Eutelsat partners with Clear Blue Technologies, a Canadian company specializing in smart energy management. This collaboration will expand and improve connectivity solutions across Africa by launching cutting-edge, energy-efficient broadband services to support businesses and community WiFi networks, even in the most energy-constrained environments. Clear Blue's innovative energy management technologies will...
TechStart: VODACOM and AWS join forces to train young people in digital technology in the DRC
The Vodacom Foundation is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate digital development and improve access to new technologies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This initiative, called "TECHSTART," aims to equip young Congolese people with the skills they need to fill junior positions in the cloud computing...
Interview with Diara Ndiaye, journalist and founder of the "African Youth Awards" project
AWK: Diara Ndiaye, you are behind this initiative. Can you explain its objective to us? DN: Beyond my work as a journalist, I am often approached by young people who need advice, connections, or recommendations. I decided that we needed to create a platform that could really help them. My...
Senegal: IPTV down 11.6% in the third quarter
According to the Omedia institute, which measures advertising investment in television in Senegal, this fell by 11.6% in the third quarter of 2024 compared with the same period in the previous year. July, boosted by the Olympic Games, had nevertheless grown by +46.2% compared to July 2023, but August and...
The Douala Series Festival unveils its jury.
A few weeks after the DAKAR Series Festival, it is Douala's turn to host the second edition of the PAN-AFRICAN SERIES FESTIVAL OF DOUALA, Season 2, which will take place from November 20 to 23, 2024. This festival is entirely dedicated to television series and aims to promote the richness...
Media and Society: the 19th edition is now available
The 19th edition of the book Médias et sociétés (Media and Society) written by Francis Balle, professor emeritus of political science at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and former member of the French Broadcasting Authority, has just been published. This book, co-authored this year with Alexandre Joux, professor at the School of Journalism...
Interview with Ineck HOUNGBEDJI, producer and screenwriter
Ineck HOUNGBEDJI is a young production manager and screenwriter of Beninese origin with a passion for cinema.In addition to her production activities, she publishes on LinkedIn all calls for projects, training opportunities, calls for films, calls for applications for writing workshops, etc. that may be of interest to people involved...
NO BLABLA, TV5 Monde's new science fiction series
TV5MONDE launched the series "NO BLABLA," created and directed by François Bergeron and co-written by Basile Yawanké, as a world exclusive on its French-language platform TV5MONDEplus a few weeks ago. This 10-episode science fiction series, each episode lasting 26 minutes, was presented at DAKAR Series a few weeks ago and...
Soon to be an "Office of Legends" Africa
(AFP dispatch) Alex Berger, producer of the hit series "Le Bureau des Légendes" (The Bureau), announced to AFP on Tuesday that a project was "in development" to continue the series following French agents working under false identities, this time on the African continent.The working title is "Le Bureau Afrique." We already...
The future governance of CANAL+ SA is taking shape
The Vivendi Group's Combined Shareholders' Meeting will be held on December 9 and will examine resolutions to approve the separation of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group. The press release issued by Vivendi on this occasion specifies, among other things, the governance structure that will be implemented with regard to...