Satellite television operator Startimes has launched the first edition of the Pan-African Online Film Festival. Driven by its ambition to support and promote audiovisual creation in Africa, Startimes has chosen to launch this festival on its OTT platform, Startimes ON. Based on a quarterly competition, StarTimes will award prizes for...
What does the future hold for African broadcasting?
Every year, funding for audiovisual and film productions is the central theme of these professional meetings, which bring together buyers, sellers, and producers. These debates often fall short, as most participants can only note the chronic underfunding of audiovisual productions in Africa. Once again this year, this topic was at...
CAN 2019: Shared or exclusive sports rights?
The conference on public television organized during the last DISCOP Abidjan, during which the sensitive subject of sports rights was discussed, provided an opportunity to reignite a controversy that is still far from over. Two years ago, Lagardère Sports was challenged by numerous channels that considered the prices offered to...
Interview with Delphine Remy-Boutang, co-founder of Digital Women's Day
Delphine Rémy Boutang worked for nearly 14 years at IBM in England and the United States before returning to France in 2013 to start her own business. She created The Bureau , a digital communications agency. At the same time, she decided to launch Digital Women's Day, which was held...
Digital Women's Day: Interview with Edith Brou, a leading figure in Ivorian tech
You are participating in Digital Women's Day in Dakar. You will be speaking on the panel entitled "They are training for the major challenges of tomorrow." Can you tell us more about that? With panelist Rufina Dabo (AFSTech), we will talk about the actions each of us is taking to...
Digital Women's Day in Africa: June 13 and 14 in Dakar
Following the success of its seventh edition in Paris, La Journée de la Femme Digitale (Digital Women's Day) reveals the highlights of its first event in Africa, which will be held on June 13 and 14 in Dakar, Senegal, under the theme "They Are Changing the World." This is a...
CAN 2019: UAR organizes marketing seminar with television channels
With just a few weeks to go before the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, the African Broadcasting Union brought together African television channels for a marketing seminar on the exploitation and commercialization of TV rights for the competition. The participants gathered in Dakar from May 21 to 23...
"Afrofuturisms," the new podcast from RFI
What is Afrofuturism? Born in the 1960s and conceptualized in the 1990s in the United States, Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that has spread across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. In this new podcast entitled "Afrofuturisms," RFI highlights this cultural movement with its shifting contours throughout history and current...
Launch of the Africa Digest platform
Paola Audrey Ndengue, Cameroonian entrepreneur, influencer, consultant, and editorialist, has announced the launch of the Africa Digest platform. Specializing in Afro-urban cultures in French-speaking Africa, this multifaceted young woman has established herself over the years as an opinion leader on major web platforms. In addition to her other activities, she...
Call for nominations: the 35 most influential personalities
Association 3535 (formerly known as Francophonie 3535), which incubates initiatives and projects created within innovation ecosystems in Africa, annually recognizes 35 inspiring young Africans and members of the diaspora who are leading remarkable initiatives within their communities. The project, initiated by young African professionals, aims to support and unite a...