The second edition of the African Comedy Awards will be held on December 17 in Niamey, Niger, to celebrate African humor once again. The first edition was organized in 2021 to bring together the world of African humor and reward the best talent across the continent. This major event, dedicated...
CFAO Retail continues its expansion in Senegal
After opening a second Carrefour Market near Dakar in 2021, CFAO Consumer Retail is continuing its expansion in the country with a new shopping center in the port city of Saly, Senegal. Built in ten months, this new shopping center includes a Carrefour Market supermarket with a sales area of...
Trace Academia officially launched in Ivory Coast to train 100,000 young people
The official launch of Trace Academia took place on November 21 in Ivory Coast. It follows an agreement signed in 2021 between the Trace Group and the local government to make the platform's training courses available for a period of three years. The government's ambition is to enable young Ivorians...
Interview with Mansour Loum, Editor-in-Chief of Sport News Africa
The World Cup in Qatar has just begun. What measures have you put in place to cover the event? You could say that exceptional events call for exceptional measures. A competition that takes place every four years inevitably requires more attention and preparation. We have built on our successful experience...
IPTV in Senegal: +10.2% in the third quarter of 2022
TV advertising investments measured by the Omedia institute, which tracks IPTV in several French-speaking African countries, grew by 10.2% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of 3.253 billion CFA francs. This increase is mainly due to July, which saw a...
IPTV in Cameroon: down 23.9% in the third quarter of 2022
TV advertising investments (IPTV) measured by the Omedia institute, which tracks IP in television in several French-speaking African countries, fell sharply (-23.9%) in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, reaching CFAF 727,844,000, as shown in the table below. This sharp decline is mainly due...
Ivorian DTT channels soon to be available in HD on CANAL+ packages
A few days ago, the HACA published a statement on the situation following the broadcast of NCI in HD on CANAL+ in Côte d'Ivoire. "Following the television channel NCI's acquisition of the broadcasting rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the distributor CANAL+ International decided to broadcast NCI...
Airtel Africa to broadcast the 2022 World Cup
On Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in Kinshasa, Airtel Africa announced the signing of a partnership with the New World TV group, which holds the rights to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This partnership will give AIRTEL subscribers in the DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Chad, Niger, Madagascar, and Seychelles exclusive live...
Four years after A+ Ivory Coast, creation of A+ Benin
The Canal+ group and the Beninese government have just announced the upcoming launch of A+ Benin, a new channel that will be broadcast on DTT and on CANAL+ packages. This channel will offer "a range of television programs focusing on entertainment, tourism promotion, and cultural outreach" and aims to strengthen...
New World: Who will be the consultants for the 2022 World Cup?
New World Sport, which will broadcast all 64 matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, has assembled a formidable team of consultants made up of prestigious names in football under the leadership of Christian Jeanpierre: Emmanuel Adebayor Stéphane Mbia Hérita Ilunga Wilfried Mbappé Jean Michel Badiane Patrick Mboma Basile Boli...