JFD GABON will host its first special contribution workshop, "Noircir Wikipédia" (Blackening Wikipedia). This collaboration aims to introduce women from French-speaking Africa to writing and enriching articles about African women and women of African descent on the online encyclopedia. The Noircir Wikipédia project was born out of an observation: African...
A look back at the launch of Makers.africa with Benjamin Mampuya
Launched in June 2021, Makers.africa is an online business news outlet in Africa and for Africa created by La Compagnie Générale de Communication and Financial Afrik. We look back at the origins of the project with Benjamin Mampuya, founder of the CGC agency. How is the editorial team organized? The...
Women In Africa: Five women named Young Leaders
The Women In Africa (WIA) initiative has revealed the members of the first cohort of the WIA Young Leaders program. Developed in partnership with Maison Dior, global leader in new information and communication technologies Huawei, and investment bank Lazard, the Young Leaders program aims to support and promote the leadership...
Gondwana City Productions launches the next edition of the Abidjan Capital of Laughter festival
Gondwana City Productions has officially launched the 7th edition of our Abidjan Capitale du Rire festival, which will take place from February 4 to 6, 2022. Initiated by the famous Mamane, Abidjan Capitale du Rire offers the best of African humor through exceptional and original shows, providing a platform for...
FACEBOOK publishes the guide "Abidjan is the sweetest place in the world"
How can the tourism and digital industries contribute to economic recovery in Côte d'Ivoire? In partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Leisure and the Ministry of Digital Economy, Facebook invites you to the online launch of the guide "Abidjan is the sweetest in the world," in the presence of...
License fees and advertising: what is the ideal distribution between public and private channels?
The issue of the distribution of funding sources between public and private channels was at the center of discussions at the round table organized on June 24 by the HACA on the economic viability of DTT players, attended by all television channels and operators, representatives of the ministries of economy...
Are Ivorian digital terrestrial television channels viable?
Two and a half years after the effective launch of DTT, on June 24, the HACA organized a round table on the economic viability of DTT players, attended by all television channels and operators, representatives of the ministries of economy and finance, media communication and Francophonie, the FSDP, and the...
AGENDA+, the new capsule to discover on A+ Ivoire
In addition to strengthening its programming of Côte d'Ivoire's most popular sport, soccer, the Ivorian channel A+ Ivoire is adding a new segment: AGENDA+. Broadcast daily on the channel, this short program has been designed to give visibility to trade shows, concerts, festivals, and all other types of events organized...
With RFI, Africa is getting into podcasts
RFI supports an innovative program that aims to collect, produce, and make accessible to as many people as possible short radio stories based on tales from historical heritage and contemporary imagination. Thanks to the NGO Des Livres pour Tous, which collected stories from the Ivorian people, the sound designers of...
Interview with Nathalie Folloroux, Director of Canal+ Channels at Canal+ International
Reality TV is becoming increasingly popular in French-speaking Africa. What is your view on this? I think it's a natural development for any audiovisual landscape. And this is even more true in French-speaking Africa, where audiences are already fond of reality TV formats that they know from watching them on...