RTI has three television channels, RTI1, RTI2, and La 3, and two national radio stations, Radio Côte d’Ivoire and Fréquence 2. Following on from Ms. Saly Silue Konate, director of Radio Côte d’Ivoire, and Maria Coulibaly, director of Fréquence 2, the director of RTI2, Ms. Kady Fadiga, and the director...
RTS on track for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
As we announced in early September , RTS will be the official and exclusive broadcaster in Senegal for the upcoming 2022 World Cup, for which Senegal has qualified. Since then, RTS has been working flat out: it has produced a trailer entirely focused on supporting its national team and has...
CANAL+ Group: financial results and initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa
Vivendi has presented its financial results for the third quarter of 2022, providing details on the activities of the CANAL+ Group in France and internationally. This is also an opportunity to focus on the initiatives taken in recent months by the CANAL+ Group internationally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Slight increase...
Interview with Joel Amos Badi, Deputy Program Director at NCI
Last July, NCI acquired the rights to the upcoming World Cup, which kicks off on November 20. As the exclusive broadcaster in Ivory Coast, how will you cover this event? The stakes are high because we have to rise to the challenge of this event, which is the biggest competition...
Who are the winners of the 2022 Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship?
Nine years to the day after the assassination of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon in Kidal, northern Mali, on Wednesday, November 2, RFI awarded the ninth scholarship bearing their names, created in 2014 by France Médias Monde, to Esther Senpa Blaksmedi, a journalist at CRTV Nord in Cameroon, and Henintsoa...
Côte Ouest Audiovisuel and MultiChoice strengthen their collaboration
Well established in the English-speaking world, MultiChoice aims to expand its audience in French-speaking Africa. To this end, the South African group has announced plans to strengthen its collaboration with Côte Ouest Audiovisuel, its partner of more than 10 years. MultiChoice has also chosen to entrust several thousand hours of...
Celtiis: Benin welcomes a new telephone operator
Set up by the local government and Sbin SA (Beninese digital infrastructure company), Celtiis is officially the new telephone operator launched in Benin on October 21. The latest addition is the result of South-South cooperation between Benin and Senegal through a partnership with the Sonatel Group, which is already present...
A new call for applications for Fabrique Cinéma
The call for applications for La Fabrique Cinéma 2023 is now online. La Fabrique Cinéma, a program created by the Institut français in partnership with France Médias Monde, the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (Sacem), and the International Organization of La Francophonie, aims to promote the emergence...
Call for applications for Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022
On the occasion of the 4th edition of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week and its 10th anniversary, the NGO EducommunicAfrik, in collaboration with the Deutsche Welle Akademie and the ISTC, is launching a call for applications to internet users aged between 15 and 35. The aim of this...
Launch of Africa MiTH, organized by Hapsatou Sy (Press Release)
With its inexhaustible cultural wealth, Africa shines throughout the world thanks to its diversity. Its human and natural resources, combined with a valuable culture of innovation, make it a land of endless opportunities. Shedding new light on Africa and revealing the continent's full potential is the goal of Africa MiTH...