For several months now, some RTS employees have been complaining about a lack of resources and expressing a desire to rejuvenate the channel. They have therefore formed a union, SYNPAP, which was officially recognized on Thursday, September 1. In a public statement, the Syndicat des Professionnels de l’Audiovisuel Public (SYNPAP)...
CANAL+ launches "Le Futur est à Nous" (The Future is Ours), the first daily CANAL+ORIGINAL series for Africa
The CANAL+ Group is delighted to announce the launch of its first daily series under the CANAL+ORIGINAL label in French-speaking Africa: LE FUTUR EST À NOUS (The Future Belongs to Us). Starting September 5, CANAL+ subscribers will be able to watch this new series, aimed at family audiences, Monday through...
Interview with Mamby Diomandé, organizer of SIMA 2022
Mamby Diomandé is Director of Live and Brand at Universal Music Africa. A key player in the African music industry, Mamby has had a somewhat "unconventional" career path. Trained as an electrical engineer, he entered the music industry out of passion, like most people in the music industry. In 2015,...
IPTV in Cameroon: +36% in the first half of 2022
TV advertising investments measured by the Omedia institute rose by 36% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, reaching a record amount of 2.4 billion CFA francs. This significant increase is mainly due to the first quarter of 2022, which saw a 76% increase...
IPTV in Ivory Coast: +1.4% in the first half of 2022
TV advertising investments measured by the Omedia institute remained stable in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of 2021. This stagnation masks significant month-to-month variations. In the first quarter , investments fell by 9.2% despite a sharp increase in January (+22%). In the second quarter, May...
Africa's Rising Cities receives the Golden Visa for digital information
The jury for Franceinfo's Visa d'Or Digital Information Award, which met on Thursday, August 25, chose to award the prize to "Africa's Rising Cities," produced by Max Bearak, Júlia Ledur, and Dylan Moriarty for The Washington Post website. This investigation highlights the rapid urbanization in Africa, where dozens of cities...