Jamel Basiru is a filmmaker, editor, and VFX artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He has been working in the industry for seven years, on feature films and series. After graduating from an audiovisual communications school, he chose to teach himself the craft of filmmaking. He started out in television...
Screening of Black Santiago Club: our opinion
Adweknow attended the screening of the first episode of Black Santiago Club last Wednesday (July 5) at Mediawan, in the presence of the producers (Canal+, Mediawan, and Keewu Productions). In a packed theater, we were able to discover this series in (almost) preview, as it has been available to Canal+...
ePOP (Petites Ondes Participatives) competition: Winners of the 2023 edition
The winners of the fifth edition of the "Fais voir ce qu'ils ressentent" (Show what they feel) video competition, launched as part of the "ePOP - Petites Ondes Participatives" project, were announced on Monday, July 3, during a ceremony co-hosted by Anne-Cécile Bras, presenter of the program "C'est pas du...
Women producers, screenwriters, and directors join forces to launch the Indigo Fund
They are screenwriters, producers, and directors who have chosen to join forces to support African women in the audiovisual sector. Angela Aquereburu, Rama Thiaw, Tella Kpomahou, and Samantha Biffot decided to create the Indigo Fund to find financial partners and support women working in film and audiovisual media. "In Togo,...
LCI suspended for three months in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's media regulator has decided to suspend French news channel LCI for three months after a journalist's comments on the situation regarding jihadist violence were described as "false information." LCI's programs "are suspended for a period of three months in Burkina Faso on all pay-TV service providers' packages, effective...
Black Santiago Club on CANAL+ Première on July 3, 2023
The only African series presented at the 2023 Séries Mania festival and winner of the Best Music award at the DAKAR SERIES festival last May, BLACK SANTIAGO CLUB is an 8-episode, 52-minute musical thriller based on the story of a legendary club in Cotonou, where the great Black Santiago orchestra,...
Two new local language channel projects at CANAL+
Every year for the past five years, CANAL+ has added a local-language channel to its channel offering in French-speaking Africa and the Indian Ocean. Two new projects are in the pipeline. 1/ Launched in November 2019 and published by Théma. SUNU YEUF is a 100% Senegalese channel dedicated to Senegalese...
The CANAL+ Group increases its stake in MultiChoice to 31.67%
CANAL+ continues to increase its stake in MultiChoice to 31.67% of the capital. Since 2020, the CANAL+ group, which held 6.5% of the capital, has increased its stake in MultiChoice several times, becoming the largest shareholder in September 2021 with 15.37%, then with 18.44% in June 2022 and 30.27% in...
Voodoo Communication DRC is recruiting a Senior Advertising Manager
• Education: Higher education from an IEP or business school with a specialization in communication, media, advertising, or marketing. University degree from two years of higher education (BTS, DUT, etc.) to five years of higher education (professional master's, specialized master's, etc.), generalist (economics, business management, etc.);• Professional experience: Minimum 5...