Stanislas Seveno, who oversaw KANTAR's African operations, including the Africascope study, is joining BVA to co-direct, alongside Christophe Rigaud, the Telco-Media-Entertainment Vertical, one of the six sector verticals of the CX Unit, an entity created by BVA in May 2021. His mission will be to develop business in these sectors...
Vanessa Burggraf, new director of France 24
Vanessa Burggraf will take charge of all France 24 channels (in French, Arabic, English, and Spanish) on June 8 and will join the executive committee of France Médias Monde. Her mission will be to continue the work accomplished by all the teams over the past few years, which has enabled...
Habib Bamba takes over as head of the Orange Foundation
The Orange-Côte d'Ivoire Telecom Foundation, which has been involved in education, health, and culture since 2006, will now be headed by Habib Bamba, Director of Transformation, Digital, and Media at Orange Group in Côte d'Ivoire. Habib Bamba succeeds Joseph Pitah and takes the reins of an institution that has been...
Kofi Akyea appointed manager of the new Blue Lions Anglo Afrika entity based in Accra
The Blue Lions agency announces the creation of Blue Lions Anglo Afrika, a new structure based in ACCRA serving clients based in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, and Ghana, as well as the appointment of Kofi Akyea as manager of this new structure. Blue Lions, led by Guillaume Aoust and...
Arnaud Annebicque appointed director of MetricLine
Arnaud Annebicque has been appointed Director of MetricLine, the department responsible for marketing Médiamétrie's measurement technologies and expertise internationally for television, radio, and the internet. Arnaud Annebicque now oversees the department's activities: - marketing technologies developed for the French market, such as the RateOnAir individual audience meter used by Kantar...
Yacouba Dembélé appointed Director General of the HACA
Yacouba Dembélé has been appointed Director General of the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA). It should be noted that HACA is the body responsible for regulating the audiovisual sector in Côte d'Ivoire. He thus takes over the former duties of René Bourgouin, who was appointed President of HACA in...
Mariam Touré appointed CEO of Orange Money Côte d'Ivoire
Orange Côte d'Ivoire has announced the appointment of Mariam Touré as CEO of Orange Money Côte d'Ivoire. This announcement follows deliberations by the Boards of Directors of Orange Burkina Faso, Orange Liberia, and Orange Money Côte d'Ivoire, held on October 21. Her mission will be to address the main challenges...
Alex Siewe takes over as head of communications at the Confederation of African Football
Former journalist for RFI and Jeune Afrique, Cameroonian Alex Siewe joins the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as Director of Communications. He replaces Nathalie Rabé, who had held the position since 2018.
Justine Majeune joins the 35°Nord agency as a Senior Consultant
35°Nord is restructuring itself as a 360° communications agency with the arrival of Justine Majeune, who is joining the team as a Senior Consultant. Justine's main role will be to support clients and the agency in future developments in the digital sector. A graduate of CELSA (School of Advanced Studies...
GVA TOGO welcomes a new Managing Director, ARMAND SATO
Armand SATO began his career as a telecommunications and media consultant for British Telecom and then Groupe Open. For several years, he supported a number of French companies in innovative activities such as VoD, IPTV, and e-commerce. He then managed various departments and activities at SFR. Since 2017, he has...