In 2021, UNESCO, in its report "African film industry: trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth," estimated that African cinema could create 20 million jobs and generate $20 billion per year... A recent study by the CNC found that "the global film, audiovisual, and video game markets are experiencing unprecedented vitality...
Dakar Series: second edition postponed
Due to the electoral context, the second edition of the Dakar Series festival has been postponed. Originally scheduled for May 6-11, 2024, the festival will now take place from October 8-12, 2024. Launched in 2023 by Séraphine Angoula, Dakar Series brings together professionals and enthusiasts of television series and offers...
Internet outage in Africa: major disruptions in Benin, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Togo
Last week, West and Central Africa experienced a major internet outage, depriving people in many countries of access to the internet, social media, and tools for making bank transfers and international calls. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin, Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso were the most affected countries. The outage was less...
SLTV: Nigeria's third satellite operator—a counterproductive decision?
Metro Digital Limited, which has been offering pay TV services in NIGERIA for several years, is now launching satellite pay TV. The satellite television company SLTV, operated by Metro Digital TV, was launched on March 8, 2024. Nigerian authorities were present at the launch of the company, whose project they...
The 2024 Olympic Games on RTI
In light of the extraordinary enthusiasm generated by recent sporting events successfully broadcast on Ivorian channels in recent years (the 2022 World Cup on NCI and the 2023 African Cup of Nations on NCI, CANAL+, and RTI), RTI has just announced that it has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights (television,...
Benin: Analog television to be phased out by August 2024
After officially launching Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) on February 17, 2023, Benin announced that it would permanently switch off its analog terrestrial television signal by August 15, 2024. As a reminder, DTT was launched nationwide, with 16 channels including five public channels, eight private channels, and three foreign channels. One...
Video: Florence Ginier summarizes Africascope's main findings for the year 2023
To mark the release of the KANTAR Africascope 2023 study, Florence Ginier, Director of Media Measurement, Media & Creative Consulting at KANTAR, summarizes the main findings for 2023 in a short video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f32OrFmedA&feature=youtu.be The quiz prepared by Adweknow also allows you to learn more about television, radio, and internet consumption...
Orange Côte d'Ivoire unveils "Les perles de Babi" (Babi's Pearls)
In recent years, Ivorian cinema has experienced a real rise in the audiovisual landscape, boosted in particular by historical and major players. Attentive to its market as a committed multi-service operator, Orange Côte d'Ivoire has been supporting the development of the Ivorian film industry for several years. After co-producing original...
Interview with Cornélia Laurence Glèlè, promoter of the Cotonou International Women's Film Festival
After studying journalism for three years, Cornélia quickly turned her attention to cinema. She chose to train in filmmaking in Benin before directing three short documentaries. She then developed her production skills by working on the Black Santiago series, the first original CANAL+ production filmed in Benin. You have had...
2nd edition of the AFRO VFX training program
With around 3,500 films produced each year, West Africa is the most prolific region on the continent. However, professional training remains a strategic issue for the development and structuring of the audiovisual industry. To address this challenge, Éric M’Boua and Dedy Bilamba, co-founders of EM&MB, launched a comprehensive special effects...