Alexandre Rideau is the CEO of Senegalese production company Keewu. Founded in Senegal in 2012, Keewu joined French group Lagardère Studio in October 2015. Since 2020, Keewu has been part of the Mediawan group, which acquired Lagardère Studios. Producer of the famous series "C'est la vie" and "Wara," Alexandre Rideau...
Interview with Marjorie Vella, Deputy Program Director at TV5Monde
TV5MONDE shines across all its channels, throughout the year, thanks to African productions. Looking back on 2021, how would you sum up the past year in terms of African audiovisual production? It should be noted that the health crisis has had a significant impact on the audiovisual sector in Africa,...
Interview with Gnama Baddy Dega, producer and founder of Skyprod
Can you tell us about your production company? What do you do? In 2003, I moved to Guadeloupe, where I set up my first company. Initially, this company specialized in video equipment rental. After a few years, I moved into audiovisual media, specifically audiovisual production. That's why I created my...
Who is Amie Ouattara Kouamé, founder of Ayana Media?
Amie Ouattara Kouamé is part of a young generation that is shaking up Africa and changing the status quo. Behind this name lies a media outlet dedicated to women, created in 2011: Ayana Webzine, the first women's web magazine created in Côte d'Ivoire by the young woman. More than just...
Group Vivendi Africa launches its activities in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially become the seventh country in which Vivendi Africa Group operates. GVA DRC officially launched its commercial activities on December 10 in Kinshasa in the presence of the Ministers of PTNTIC, Digital Technology, and Scientific Research, as well as the Special Advisor to the...
Interview with Alexandre Cohen, CEO of CANAL+ Advertising
Alexandre Cohen, who previously managed CANAL+ subsidiaries in Gabon and then Togo, has been CEO of CANAL+ ADVERTISING for the past year. CANAL+ ADVERTISING is the advertising agency for channels published by CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL and other publishers. Could you tell us about your career and what you have learned after...
Orange and Le Monde join forces to launch a subscription offer aimed at African audiences
Le Monde has entered into a strategic partnership with Orange Africa to accelerate the distribution of Le Monde subscriptions across the African continent. For Orange, this partnership will enable it to expand its offering of high-quality digital content for its customers. Since November 2, 2021, Orange Côte d'Ivoire customers have...
Interview with Philippe Di Nacera, Deputy CEO of Optimum Media and the 7info channel
With the launch of 7 Info and the switch-off of analog broadcasting scheduled for November 13, Côte d'Ivoire is closing a chapter that began in 2016 with the granting of licenses to DTT operators. For Jean Philippe Kaboré and Philippe Di Nacera, who have been working on this project for...
Interview with Ange Guei, CEO of NCI
According to audience measurements conducted by Omedia-Médiamétrie over a three-month period this summer, you rank third behind A+ Ivoire and RTI1 in terms of audience share among Ivorian channels, well ahead of RTI 2, Life TV, and La 3. How do you explain this strong audience 18 months after your...
Facebook and Reuters join forces to train journalists in French-speaking Africa.
Facebook is stepping up its initiatives on the continent and supporting its presence in the French-speaking region by contributing to the development of the digital ecosystem in a territory where social media has 155 million monthly active users. Today, Facebook is partnering with the London-based news agency REUTERS to train...