After working at Harmonies Media Group in Ivory Coast, Kwame Senou founded Opinion & Public in 2019, a public relations agency affiliated with the BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) group. Through this entity, he represents BCW in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Benin, and Liberia. He is also the vice president for...
BENIN DIFFUSION broadcasting operator officially launches operations
The rollout of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Benin is taking shape. On May 20, the Beninese government officially launched the activities of the broadcaster BENIN DIFFUSION. Its role is to centralize all activities related to the collection, multiplexing, and broadcasting of programs, unlike the model that was in place...
Ivory Coast: TV viewership and internet usage in Abidjan – May 2021
Médiamétrie has published the audience figures for the May 2021 interim wave of its regular declarative television audience measurement in Côte d'Ivoire (May 1 to 16, 2021), conducted in partnership with Omedia. Since 2019, Côte d'Ivoire has been transitioning to digital television. Between May 1 and 16, 2021, more than...
UEFA EURO 2020 on RFI
FROM JUNE 11 TO JULY 11, RFI will bring its listeners all the action from the 16th European Football Championship 2020. RFI will broadcast and provide live commentary on France's matches: France vs. Germany (June 15 at 9 p.m.), Hungary-France (June 19 at 3 p.m.), Portugal-France (June 23 at 9...
Vanessa Burggraf, new director of France 24
Vanessa Burggraf will take charge of all France 24 channels (in French, Arabic, English, and Spanish) on June 8 and will join the executive committee of France Médias Monde. Her mission will be to continue the work accomplished by all the teams over the past few years, which has enabled...
"4 Weddings and a Honeymoon" on CANAL+
CANAL+ is preparing an African version of the show 4 MARRIAGES FOR A HONEYMOON, which aired successfully on TF1 for six seasons starting in 2011, for release in October. Each week, this reality TV show follows four brides-to-be who put their weddings up for competition. The weddings are judged and...
WEBLOGY (Abidjan.net) launches two mobile applications in partnership with Visa
The Ivorian group Weblogy, which publishes abidjan.net, is launching two innovative mobile applications that enable secure digital payments on the network of Visa, the American banking transaction giant. Weblogy, which includes a Fintech division, developed these applications with its partners Visa, Ecobank, and UBA. Weblogy's CEO, Jil Alexandre N'Dia, said...
€2,000 in prizes for the Young Talents in Advertising for Climate Change competition
As we announced a few weeks ago, the "7th edition of the Young Francophone Advertising Talent Competition" will take place during the 3rd Indian Ocean Meetings, which will be held from June 8 to 11 in Réunion. The theme of this competition is "the climate: need for air." Its aim...
The Brand Africa 100 – Africa's Best Brands ranking reveals the most admired African brands
On World Africa Day, May 25, 2021, the eleventh Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands ranking will reveal the most admired and useful African brands during the pandemic. Since 2010, the Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands ranking has analyzed and listed brands and companies in Africa, based on a...
Interview with Karim Konaté, Associate Director of Omedia
Karim Konaté is Associate Director of Omedia. He is based in Abidjan. Before joining Omedia in 2014, Karim spent more than twenty years in communications, in Paris, Abidjan, and Dakar, working successively for the agencies Lintas, McCann-Erickson, and Leo Burnett. Omedia has offices in several African countries. Can you tell...