The Africascope study, whose results for the second half of 2020 have just been published by KANTAR, provides valuable information for understanding who watches television and when. The quarterly radio and television ratings curves are particularly informative. 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.: the two peak viewing times for radio and...
"ICI C BABI" a new TV series filmed in Abidjan
Filming has wrapped up for the TV series "ICI C BABI," produced by Instant2Vie Studio with support from TV5MONDE, RTI, and TRACE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION. Led by Charly Kodjo, Instant2Vie Studio was founded in 2014 and specializes in audiovisual and film production, photography, broadcasting, and training in the film industry. The...
Launch of the 5th edition of Digital Lab Africa
Content creators on the continent face challenges in terms of training, access to funding, and visibility. Against this backdrop, the call for applications for the fifth edition of Digital Lab Africa has been officially launched to promote and support emerging African talent by accelerating the development of their projects. Created...
Patrice Mostepe appointed new president of the Confederation of African Football
At the 43rd General Assembly held on March 12 in Rabat, Patrice Motsepe was elected as the new president of the Confederation of African Football. Aged 59, Patrice Motsepe is a South African businessman. He has been president of the famous South African club Mamelodi Sundowns for 20 years. At...
Pulse Africa expands in Ivory Coast
Nigerian online news publisher Pulse Africa has announced plans to expand into Côte d'Ivoire. Based in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal, Pulse claims to have several million regular monthly users of its news platforms, which are deployed on the web and social media to reach young African audiences. Pulse had...
6 million subscribers for CANAL+ in Africa
According to the financial report published a few days ago by the Vivendi Group, CANAL+ had a total of 5.983 million subscribers in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa at the end of December 2020. In terms of recruitment, CANAL+ exceeded the symbolic milestone of more than 1 million additional subscribers in one...
Interview with François Le Pichon, Director of International and B2B at Molotov Solutions
A trained designer and entrepreneur (digital agency, startups), François Le Pichon has built up expertise in creating digital platforms in France and internationally. He joined Molotov in 2018 as head of product, responsible for innovation and user experience. In 2020, François Le Pichon launched Molotov Solutions, Molotov's B2B offering, which...
Mohamed Salah and Didier Drogba among Africa's most influential athletes
Sport News Africa (SNA), the sports news platform launched a few months ago, has just published a groundbreaking and comprehensive study on "The 100 most influential African athletes on Twitter." The study was conducted with Smart Data Power, which uses the official Twitter API to collect, enrich, and analyze this...
ALSHANA: Passions TV becomes Passion Novelas
Founded in 2002, ALSHANA CI specializes in distributing various audiovisual programs, such as telenovelas, Indian series, feature films, series, and youth programs in French-speaking Africa and the French overseas departments and territories. Alshana currently operates two television channels: Passions TV and Savannah TV. On April 6, Passions TV will change...
Series Africa highlights African creativity
French-speaking Africa is showing real dynamism in fiction production, which is reflected in a proliferation of increasingly ambitious projects. To highlight African creativity, Série Series Africa organizes pan-African meetings dedicated to series and creators from the continent. After Ouagadougou in 2018-2019, a new edition was initially planned to take place...