According to the Omedia institute, which tracks advertisers' television advertising investments (IPTV) in Senegal, these investments grew significantly in the first half of 2024 and now total nearly 15 billion CFA francs for the first six months of the year. This remarkable growth follows two years of already very strong...
FIFA LAUNCHES CALL FOR TENDERS FOR THE 2025 AND 2029 CLUB WORLD CUP
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has just launched the tender process for the TV rights to the 2025 and 2029 Club World Cups for Africa and Europe. This tender process is taking place in sub-Saharan Africa against a backdrop of new competition with the arrival of New World...
NCI MOST ADMIRED MEDIA BRAND ACCORDING TO BRAND AFRICA
The New Ivorian Channel has just been recognized as the most admired Ivorian media brand in Côte d'Ivoire. This award, presented by Brand Africa, is based on a specific study conducted in Côte d'Ivoire by Geopoll in partnership with KANTAR, which was recently presented by Kwame SEMOU, founder of Opinion...
France 24 improves accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers
(Press release) Starting Monday, September 2, France 24 in French will offer live subtitles for its 7 a.m. (Monday through Friday) and 10 a.m. (Saturday and Sunday) news programs, bringing the number of subtitled programs to four per day and making international news more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers....
Interview with Isaac Dosso, director of Nostalgie Abidjan
Isaac Dosso has a degree in communications and human resources and is a journalist, radio host, and producer. Heis the communications manager for the NGO Réflexe Citoyenand is currently the project manager for Radio Jeune Abidjan and station manager for Radio Nostalgie Abidjan. Nostalgie recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. What...
News media under pressure in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
RFI, France 24, LCI, BBC News, Afrique Media TV, TV5 Monde, Le Monde, etc. News media outlets and general media outlets broadcasting television news programs have been facing increasingly frequent pressure in recent months. In the three Sahel countries that have come under Russian influence (Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso),...
LCI suspended in Mali
AFP dispatch The military-dominated authorities in Mali have decided to suspend the French news channel LCI for two months after what it claims were "false accusations" by a consultant against the Malian army and its Russian allies. "LCI television services are being removed from the packages of all authorized radio...
Strategic partnership between Aby Media and Globo
(Press release) Aby Media, the new company founded by Bernard Azria and Kimberley Azria, is joining forces with Globo, Latin America's leading audiovisual company, in a groundbreaking partnership. This collaboration will enable Aby Media to produce and distribute some of Globo's most prestigious TV formats on the African continent. This...
Ecofin agency opens office in DRC and launches Bankable
The Ecofin agency covers daily news from Africa's main economic sectors (public management, finance, telecoms, agriculture, energy, mining, transport, Communication, Training) and also operates several media outlets with partners (We Are Tech with Orange, Investir au Cameroun with the Stratline agency, and Togo First with the Togo Business Climate Unit)...
AdicomDays 2024 ticket sales are now open
This year, for their 8th edition, which will take place in Kinshasa on September 20 and 21, Adicomdays is innovating and offering three types of subscriptions. WATCHERS OFFER Access to all plenary conferences and ADICOM AWARDS ceremonies Access to ADICOM After (the party immediately following ADICOM DAYS) Networking opportunities at...