As it does every year, Kantar publishes the results of its Africascope benchmark study twice a year. The results published today cover the entire year 2025. Consumption across all media averages 6 hours and 41 minutes per day, spent in front of a screen or listening to the radio. This...
Entrepreneur State of Africa: when podcasts become therapists for African entrepreneurs
Kahi Lumumba, President of Totem Experience and co-founder of Entrepreneur State of Africa, likes to repeat that entrepreneurs—and even more so African entrepreneurs—spend long hours locked in their own minds, testing ideas, changing plans, doubting themselves, dreaming quietly... alone. This time for introspection is necessary, but it can become stifling....
Global Africa – Telesud: audience up 62% in two years
(Press release) Driven by a young, connected target audience with strong purchasing power, Global Africa - Telesud has doubled its audience in two years, a trend confirmed by Africascope 2025. The channel now reaches 4.45 million viewers across its eight core countries (+62% vs. 2023). Weekly viewership is growing even...
Kahi Lumumba and Ishowspeed featured in February's Médiastories
Mediastories is the first television program on content creation, media, and communication in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. In this February's episode, presented by Dalinie MVEMBA and René SAAL, and produced by ADWEKNOW and Global Africa-Télésud: A look back at recent news:Kaby Lame 00:56The new bosses, 02:56Ipsos Predictions for 2026 in Senegal...
Naomi Campbell on the cover of the first issue of Elle Afrique Francophone
The Lagardère Group, owner of the ELLE brand—the world's leading women's magazine—announces the launch of ELLE Afrique Francophone, a new edition published under license by its partner INNSAEI SARL (Abidjan, Ivory Coast). The first issue, dated March 2026, will feature global icon Naomi Campbell on the cover. This marks her...
Next Narrative Africa Fund: a new fund to support African stories
A new fund is enriching the landscape of African cinema and television series: the Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF). The idea is simple: put money on the table to help African filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers—including those from the diaspora—tell their own stories, but with a truly international and commercial ambition....
Interview with Kahi Lumumba, President of the Totem Experience Group
Kahi LUMUMBA is the President of the Totem Experience (TX) group, which brings together several activities including TX Agency, the digital communications agency, TX Factory, the digital content and concept creation studio, and ADICOMDAYS, which for ten years has been bringing together the largest community of digital communications players in...
The war of laughter: Abidjan and Cotonou battle for the throne of African humor
Under the impetus of Mamane and his company Gondwana Productions, African comedy has been experiencing a particular boom over the past decade. Convinced that African comedians should be able to make a living from their art, he decided in 2015 to launch Abidjan Capitale du Rire, Africa's first comedy festival....
Retirement of Denise Epoté, a leading figure in African broadcasting
An iconic figure in the African and French-speaking media landscape, Denise Epoté has devoted several decades to promoting the continent's talents, cultures, and voices on the international stage. Through her senior roles at TV5 Monde, where she notably headed up the Africa channel, she has helped to raise the profile...
BIAMA City on Life TV
A new series produced entirely in Ivory Coast has just begun airing on Life TV: Biama City. This six-episode series features DOUMBIA, who, at almost 60 years old, is tired of being the President of the Youth of Biama City, in Marcory. But on the day he decides to give...