LaLiga, Spain's first and second division soccer league, has just entered into a partnership with Upstream, a company specializing in marketing technology. This partnership will enable the launch of LaLiga Premium, an exclusive online portal for mobile phone users in sub-Saharan Africa, who are increasingly using their smartphones to access...
FOPICA launches a call for projects
For African cinema, financing remains the crux of the matter, significantly impacting the film industry as a whole and conditioning artistic creation. The welfare state in the film industry in French-speaking Africa has been largely ineffective for years. Added to this is the decline in public funding from the French...
ATACS: an organization defending the interests of audiovisual and film technicians
A non-profit organization defending the interests of audiovisual and film technicians has been created in Senegal. Called ATACS, this new organization has just announced the composition of its executive board for the period 2023-2025. Senegalese cinematographer, director, and editor Amath Niane has been elected president of the association. The other...
2023 Marc-Vivien Foé Award from RFI – FRANCE 24 for the best African player in Ligue 1
On Monday, RFI and France 24 announced the names of the eleven finalists for the 2023 Marc-Vivien Foé Award, which recognizes the best African player in France's Ligue 1 championship. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 30. The jury is made up of nearly 100 former players and...
21 original programs commissioned by NETFLIX since 2016 in Africa
At a press conference in Johannesburg, NETFLIX presented the findings of its 44-page report reviewing its activities in AFRICA since its launch on the continent in 2016. NETFLIX's operations in Africa are currently concentrated in three countries: South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, in which NETFLIX has invested $175 million since...
Vivendi launches the Vivendi Talent Show
Vivendi is launching the first edition of the Vivendi Talent Show, an event aimed at selecting and showcasing the artistic and creative talents of the Group's employees. 120 high-quality and diverse entries, both solo and group, were received in seven categories: live performance, writing, music, film, photography, digital content, and...
Côte d'Ivoire Digital Press Awards: the 2023 winners
On March 31, Abidjan hosted the second edition of the Côte d'Ivoire Digital Press Awards, an open competition for all Ivorian media outlets, stakeholders, and professionals in the digital information sector. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, this new edition recognized web journalists, bloggers, media...
Nollywood Week returns for its 10th edition
The 10th edition of Nollywood Week will take place at the Cinéma l'Arlequin in Paris from May 11 to 14. 5,000 people are expected to attend this must-see Nigerian film festival. Nollywood Week is gradually unveiling the program for this anniversary edition, which will allow audiences to discover the latest...
Côte Ouest Audiovisuel dubs the first African telenovela in Spanish
"We are convinced that the same ingredients that made Latin telenovelas successful in African markets will make African telenovelas equally successful in Latin America," Kimberley Azria said via social media. And to confirm this, Côte Ouest Audiovisuel has just announced that it has dubbed the first African telenovela, "Legacy," into...
The 6th edition of the Abidjan Animation Film Festival unveiled
The 6th edition of the Abidjan Animation Film Festival will take place from May 2 to 7. Created by the AIFA (Abidjan Animation Film Association), the FFAA is an important cultural event that offers its participants a different perspective on animation and its importance in job creation and the development...