According to data published by the Omedia institute, which tracks gross advertising investments by advertisers in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon, TV advertising investments in Senegal rose sharply in June (+36% vs. June 2020). This performance is particularly remarkable given that the first quarter of 2021 saw a 15% decline...
Return of La Télé d’ici, the show hosted by Cheick Yvhane, on Monday, September 20
Cheick Yvhane, who presents Télé d'ici, the channel's flagship program since its launch in December 2019, returns to the airwaves after the summer break. Starting September 20, Cheick Yvhane will be joined by new members of his team. Accompanied by Lincey Sibai, who was already present during season 2, Gliss,...
MANJAK, on CANAL+ Afrique starting October 4
Manjak, the series commissioned by CANAL+ International from Anna GOMIS, will be broadcast on CANAL+ Afrique starting October 4. Creator of the series Renaissance broadcast on TV5Monde and artistic and literary coordinator of the series Sakho et Mangane broadcast on Canal+ Afrique, Anna Gomis is the showrunner and co-writer of this...
IPTV Cameroon in the first half of 2021: -4.7% vs. the first half of 2020
According to the Omedia institute, which tracks gross advertising expenditure in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon, TV advertising investment in Cameroon remained at the same level in June 2021 as in the previous year (+2% vs. June 2020). However, the first few months of the year had been particularly encouraging,...
CANAL+ AFRICA will broadcast the UEFA Champions League until 2024
CANAL+ has renewed its long-standing partnership with the UEFA Champions League for three more seasons. This means that UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup matches will continue to be broadcast in French on CANAL+ for subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa, exclusively until 2024. To mark the occasion, CANAL+SPORT channels will...
New entrepreneurship centers created on the continent
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Chamber of Commerce have jointly launched Entrepreneurship Centers in Africa, under the theme "Creating Livelihoods for Inclusion." With strategic locations across Africa, the ECA-ICC Entrepreneurship Centers will work with various stakeholders, including businesses, chambers of commerce, academic institutions, intergovernmental and government...
CFAO Retail continues its expansion in Abidjan neighborhoods
And that makes five! A few days ago, CFAO Retail inaugurated its fifth supermarket under the Carrefour Market banner in Abidjan, in the Marcory district. According to its director, Pascal Bordeaux, CFAO Retail now has 11 Carrefour stores in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Senegal, which also welcomed a new supermarket...
ADICOMDAYS: a fifth edition organized around the theme "Storytelling made in Africa"
The Totem Experience team has officially announced the key dates for the fifth edition of ADICOMDAYS, the continent's leading digital event. This year, ADICOMDAYS will be split into two major events, one in October 2021 in Abidjan and the other in December in Dakar. It should be noted that due...
Africascope 2021: RFI and France 24 watched by more than half of the population in French-speaking Africa
RFI and France 24 confirm their success in French-speaking African countries and their leading positions in terms of brand awareness and audience ratings, according to the results of the "Africascope September 2020-June 2021"* study conducted by Kantar-TNS in eight countries: Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan), Senegal (Dakar), Mali (Bamako), Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou),...
Death of producer and media figure Amobé Mévègué
Amobé Mévègué passed away on September 8, at the age of 52. An audiovisual producer, he was the founder and CEO of the Ubizznews television channel, available in Africa and Europe via satellite. He was also active in the Afro media world in France, having worked since the 1980s for...