According to an AFP dispatch, Guinea's High Authority for Communication (HAC) asked Canal+ on Saturday, December 9, to remove Espace FM, Espace TV, Evasion FM, and Evasion TV, popular radio and television channels in Guinea, from its offering until further notice. The authorities had already taken similar measures on December...
RTS will broadcast the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in French and Wolof.
Senegalese public television, RTS, has just acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights from New World TV for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11, 2024. Under this agreement, matches will be broadcast live and exclusively on all RTS media...
African Capitals – Lomé: Golden Djanea Award at the Douala Serie Festival
Jean Noel BAH's series African Capitals: LOME won the DJANEA D'OR at the last DOUALA Séries festival, as well as the awards for best set design and best sound. This series is part of the CAPITALES AFRICAINES collection launched in 2018 on A+ based on an idea by Ivorian director...
DOUALA 2024 Series: save the date
The 2023 edition of DOUALA SERIES, which took place from November 15 to 18, 2023, was a great success. Building on the success of this first edition, the event's promoters have already announced the main dates for the next festival. The call for series will open on May 1 and...
Who are the most influential entrepreneurial leaders in French-speaking Africa?
In partnership with Favikon, a startup specializing in social media analysis, the communications agency 35°Ouest, based in Ivory Coast (a subsidiary of 35°Nord), has unveiled the Top 100 most influential leaders and entrepreneurs in French-speaking Africa on social media. This initiative aims to highlight the impact of these business leaders...
10 finalists in the running for the 2023 RFI Talents du Rire award
The names of the ten comedians competing for the 2023 RFI Talents du Rire award have been announced. Initiated by comedian Mamane, a columnist* on international radio stations, in collaboration with RFI and Gondwana-City Productions, this award reveals new comedy talent every year and rewards a young French-speaking artist from...
Ivory Coast: Network of press professionals launches fact-checking platform
To actively combat the spread of fake news in Côte d'Ivoire, the Network of Online Press Professionals of Côte d'Ivoire (Repprelci) officially presents the "La Trousse" project. Designed by Les Surligneurs, a French media outlet specializing in fact-checking and funded by the International Organization of La Francophonie, this project is...
First training session at the Gondwana Comedy School
For several years now, Mamane has been involved in numerous projects in Africa, driven by his ambition to identify, bring together, mentor, and support talented individuals. "We are forming a family within which African comedians can become professionals, so that their art can become an economy that is profitable and...
Cameroonian cinema honored at the LFC Awards
The sixth edition of the LFC Awards came to a close on November 30, once again celebrating Cameroonian, African, and Caribbean cinema. Orchestrated by screenwriter and director François Ellong, the LFC Awards aim to recognize Cameroonian filmmaking expertise as well as that of the diaspora. Here are the winners of...