CANAL+ Première will broadcast the new series "EWUSU" starting March 11, created and directed by Françoise Ellong-Gomez, known for her feature film W.A.K.A shot in Cameroon and for all the initiatives she leads to contribute to the development and structuring of the local film ecosystem. This new series, "EWUSU," is...
Call for films for FESPACO 2025
As part of the 29th edition of FESPACO 2025, which will take place from February 22 to March 1, 2025, the organization is launching its call for films aimed at film and audiovisual professionals and specifies that registrations for the official selection of films are open from February 29 to...
14 documentary projects presented at the "Impala 2024" co-production meetings
The "Impala 2024" co-production meetings took place from Thursday, February 29 to Saturday, March 2, 2024, at the Capitol Hotel in Abidjan Cocody. Organized by Africadoc Côte d’Ivoire, the Association des Réalisateurs Documentaristes du Cameroun (ARDC), Les Ateliers Varan, and Docmonde, under the patronage of Françoise Remarck, Ivorian Minister of...
Brazzaville Film Week will finally take place in July.
FILM WEEK, which was scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 4, 2024, as we announced a few weeks ago, has been postponed to July: the fourth edition of the festival will take place from July 13 to 20, 2024, in Brazzaville, Congo.
Quiz: Test your knowledge of media in French-speaking Africa with the AFRICASCOPE 2023 study
To mark the release of Africascope's findings for 2023, Adweknow invites you to take a short quiz to test your knowledge of radio, television, and internet usage in the eight countries covered by the Africascope study. The answers can be found at the end of the article. In which French-speaking...
AFRETAIL – The first retail and franchise forum dedicated to Africa will take place on June 28 in PARIS
Concretiz & EURELIA, the international division of PROCOS, are organizing the first Afretail forum, a meeting between international brands interested in the African continent and local distributors/franchisees.The aim of the forum is to connect international brands and qualified retailers in order to promote opportunities for expansion in Africa while enabling...
The CANAL+ Group raises its bid for MULTICHOICE
The Canal+ group, the largest shareholder in South Africa's MultiChoice, has raised its bid to acquire the operator's entire capital. On February 1, the CANAL+ group submitted a "non-binding indicative" offer to the MultiChoice Board of Directors at a price of 105 rand. This offer represented a 40% premium over...
IPTV in Cameroon: -11.4% in 2023 vs. 2022
Advertising investments in television measured by the Omedia institute in Cameroon declined by 11.4% in 2023 compared to 2022. This decline is due to a sharp drop in investments in November and December, while from April to October, IPTV investments grew steadily and significantly. This decline is due to a...
Appointment: Sahifoulaye Kone, Managing Director of CANAL+ADVERTISING Côte d’Ivoire
Sahifoulaye Kone, Marketing Director of RTI Group and Director of RTI Digital, joins the CANAL+ Group as Managing Director of CANAL+ADVERTISING Côte d'Ivoire. He replaces Monica Mollon, who left the CANAL+ Group to pursue personal projects. Monica Mollon has extensive experience in the world of advertising sales. She began her...
Yaoundé hosts the UAR Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Yaoundé has been hosting the UAR Summit on Artificial Intelligence since March 4. African media outlets were invited to begin reflecting on the major technological advances that are gradually disrupting the industry and the way information is handled as a whole. Between challenge and opportunity, the UAR Summit on Artificial...