Armel KOFFI heads the Abidjan-based communications agency Origin7. He is also a director of Varley Halls, SolarPak, and Splash (the company behind the online support platform www.succes-assure.com). Armel KOFFI cut his teeth at major African communications agencies before launching his own business in 2011, at a time when Côte d'Ivoire...
Molotov teams up with Digital Virgo to accelerate its growth on the continent
Digital consumption of TV and radio channels and programs continues to grow in Africa. Against this backdrop, the OTT distribution platform Molotov has begun its expansion on the continent. This international expansion began in Côte d'Ivoire a few weeks ago. Senegal is expected to follow in January, along with five...
Season 2 of MTV Shuga Babi, coming soon to RTI
Despite the difficult circumstances caused by the health crisis, the filming schedule for season 2 of MTV Shuga Babi was completed on time. The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, with support from Unitaid, was able to continue filming in compliance with health measures. The episodes of the new season will be...
Sharp decline in Senegalese media audience share in the second half of the year, according to Médiamétrie
Médiamétrie has just published the latest results of its study on television, radio, and internet usage in Senegal. TELEVISION Conducted between October 11 and December 7, 2020, this study shows significant changes in television consumption compared to last year. Senegalese people are both more numerous and more loyal television viewers:...
CANAL+ and RFI at the CHAN 2021
The African Nations Championship is taking place in Cameroon and began on Saturday, January 16. It will end on Sunday, February 7. Originally scheduled for 2020, the CHAN was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19. This competition pits the sixteen best African national teams against each other in four qualifying...
IPTV in CAMEROON: slight increase in November
The Omedia Institute, which conducts monthly surveys of advertisers' television advertising investments, has just published its data for November 2020. According to the institute, TV advertising investments in November vs. November last year are up slightly (+3.9%) in Cameroon. The significant decline from April to August has not been recovered...
IPTV in Senegal: 19.3% growth in November
According to the Omedia institute, which conducts monthly surveys of advertisers' television advertising investments, these investments rose sharply in Senegal for the fourth consecutive month (+19.3%) in November compared to November last year. The advertisers most present on television in Senegal are very diverse. Of course, there are the major...
Interview with Rodriguez Katsuva, co-founder of Congo Check
Rodriguez Katsuva is a journalist, fact-checking trainer, editor, and co-founder of the Congo Check website. Can you tell us about your activities? Congo Check's activities mainly involve fact-checking in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but we are also expanding our activities to the Central African Republic. By 2021, we hope...
RFI-France 24: the ten finalists of the Africa App Challenge
The jury members of the "RFI – France 24 Challenge App Afrique" have selected the ten finalists for the fifth edition of the competition from nearly 1,000 entries (2.5 times more than in 2019) from 43 countries. Open to all Africans and start-ups on the continent, this edition rewards digital...