Shortly after announcing a ban on the use of foreign models and voiceovers in advertisements targeting the local population, Nigeria is once again making headlines with a new decision taken by the new Advertising Regulatory Council (Arcon). From 2023 onwards, advertisements targeting the local population must now be produced within...
Adicomdays 2022: the complete program!
As part of the ADICOM DAYS (Africa Digital Communication Days) event organized by Totem Expérience , the sixth edition will take place in Abidjan on Saturday , November 12 , at the Institut Français. Six hundred people are expected to attend in person for: A TOPICAL THEME: ENGAGEMENT . Engagement...
Who are the winners of the 2022 Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship?
Nine years to the day after the assassination of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in Kidal, northern Mali, on Wednesday, November 2, RFI awarded the ninth scholarship bearing their names, created in 2014 by France Médias Monde, to Esther Senpa Blaksmedi, a journalist at CRTV Nord in Cameroon, and Henintsoa...
Côte Ouest Audiovisuel and MultiChoice strengthen their collaboration
Well established in the English-speaking world, MultiChoice aims to expand its audience in French-speaking Africa. To this end, the South African group has announced plans to strengthen its collaboration with Côte Ouest Audiovisuel, its partner of more than 10 years. MultiChoice has also chosen to entrust several thousand hours of...
Interview with Mariam Coulibaly, Director of Fréquence 2
Radio Côte d’Ivoire, headed by Saly SILUE KONATE (interview available here), and Fréquence 2, headed by Mariam COULIBALY , are two radio stations belonging to Radio Télévision Ivoirienne. These two stations cover the entire country and broadcast on FM 24 hours a day. They have adopted complementary positioning and occupy...
Cameroon: 4.5 million active social media users in 2022
CM d'Afrique, the community that brings together all Community Managers on the African continent, has compiled a new overview of the use of the main social networks in Cameroon. This new study highlights the evolution of the number of social network users in Cameroon between 2017 and 2022. Here are...
Celtiis: Benin welcomes a new telephone operator
Set up by the local government and Sbin SA (Beninese digital infrastructure company), Celtiis is officially the new telephone operator launched in Benin on October 21. The latest addition is the result of South-South cooperation between Benin and Senegal through a partnership with the Sonatel Group, which is already present...
Interview with Saly Silue Konate, Director of Radio Côte d'Ivoire
Radio Côte d’Ivoire, headed by Saly SILUE KONATE, and Fréquence 2, headed by Mariam COULIBALY, are two radio stations belonging to Radio Télévision Ivoirienne. These two stations cover the entire country and broadcast on FM 24 hours a day. They have adopted complementary positioning and occupy sixth and third place...
A new call for applications for Fabrique Cinéma
The call for applications for La Fabrique Cinéma 2023 is now online. La Fabrique Cinéma, a program created by the Institut français in partnership with France Médias Monde, the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (Sacem), and the International Organization of La Francophonie, aims to promote the emergence...
Digital Africa rolls out the "Fuzé" initiative in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal
Digital Africa is rolling out the "Fuzé" program to support the development of the tech ecosystem in Africa. Launched in 2018, Digital Africa is an initiative created to support digital innovation in Africa. Designed as a label dedicated to supporting startups on the continent, Digital Africa is the result of...