The 15th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA 15), organized by Gaou Productions, will take place from April 25 to 30 in Abidjan and Bouaké. Salif Traoré, known as "Asalfo" from the group Magic System and General Commissioner of the Festival, has just announced the headliners. French artists...
CANAL+ Digital Factory: a new initiative from CANAL+ International in Africa
CANAL+ International, which last week announced the launch of CANAL+ Impact, its solidarity program centered around a shared mission to share knowledge in order to develop talent on the continent, has announced a new initiative with the creation of its Digital Factory. This new structure focuses on content, as the...
Data Reportal: Côte d'Ivoire had 9.94 million internet users in January 2022
Data Reportal.com, which provides essential data on digital behavior every year, has just published its annual report on Côte d'Ivoire. This report covers the main indicators concerning the Ivorian population and its use of social media. In January 2022, Côte d'Ivoire had a population of 27.4 million, with the majority...
RTS1 in the TOP 5 audience ratings in the second half of 2022
Médiamétrie has just published the results of the second half of 2022 for TV/radio/internet audience measurement, carried out with Omedia among 1,540 people aged 15 and over, living in the four municipalities that make up Greater Dakar, from October 16 to 31, 2022, from November 6 to 21, 2022, and...
"The taste of the weekend begins with Vimto," a campaign by McCANN Douala
VIMTO: THE TASTE OF THE WEEKEND STARTS WITH VIMTO To remind people of the taste of the weekend at Vimto, McCANN Douala supported Boissons du Cameroun by creating a digital visual. Technical details - Industry: Food and beverage - Advertiser: Boissons du Cameroun - Agency: McCANN Douala - Distribution channel:...
Universal Music Africa forms strategic partnership and expands in Madagascar
Universal Music Group (UMG), the global 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...
RFI – France 24 Challenge App Africa – 7th edition: "Digital technology at the service of agriculture"
The jury members of the "RFI – France 24 Challenge App Afrique" have selected the ten finalists for the seventh edition of the competition from more than 800 entries received from over 20 countries. Open to all Africans and young companies on the continent, this edition rewards digital innovations (websites,...
Dakar Series, the first pan-African festival dedicated to series
In recent years, media news in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa has been dominated by the release of new series. Audiovisual production is booming, with Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal leading the way. In Dakar, projects are multiplying, driven by a new generation of talent, fueled by the liberalization of the landscape, boosted...
Interview with Toumani Sangaré, director, producer, and head of the Kourtrajmé Dakar film school
Director and producer Toumani Sangaré is the head of the Kourtrajmé film school, founded in Dakar in 2021. It is the very first school in Africa run by the Kourtrajmé collective, of which Toumani is a member, co-founded by Ladj Ly, Romain Gavras, and Kim Chapiron. Since 2017, he has...
Channel numbering: a crucial decision by the HACA
On January 31, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), the institution that regulates audiovisual communication in Côte d'Ivoire, published a decision concerning the numbering of Ivorian national channels by television channel package distributors. Following the example of France, where the traditional television channels (TF1, France 2, France 3, CANAL+,...