RFI, ZIK FM, RADIO SAVANE, AND RADIO LIBERTE: above 25% audience share. Audience share is an indicator of a media outlet's power in its territory. It measures how much time a station has been listened to, out of 100 minutes listened to by radio listeners: the higher the audience share,...
MALI: Radio Liberté exceeds 25% audience share
According to the results of the 2019 AFRICASCOPE study, RADIO LIBERTE, which ranks first in Mali's TOP 5 radio stations, is one of four stations with an audience share of over 25% in French-speaking Africa. The Malian commercial station, founded in 1992, dominates all its competitors. The public station ORTM-Chaîne...
Senegal: Zik FM Radio consolidates its leading position
According to the results of the 2019 AFRICASCOP study, ZIK FM Radio retains its top spot and record level (36.8% audience share). It is followed by RFM, which exceeds 20% audience share. Together, ZIK FM and RFM account for nearly 60% of the audience share. In their wake, several stations...
Burkina Faso: 77.9% cumulative audience share for Savane FM
With a 31.7% audience share, Radio SAVANE FM dominates the Burkinabe radio landscape, according to the recently published results of the 2019 AFRICASCOPE study. 78% of those surveyed say they listen to SAVANE FM every day: this is an unprecedented record in French-speaking Africa. In second place, Radio Omega attracts...
Interview with Aurèle Simo, founder of the Toovendi.com platform
Aurèle Simo is the founder of Toovendi.com, a free online classifieds platform launched in Cameroon and accessible in Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A former employee of Jumia and Afrimalin, he now shares his vision of e-commerce in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Can you describe your activities? I...
What does the future hold for e-commerce in West Africa?
The rise of the internet, widespread mobile phone penetration, and the development of online payment solutions are gradually transforming African consumer habits and have led to the flourishing of e-commerce on the continent. This is fertile ground for the development of the sector, which is attracting more and more players...
AMBITION AFRICA, October 30 and 31 in Paris
The second edition of the AMBITION AFRICA forum dedicated to Franco-African relations will take place on October 30 and 31, 2019, in Paris. Organized by Business France, with the support of the French government and African authorities, this event will bring together ministers, ambassadors, and business delegations from the African...
Orange Côte d'Ivoire launches an e-learning platform
To support the entrepreneurial ecosystem and address the ongoing challenges of training for digital professions on the continent, the Ivorian subsidiary of the Orange group is set to launch an e-learning platform through its Orange Fab Côte d'Ivoire startup accelerator. Called "Rentrée des entrepreneurs" (Entrepreneurs' Back to School), this platform...
The DRC invests in Smart Bloc Africa
On the sidelines of the Afric'up event dedicated to African innovation and technology, held in Tunis on September 24 and 25, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tunisia officially announced their intention to join the Smart Africa Block. The Smart Africa Bloc is a venture capital fund dedicated to innovative...
A second edition for FUTUR.E.S in Africa
The FUTUR.E.S in Africa event is back for a new edition in Casablanca on October 28 and 29. Organized by Cap Digital and Maroc Numeric Cluster, this new event, open to professionals and young people alike, will feature a series of workshops and conferences focusing on the future of Africa's...