(Interview by Edouard Char for Adweknow at MIPCOM) Almost everyone knows Côte Ouest. Can you briefly introduce your company? JL: Côte Ouest has around 25,000 hours of content in its catalog. I say "around" because it's constantly changing. Most of our content is in French and English, but we also...
Interview with Colette OTUSHESO, CEO of the Accelerate Group
(Interview conducted by Edouard Char for Adweknow at MIPCOM on October 22, 2024) Colette OTUSHESO is CEO of the Accelerate Group, a company financed and owned by Access Bank, Africa's largest financial institution. The ACCELERATE group, based in Nigeria, comprises a creative agency, a production studio: Accelerate Studios, Phoenix, a...
Ivory Coast: HACA tackles illegal practices related to piracy
Almost a year to the day after the roundtable discussion held on October 5, 2023, the regulatory bodies, audiovisual operators, and internet service providers (ISPs) on the issue of piracy of audiovisual services and unauthorized distribution, the HACA has just published a press release aimed at combating illegal practices related...
AFREXIMBANK grants €245 million facility to NewWorld TV
(Press release) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the signing of a €245 million global facility with New World Television (NWTV). The financing will be used in part to fund the channel's acquisition of media licensing rights for certain sports broadcasting copyrights from international media rights holders, enabling broadcasts...
BENIN: FDAC call for projects for content creators
Are you from Benin and want to develop a project in the cultural and creative industries? The FDAC, whose mission is to support and contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative industries in Benin, can finance your project. Benin's Arts and Culture Development Fund (FDAC) has just launched a...
Cotonou hosts the 11th edition of RFI's Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Award
(Press release) RFI will present the 11th Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Award, created in tribute to its two reporters murdered in northern Mali on November 2, 2013, on Saturday, November 2, in Cotonou, Benin. Each year, this scholarship helps strengthen the skills of 20 young African professionals, 10 journalists...