What is Digital Lab Africa? The Digital Lab Africa program was created in 2016. It is a pan-African acceleration program dedicated to the creative industries. We work in several areas and sectors of African digital creation: animation, video games, digital art, music, and virtual reality. Initially, the program was an...
AFRICANEWS: A future in limbo?
According to Jeune Afrique, Africanews management has announced to its employees that the pan-African channel will cease operations at the end of February 2019. Launched in 2016, the pan-African channel Africanews, headed by François Chignac, provided 24-hour coverage of news and economics in sub-Saharan Africa. As we mentioned in our...
Facebook: 2019 marked by the influence of DJ Arafat
With more than 1.8 million followers on Instagram and more than 2.4 million on Facebook, DJ Arafat is one of the most influential personalities on Facebook in 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa. The information was revealed by Facebook teams on January 21 during a conference entitled "Focus on Africa." The event...
The Série Series festival is coming to Abidjan
After an edition organized in Ouagadougou in 2018, the Série Series Africa festival is moving to the economic capital of Abidjan this April. Série Series Africa is a pan-African meeting place dedicated to series and their creators. The event, open to professionals and the general public, has been designed to...
Orange launches Y'Africa, a new TV magazine
Present in Africa for many years, the Orange Group has chosen to highlight young talent in African culture with Y'Africa, a TV magazine that will soon be broadcast in 17 African countries. Y'Africa, a contraction of the expression "Africa Ya lelo" ("Africa today" in Lingala), is a series of 13...
DRC: the first trade show dedicated to e-commerce and Fintech
The e-commerce ecosystem has faced numerous obstacles in recent months, raising many questions among players keen to survive in a market that is about to take off. Now is the time to reflect on the sector's potential future. To kick off this reflection, Bonny Maya, an entrepreneur in the e-commerce...
Digital African Tour: a traveling event to support the continent's digital transformation
As every year, the wheel of digital transformation in Africa is turning again. Starting in February, the Digital African Tour will once again bring together key players in the continent's digitalization. This year, Bamako will mark the first stop on this traveling event organized by CIO Mag. This first stop...
Alex Okosi appointed YouTube Managing Director for emerging markets
Alex Okosi takes over as general manager of YouTube for emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Formerly Vice President and Managing Director of ViacomCBS in Africa, a major player in the global audiovisual market born from the merger between Viacom and CBS, the Nigerian is stepping down...
France Médias Monde's historical performance in digital media in 2019
> 1.5 billion videos viewed and audio plays (+66.7%) > 500 million visits (+21% ) France Médias Monde had a record year in its digital environments in 2019, with an average of 41.6 million monthly visits (nearly 500 million visits over the year), representing an increase of 21% (vs. 2018)....
A+ IVOIRE celebrates its first anniversary!
On January 15, 2019, exactly one year ago, the entertainment channel A+ IVOIRE made its debut on the Ivorian audiovisual scene. An Ivorian version of A+, launched in 2014, A+ IVOIRE has made a name for itself thanks to its diverse offering, providing viewers with local, original, innovative, and educational...