Women's Month is a time to promote change and give greater voice to women across the continent. To tell the story of Africa today is to tell the stories of its initiatives, projects, synergies, and dynamics... But it is also to tell the stories of women who inspire, undertake, orchestrate,...
"Thriller and Talents": CFI and Acacia Films launch a call for projects
Acacia Films, a Burkinabe audiovisual production company, will launch production of a 12 x 52-minute thriller series filmed in Burkina Faso at the end of 2019. To carry out this project, Acacia Films wants to bring together the continent's best writing talent. In collaboration with CFI, the Burkinabe company is...
South African telecoms company MTN expands into digital
With 233 million users in Africa in 2018, the MTN Group continues to roll out its services in the 21 countries on the continent where it operates. Since March, the South African telecoms company has been making a series of announcements, gradually revealing its ambitions for 2019. On March 4,...
CM Africa enters into strategic partnership with Social Media Club Tunisia
CM d'Afrique, the community that brings together all Community Managers on the African continent, has announced a new strategic partnership with the Social Media Club Tunisia. This is a first step towards creating an inter-African – MENA digital communication hub. CM d'Afrique is a platform created in June 2016 by...
Press release: Gramica launches customer relationship management on WhatsApp
A few weeks after opening a new office in Dakar, GRAMICA, a 360 digital advertising agency specializing in French-speaking Africa, is launching its customer service offering on the WhatsApp mobile app. WhatsApp has: 1.3 billion active users worldwide Users spend an average of 28 minutes An average open rate of...
Carrefour begins construction of a second store in Yaoundé
A new stage in the rollout of the Carrefour brand in Cameroon. Work is currently underway in the city of Yaoundé to build a second supermarket operated by the French retailer. The second Carrefour supermarket will be located within the Douala Grand Mall & Business Park, a shopping center currently...
Interview with Roxana Elliott, Marketing Director at GeoPoll
Roxana Elliott is Director of Marketing at GeoPoll. What is your professional background? At GeoPoll, I lead our business development efforts, including managing a team across Africa, working with key partners, and advising on product development. I have worked in the technology sector for over a decade and focused over...
Interview with Grégoire Ndjaka, Director General of the African Broadcasting Union
Grégoire Ndjaka graduated from the Yaoundé School of Journalism in 1988. He then continued his studies in France and Quebec, in Montreal. Upon returning to Cameroon, he worked for two years at the Ministry of Communication before being recruited by CRTV, where he held several positions: Director of Radio Programs,...
How is e-commerce doing in Cameroon in 2019?
The rise of the internet, widespread mobile phone use, and the development of mobile money solutions are gradually transforming African consumer habits and causing e-commerce to flourish on the continent. Griotys Mag, a magazine dedicated to startups and digital innovations in Africa, recently published a study taking stock of e-commerce,...
A look back at the 50th anniversary of Fespaco
The land of honest men has once again honored African cinema with the organization of the 26th edition of FESPACO. This anniversary edition, organized around the theme "Memory and Future of African Cinema," took place from February 23 to March 2. This year, 165 films from 26 African countries were...