After successive fundraising rounds, the startup dedicated to African fashion, renamed ANKA in 2020, will cease operations. This was announced on LinkedIn on March 20. Co-founder Moulaye Tabouré announced the news without providing further information on the reasons behind this decision. In its ten years of existence, Afrikrea has established...
Cannes: the Pavillon Afriques launches its call for projects
On the sidelines of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the Pavillon Afriques is launching its call for projects. The Pavillon Afriques will once again be located at the heart of the Cannes Film Festival's international village, which will take place from May 14 to 25, 2024. It is an essential...
Interview with Closran N’Guessan, Director of Marketing and Communications Strategy at LIFE Group
Closran N’Guessan has been Director of Strategy, Marketing, and Communications for the Life Group, which includes Life TV, Life Radio, and Woman Up, for just over two years. Closran N’Guessan is a product of the Voodoo school, where he spent more than 10 years as Account Director and Group Strategy...
AFRICASCOPE: the most watched channels in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa
CANAL+ ADVERTISING publishes the TOP 10 most watched channels in the eight countries analyzed in the AFRICASCOPE study. Over the period studied, i.e., the whole of 2023, the most watched channel is CANAL+ SPORT, or more precisely, the combined audience share of CANAL+'s five sports channels is the highest at...
BEST CAN EVER: more than just a slogan, it's a quantified reality
The Confederation of African Football has published a series of statistics on the latest Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Ivory Coast, showing that all previous records have been broken by a wide margin: The number of videos viewed rose from 350 million in 2021 to 2.2 billion...
Cameroon: Omenkart agency reveals digital trends for 2024
The Douala-based agency Omenkart reveals some major digital trends in Cameroon. These trends are drawn from We Are Social and Meltwater sources for the year 2024 and show a rapidly changing landscape. In 2024: There are 12.73 million users nationwide. 43.9% Facebook has 5.05 million users in Cameroon. It is...
Creation of a new fund to support women in the audiovisual and film industry
In 2021, UNESCO, in its report "African film industry: trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth," estimated that African cinema could create 20 million jobs and generate $20 billion per year... A recent study by the CNC found that "the global film, audiovisual, and video game markets are experiencing unprecedented vitality...
Dakar Series: second edition postponed
Due to the electoral context, the second edition of the Dakar Series festival has been postponed. Originally scheduled for May 6-11, 2024, the festival will now take place from October 8-12, 2024. Launched in 2023 by Séraphine Angoula, Dakar Series brings together professionals and enthusiasts of television series and offers...
Internet outage in Africa: major disruptions in Benin, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Togo
Last week, West and Central Africa experienced a major internet outage, depriving people in many countries of access to the internet, social media, and tools for making bank transfers and international calls. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin, Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso were the most affected countries. The outage was less...
SLTV: Nigeria's third satellite operator—a counterproductive decision?
Metro Digital Limited, which has been offering pay TV services in NIGERIA for several years, is now launching satellite pay TV. The satellite television company SLTV, operated by Metro Digital TV, was launched on March 8, 2024. Nigerian authorities were present at the launch of the company, whose project they...