A few days after its president, Barthélemy Guislain, announced its arrival in Côte d'Ivoire, Auchan inaugurated its first Ivorian supermarket in the Cocody district of Abidjan on Tuesday, June 14. In addition to this 900 m² supermarket in Cocody, Auchan will also open four MyAuchan convenience stores in Cocody, Abobo,...
Paydunya launches its operations in Benin
Created to enable the digitization of businesses operating in Africa and meet all the payment needs of unbanked individuals, Paydunya continues to expand across the continent. Today, it is taking a new step forward by expanding into a new territory: Benin. Despite two difficult years linked to Covid-19, which significantly...
Google adds 10 new African languages
Projects and initiatives are multiplying in an attempt to bring African languages into the digital world. For those behind these projects, there are many challenges involved in establishing a presence for African languages on the internet. In this context, digital giant Google has been offering ten new local African languages...
CIAN: the next Africa Forum to be held on the theme "Africa between challenges and opportunities"
The French Council of Investors in Africa (CIAN), in partnership with the newspaper L'Opinion, is organizing the Africa Forum on Thursday, June 23, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. "Africa, between challenges and opportunities" will be the theme of this event, which will be held in a hybrid format—online...
Orange CIV, 35°Nord, and Havas Group among the winners of the 2022 ASCOM Awards
The 9th edition of the As de la Communication (ASCOM) awards ceremony was held on June 9, 2022, in Abidjan under the theme: "A new era, a new momentum," with the participation of major African and international players in the fields of communication and marketing. A total of 30 awards...
Towards the launch of new free channels on Ivorian digital terrestrial television?
The CEO of the Ivorian Broadcasting Corporation (IDT), Adama Benoît Yéo, spoke on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at the "Tout savoir sur" (Everything you need to know about) forum organized by the Government Information and Communication Center (CICG) on digital terrestrial television (DTT). He addressed several topics, including the progress...
Elephant Africa presents a new program dedicated to discovering Ivory Coast
ELEPHANT Africa, an audiovisual production company based in Abidjan, has officially launched its new travel and discovery program "Carte d'Ivoire." Designed as a real invitation to discover the Ivory Coast and its treasures, the program "Carte d'Ivoire" is the result of a collaboration with the national television channel RTI. The...
Boomplay opens offices in Ivory Coast
Musical richness, a young population, high mobile penetration rates, and a proliferation of initiatives to democratize internet access are all opportunities for the development of music streaming on the continent. Local players are multiplying, particularly in the English-speaking part of the continent, which is a real hotbed of initiatives in...
Adicom Academy is organizing a Boot Camp on digital strategy
Regardless of the size of your business, digital communication is essential for building brand awareness and growing your business. And to do that, you need to define a strategy. To help you do just that, Adicom Academy is organizing a training session on digital strategy from July 11 to 14,...
MultiChoice wants to devote a significant portion of its budget to the production of African content.
To counter the arrival of new competitors on the market, MultiChoice intends to play the local content card to stand out and strengthen its position. The pay-TV operator plans to devote a significant portion of its budget to producing 100% African content to compete with international streaming giants. In Africa,...