It's official: starting March 1, Abidjan will finally have a real comedy club that will offer Abidjan residents quality comedy shows every week. The Gondwana Club, conceived and organized by Mamane and his team, will be held at the Pullman Hotel in Plateau every Friday and Saturday evening. This event...
Press release: TiVi5 MONDE, Africa's second children's television channel
According to the Kantar TNS / Africascope Kids study conducted in November 2018 in Dakar, Douala, Abidjan, and Kinshasa, TiVi5 MONDE is watched every week by more than one in two young people aged 4 to 14: it has an average weekly cumulative audience share of 52% across the four...
Interview with Anouar Sabri, CEO of Imperium and founder of the Les Impériales Association
Les Impériales 2019, a gathering of professionals from the worlds of marketing, communications, media, advertising, and digital technology, took place from January 21 to 24, 2019, in Casablanca. Anouar Sabri, CEO of Imperium and founder of the Les Impériales association, gives us his take on this year's event. Les Impériales...
The continued rise of African startups
Africa can count on a rapidly growing network of startups. Although funding levels are not yet on par with other regions of the world, the continent's potential is real. Driven by the digital boom, promising startups are multiplying and beginning to attract investors. From agriculture to e-health and education, the...
Africa IT & Telecom Forum 2019
Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, will host the next edition of the Africa IT & Telecom Forum on April 25 and 26, 2019. Organized by I-Conférences, Africa IT & Telecom Forum (under the auspices of the Ivorian Ministry of Digital Economy and Postal Services, and in official partnership...
The 20th edition of the Afric'Talents forum
The 20th edition of the Afric'talents recruitment forum will be held in Paris on April 26. Organized by the recruitment firm Afric'Search, Afric'Talents facilitates meetings between African talent and economic players operating on the continent. The forum's program includes presentations by executives, conferences by experts on current issues in Africa,...
Canal+ Afrique: ES1 e-sports channel now available
The French television channel dedicated to e-sports, ES1, will now be available in Africa on Canal+ packages via the Evasion package on channel 113. It will be available in countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Central African Republic,...
Brice Chasles appointed Managing Partner of Deloitte Francophone Africa
Brice Chasles has been appointed Managing Director of Deloitte Africa, which encompasses all of Deloitte's activities in French-speaking Africa. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Deloitte France. Previously, he was Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Deloitte France (2010-2018). With 30 years...
Assane Diagne appointed director of RSF's new office in Dakar
The founder of the French-language version of the Africa Check website is taking charge of the organization's first office in sub-Saharan Africa. A graduate of the Centre for Studies in Information Science and Technology (CESTI) in Dakar and the Cardiff University School of Journalism, Assane Diagne was editor-in-chief at the...