The year 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of FESPACO, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival. This anniversary edition prompted industry players to question the current state of cinema on the continent and reflect on its future. From production to distribution and exhibition, cinema in French-speaking Africa seems to be catching...
Toiletries/Beauty Report – A booming market
In recent years, the beauty market in sub-Saharan Africa has become increasingly competitive. Growing steadily, it is attracting the attention of global giants in the sector and becoming a market of opportunity for local players, driven by a growing, young, active, urbanized, and connected middle class. In this new report,...
Feature – E-commerce in French-speaking Africa
Nicknamed the "African Amazon" by its founders, AFRIMARKET, a French e-commerce startup operating in West Africa, announced a few months ago that it was going into liquidation. This announcement follows those concerning CDISCOUNT and YATOO.CI, both of which have been withdrawn from the market, and precedes the recently announced suspension...
Africascope: Top 10 Radio Stations in Burkina Faso in 2019
A comparison of the results of the 2019 Africascope study with those of 2018 shows that the ranking of the main radio stations has remained relatively stable from one year to the next in Burkina Faso. RADIO SAVANE has consolidated its leading position with more than 35% audience share (up...
COVID-19: Stakeholders mobilize across the African continent
For several months now, COVID-19 has been spreading across the globe. Sub-Saharan Africa, which had been spared until now, is no longer immune. In these uncertain times, the pandemic is pushing players in all sectors to mobilize and deploy solutions to slow its spread. On the African continent, as elsewhere,...
Africascope: Top Radio Audiences in Ivory Coast in 2019
A comparison of the results of the 2019 Africascope study (for the whole year) with those for 2018 shows that there was a great deal of activity among radio stations in Côte d'Ivoire, leading to numerous changes in the TOP 10 RADIO rankings. AL BAYANE has progressed and retained its...
CAF suspends sports competitions
In response to the spread of COVID-19 around the world, the Confederation of African Football has announced the suspension of all sporting competitions scheduled for the coming months. As a result, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the African Nations Championship, scheduled to take place in Cameroon from...
Press release: TV5Monde Afrique, channel for executives and leaders in Guinea
According to the latest Africascope study, TV5MONDE ranks second among executives' and managers' favorite international channels, with a weekly audience share of 82.8%. 98.5% of executives and managers also say they are familiar with the TV5MONDE brand. Among the target audience aged 15 and over, 77% say that TV5MONDE is...
Interview with Ken Kakena, co-founder of Wizall Money
Ken Kakena began his career in Côte d'Ivoire as a consultant in a management consulting firm specializing in digital transformation. He then worked with numerous telecom operators, assisting them in developing their mobile financial services offerings. During these years, he was in contact with telecom operators, financial institutions (banks and...
Interview with Anselm Nfa, CEO of Icône Media
After a career as a professional musician for nearly ten years, Anselm Nfa created the first French-language television channel dedicated to gospel music in 2015. In the same year, he was appointed Vice President of the French Gospel Federation. He then became an audiovisual consultant and joined THEMA within the...