On October 14, CANAL+ International and Mediawan announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to producing original French-language content for African audiences. To meet the growing demand for local content, the two entities have decided to join forces to produce new content, films, series, and animation for audiences in...
Vivendi Sports establishes the first MMA league in Africa
Ares Fighting Championship, the world's first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league based in Africa, has been officially launched by Vivendi Sports (a Vivendi Village entity). Vivendi Sports, which organizes cycling and boxing competitions on the African continent, has now decided to develop MMA, which has been popularized in recent years...
Boomplay Music wants to work with French-speaking Africa
Musical richness, a young population, high mobile penetration rates, and a proliferation of initiatives to democratize internet access are all opportunities for the development of music streaming on the continent. Local players are multiplying, particularly in the English-speaking part of the continent, which is a real hotbed of initiatives in...
ON EST ENSEMBLE Productions launches youth programming
On Est Ensemble Productions, an audiovisual production company, is launching into children's programming with "Les Amis de Boubi," which has been airing since October 7 on CANAL+ Family. This new program creates an enchanting world for young children, combining animation, live action, and nursery rhymes from across the continent. The...
"Super Gnamakou," the new campaign produced by Chouette Prod
New campaign for Super Gnamakou ginger candies from the Unifood brand, with a commercial produced in Dakar. Concept and production: Chouette Prod Director: Julien Rocher Director of photography: Olivier Guerbois Music: Passa Beatz / DM JAAY See also: Interview with Zéna Zeidan, founder and director of Chouette Prod
Press release: Melody and Melody d'Afrique channels set out to conquer African audiences
On its 19th anniversary, Melody, the first music and entertainment channel dedicated to French and international music legends, had already integrated the African continent into the Canal+ Afrique package. Now it is the turn of its little sister, MELODY D'AFRIQUE, which offers the same concept entirely dedicated to the roots...
Interview with Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou, member of the general secretariat of French Tech Abidjan
You recently launched "French Tech Abidjan 2.0," a new version of this tech-focused organization. Can you tell us more about it? French Tech, a Paris-based social movement for startups, has decided to rethink the model for French Tech communities internationally with a new certification scheme to make communities within the...
Strong growth in internet use in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal
The latest results from Africascope 2019 provide valuable information on internet and social media usage. The results are particularly instructive when looking at developments over the past year. First observation : Contrary to the commonly held belief that internet use is growing significantly and steadily in Africa, Africascope's results show...
Gabon: CANAL+ launches a reality TV show dedicated to basketball
Twenty young people inaugurate Gabon's first reality TV show about basketball: Basket Academy. CANAL+ has officially launched its first reality TV show dedicated to young basketball enthusiasts, featuring 20 basketball players aged 15 to 18 who dream of becoming professionals. To achieve this, the participants will spend a month at...
Digital Women's Day: a new edition organized in 2020
The latest edition of Digital Women's Day, an event created in 2013, took place in Paris and, for the first time, on the African continent, in the city of Dakar, last June. By 2020, the event dedicated to women who are revolutionizing the world through digital technology will once again...