In Africa, as in the rest of the world, the digital revolution has completely transformed the music industry. New modes of consumption are emerging and online music platforms are developing. Over the past four decades, the music industry has faced numerous upheavals around the world, including a profound transformation due...
The Union of Senegalese Public Audiovisual Professionals (SYNPAP) officially recognized
For several months now, some RTS employees have been complaining about a lack of resources and expressing a desire to rejuvenate the channel. They have therefore formed a union, SYNPAP, which was officially recognized on Thursday, September 1. In a public statement, the Syndicat des Professionnels de l’Audiovisuel Public (SYNPAP)...
CANAL+ launches "Le Futur est à Nous" (The Future is Ours), the first daily CANAL+ORIGINAL series for Africa
The CANAL+ Group is delighted to announce the launch of its first daily series under the CANAL+ORIGINAL label in French-speaking Africa: LE FUTUR EST À NOUS (The Future Belongs to Us). Starting September 5, CANAL+ subscribers will be able to watch this new series, aimed at family audiences, Monday through...
Interview with Mamby Diomandé, organizer of SIMA 2022
Mamby Diomandé is Director of Live and Brand at Universal Music Africa. A key player in the African music industry, Mamby has had a somewhat "unconventional" career path. Trained as an electrical engineer, he entered the music industry out of passion, like most people in the music industry. In 2015,...
IPTV in Cameroon: +36% in the first half of 2022
TV advertising investments measured by the Omedia institute rose by 36% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, reaching a record amount of 2.4 billion CFA francs. This significant increase is mainly due to the first quarter of 2022, which saw a 76% increase...
IPTV in Ivory Coast: +1.4% in the first half of 2022
TV advertising investments measured by the Omedia institute remained stable in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of 2021. This stagnation masks significant month-to-month variations. In the first quarter , investments fell by 9.2% despite a sharp increase in January (+22%). In the second quarter, May...
Africa's Rising Cities receives the Golden Visa for digital information
The jury for Franceinfo's Visa d'Or Digital Information Award, which met on Thursday, August 25, chose to award the prize to "Africa's Rising Cities," produced by Max Bearak, Júlia Ledur, and Dylan Moriarty for The Washington Post website. This investigation highlights the rapid urbanization in Africa, where dozens of cities...
+ 609,000 CANAL+ subscribers in the first half of 2022
As it does every year, the Vivendi group presented its results for the first half of the current year at the end of July, providing some insight into the development of CANAL+ in Africa. Overall, CANAL+'s total revenue amounted to €2.87 billion for the first six months of 2022, up...
Interview with Renaud Glenisson, CEO of Jumia Côte d'Ivoire
Renaud Glenisson joined Jumia Côte d'Ivoire in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer and was then appointed Chief Financial Officer for West Africa in 2017, still based in Abidjan. In 2020, he took on the role of Chief Financial and Risk Officer of JumiaPay for Africa and became Chief Executive Officer...
Ouagadougou hosts the first international short film festival
Beyond FESPACO, the continent's premier film festival, Burkina Faso is hosting its first international festival dedicated to short films: the Ouaga Court Festival. "There are very few venues for screening short films on the African continent, whereas elsewhere in the world there are high-quality, well-known festivals dedicated to this form...