The Canal+ group confirms that it has submitted a non-binding indicative offer to the MultiChoice board of directors. The potential merger would transform MultiChoice into a global media company. South Africa's creative economy sector would be supported by a local champion with global reach. Canal+ is reportedly offering an improved...
GEOPOLL publishes report on CAN 2024
In the midst of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations, GeoPoll has published its latest analysis report on this major African sporting competition. Although the report focuses on English-speaking Africa, GeoPoll highlights the impact of the tournament on fans in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania, drawing lessons about the...
CAN 2024: the song "Coup du marteau" overtakes the official anthem
Every sporting competition has an anthem, but some songs manage to transcend their context and become inextricably linked to certain events. On the African continent, the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off on January 13 in Ivory Coast, the host country for this major soccer competition. This edition has...
Interview with Colon Assany, communications manager for the Fickin Film Festival
Colon Assany is a young Congolese writer and director. Since 2018, he has worked as an assistant director on several foreign and local productions such as Augure, Ima, HOA, and Amour à 200M. He is currently working on two short film projects, both of which have received development funding from...
TV5Monde: official press release
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in the TV5MONDE news program "64', le Monde En français," two errors were made in a table presenting the current matches of the CAN, the 2023 African Cup of Nations. Two of the flags shown were not those of the countries concerned. Aware of the...
The International Association of Sports Press in Africa announces its 2023 winners
The International Sports Press Association in Africa (AIPS-Africa) crowned the winners for 2023 during a ceremony held at the Maison de la Presse in Abidjan. Sixty-seven journalists representing 19 African countries competed in the categories of print media, web, television, and radio. The jury for the 2023 edition was chaired...
Afro VFX and CANAL+ University are organizing a free training course on "VFX Production Management."
This unique training program is aimed at people living in Africa who are passionate about film or television. The three-week online training program will run from February 8 to February 29, 2024. Applications must be sent to heldden@afrovfxc.com between February 1 and February 4. An informational webinar prior to the...
Yobo Studio is recruiting a production manager
Yobo Studios is an audiovisual production company based in Baguida, Togo. We are looking for a versatile production manager to join our dynamic team: Skills/TrainingMinimum bachelor's degreeProficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.Excellent writing skills Excellentcommunicationskills Knowledge of law, accounting, and digital media (social networks) would be appreciatedEnglish is a plusQualitiesAvailability,...
Médiamétrie publishes TV audience figures for Côte d'Ivoire for the fourth quarter of 2023
Médiamétrie has just published its quarterly press release on the quarterly declarative audience measurement carried out in Côte d'Ivoire. The surveys were conducted, in collaboration with the Omedia institute, face-to-face, in three waves (October 8-23, 2023, November 5-20, 2023, and December 3-18, 2023) among 2,000 people aged 15 and over...
The 15 most popular TV channels on Facebook in January 2024
Following on from the rankings published by ADWEKNOW on Senegal and Ivory Coast, here is the list of the most popular French-speaking African channels on FACEBOOK. Thus, the private channel NCI, which since its launch at the end of 2019 has devoted considerable resources to developing its Facebook page, ranks...