Initiated by ACP-EU Culture, AWA is a program led by the Institut français and the Kôrè Cultural Center (CCK) in Ségou, Mali, with financial support from the EU and the Secretariat of the ACP Organization. It aims to support the structuring of cultural and creative industries (CCI) in West Africa...
Orange Côte d'Ivoire promotes the inclusion of women in technical and digital professions through the "Hello Women" program.
range Côte d’Ivoire, an operator committed to digital inclusion and gender equality in the workplace, announced on Friday, March 3, during an official ceremony, the launch of the "Hello Women" program, through the "Amazones" project, aimed at improving the representation of women in technical and digital professions. The ceremony was...
GOBELINS and NETFLIX offer scholarships for African students
As part of their partnership, Netflix Grow Creative and GOBELINS are offering six scholarships for African students enrolling in the Master of Arts in Animation Film Design and Production program in September 2023, as part of their joint efforts to increase the pool of new animation talent from the African...
Interview with Nancy Aka, Sales, Marketing, and Communications Director at Majestic Cinemas in Ivory Coast
We conducted an interview in 2018. Five years later, how would you sum up your activities at CIV? Overall, it's been quite positive, even though we've had our ups and downs, especially during the COVID period, which was critical because we had no films and our theater was closed for...
IPTV 2022: a record year in Senegal, with 40.6% growth between 2021 and 2022
According to Omedia, which tracks IPTV in Senegal and other countries, TV advertising investment grew by 40.6% between 2022 and 2021. With a total of 19 billion CFA francs, Senegalese television channels have seen their gross revenues skyrocket in one year. This is the second year that IPTV has grown...
MultiChoice and Comcast sign partnership agreement to enrich Showmax content
Showmax, Multichoice's streaming platform, will broadcast NBC-Universal and Sky content under an agreement signed with COMCAST, in addition to the South African group's content already available on Showmax. Showmax will be 70% owned by MultiChoice, with NBCUniversal owning the remaining 30%. This partnership will significantly enrich the content of the...
AFRICASCOPE 2022: Internet usage continues to grow
According to the latest AFRICASCOPE results for 2022, internet usage in the eight French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries studied continues to grow. Regular internet users (at least once a week) now account for 53% of the population, with significant variations from one country to another: they account for 76% in Senegal,...
McCANN Douala signs TV campaign for PANZANI Cameroon brand
According to the latest AFRICASCOPE results for 2022, internet usage in the eight French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries studied continues to grow. Regular internet users (at least once a week) now account for 53% of the population, with significant variations from one country to another: they account for 76% in Senegal,...
TV5Monde: "Ton plat, mon plat" (Your dish, my dish), the new web series dedicated to African cuisine
On March 2, TV5Monde Afrique unveiled a new web series called "Ton plat, mon plat" (Your dish, my dish) at the META premises. It was in 2019, during the third edition of Adicomdays, that TV5Monde announced the launch of its "TV5Monde Webcréations" label. This new label aims to promote French-speaking...
Youscribe has over 1 million subscribers, 90% of whom are based in Africa.
After announcing that it had reached one million readers on the continent, YouScribe, a digital streaming library, has unveiled its first reading barometer. One million is a record number of readers in the history of the company, which has successfully diversified its offering and expanded internationally to capture new market...