With around 3,500 films produced each year, West Africa is the most prolific region on the continent. However, professional training remains a strategic issue for the development and structuring of the audiovisual industry. To address this challenge, Éric M'Boua and Mbépongo Bilamba have decided to launch a new special effects...
"Témoins d'actu" (Witnesses to the News), RFI's new news podcast
Starting November 9, every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., RFI will release a new 10-minute podcast produced with a special correspondent, reporter, or expert: "Témoins d'actu" with Alexandra Cagnard. These podcasts will provide an opportunity to go behind the scenes of an event and share anecdotes and emotions experienced...
MABOKE TV, the new 100% Lingala channel from the CANAL+ group
On Tuesday, November 2, the CANAL+ Group officially launched MABOKE TV, the first channel dedicated entirely to fiction in Lingala. MABOKE TV is produced by the CANAL+ Group in sub-Saharan Africa and offers a selection of the best Maboke series with two daily shows from Monday to Friday. At launch,...
Radio Côte d’Ivoire celebrates its sixtieth anniversary
Radio Côte d'Ivoire celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 26 at the Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire. This event, co-sponsored by Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Minister of Communication, Media, and Francophonie Amadou Coulibaly, was attended by numerous figures from the political and artistic worlds, media professionals, former journalists and presenters...
Yves Emery joins Kantar Insights France's Media & Creative BU
Yves Emery has been appointed Commercial Director, Audience & Media, within the Media & Creative BU at Kantar Insights France, headed by Anne-Lise Toursel. He works alongside Florence Ginier and her team of audience experts and is responsible for developing the reach of our benchmark audience studies, OneNext and AfricaScope....
Madam… Sir, triple winner at the 2021 Canal2’or awards
Under the theme "Unmasking our talents," the 13th Canal2'or ceremony organized by CANAL2 International was held on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at the Best Western Hotel in Douala. More than 200 nominees competed in 21 categories. The series Madame... Monsieur, directed by Ebenezer Kipombia, was particularly honored, winning the awards...
Interview with Samantha Biffot, director of the series Mami Wata
Samantha Biffot is the creator of Mami Wata, le mystère d'Iveza, an eight-episode Gabonese television series, each episode lasting fifty-two minutes, co-produced by CANAL+ International. On October 22, the series received the silver trophy at FESPACO in the "Series" category. What are the strengths of the series? The series is...
Interview with Philippe Di Nacera, Deputy CEO of Optimum Media and the 7info channel
With the launch of 7 Info and the switch-off of analog broadcasting scheduled for November 13, Côte d'Ivoire is closing a chapter that began in 2016 with the granting of licenses to DTT operators. For Jean Philippe Kaboré and Philippe Di Nacera, who have been working on this project for...
Universal Music Africa wants to train future musical talent
Universal Music Group, the world leader in the music industry, announced in 2018 that it would be expanding its activities in French-speaking Africa by creating a new division of the group dedicated to the label's activities in Côte d'Ivoire. The Universal group chose to set up the offices of this...
Facebook launches the 2021 edition of "My Digital Universe" in sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of the 2021 edition of "My Digital World." Initially launched in June 2020, "My Digital World" is a digital education program available throughout sub-Saharan Africa and designed to provide young people and the general public with the skills they need to navigate digital spaces safely...