nemalé, has been undergoing judicial liquidation proceedings. At the end of this turbulent period of restructuring, the group announced that it had sold its French subsidiary,...
Africa50 launches innovation challenge to improve internet access in Africa
Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, launched the first edition of its Innovation Challenge during the Transform Africa Summit 2019, held May 14-17 in Kigali. As part of this initiative, Africa50 is calling for innovative solutions to improve access to reliable and affordable high-speed internet connectivity in underserved areas of...
Conscious Generation: the new TV5Monde web series
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast a new web series entitled "Génération consciente" (Conscious Generation), produced by Claudy Siar, starting on Thursday, May 23. The series "Génération Consciente" showcases African talent. It introduces viewers to young people who, far from the turmoil of legitimate demands for emancipation, work daily...
Press release: RFI and France 24 confirm their success in Côte d'Ivoire in four provincial cities
As in Abidjan, RFI and France 24 confirmed their success in the Ivorian provinces in 2018 and their positions at the top of the rankings in terms of brand awareness and audience share, according to the results of the Kantar-TNS Africascope* study conducted in Bouaké, Korhogo, Mankono, and Tengrela. RFI...
Interview with Mamane, comedian, man of talent and heart
You launched the CFA festival in Paris and several other cities in France. How did the idea of creating an African comedy festival in Paris come about, and what were your ambitions? Since founding Gondwana-City Productions in Abidjan, my goal has remained the same: to professionalize the African comedy sector...
Vivatech 2019: the African continent represented by 160 startups
After a previous edition marked by the creation of a pavilion entirely dedicated to the continent, Africa@tech, the Vivatech 2019 trade show once again showcased the continent's start-ups. From May 16 to 19, Paris hosted the major tech and innovation event, the Vivatech 2019 trade show. On the political side,...
PôleAfrique.Info becomes 7info.ci
The political news site PôleAfrique.info, part of the Ivorian media landscape, is merging with 7info, one of the new digital terrestrial television channels in Côte d'Ivoire, to become 7info.ci as of Tuesday, May 21. This announcement heralds the arrival of the new television channel, 7info, which will launch in the...