The reopening of Ciné Guimbi in Burkina Faso to the public will be postponed. Work on the iconic cinema is running a few months behind schedule. The end of the renovation project, initially planned for November 21, will be postponed until the first half of 2020. The announcement was made...
CFAO: Yaoundé welcomes a new shopping center
Two years after opening its first shopping center in Douala, Carrefour, as part of its partnership with CFAO Retail, is preparing to open a second supermarket in Yaoundé. According to Agence Ecofin, the opening is scheduled for October 9. A major player in African retail, CFAO had already opened its...
Senegal in the running for the Oscars
This year, the Cannes Film Festival crowned Africa. Two filmmakers from the continent shone in the awards at this 72nd edition, including Mati Diop, a French-Senegalese director who chose to present her film "Atlantique" under the name of Africa. Up against cinema giants such as Quentin Tarantino, Terrence Malik, and...
ECOWAS: Free incoming calls while roaming planned for the end of December 2019
People living in the ECOWAS region should be able to benefit from free incoming calls while roaming by the end of December 2019. Ministers responsible for telecommunications/ICT in ECOWAS member countries met in Ouagadougou on October 4 to implement the Community Regulation on roaming on public mobile communications networks. This...
SENEGAL: Tigo Senegal changes its name to Free Senegal
One year after the dispute between the SAGA Africa Holdings Limited consortium and the Wari group over its sale, Tigo, Senegal's second-largest mobile operator, is changing its name to Free Senegal. The news was announced during the brand's 20th anniversary celebrations and made official on the operator's Twitter account and...
TV5Monde: "La piste de la Francophonie" (The Francophonie Trail), 20 hours of live coverage, 18 major cities
"La piste de la Francophonie" (The Francophonie Trail), a live event broadcast Following the global success of "Tour du Monde de la Francophonie" in 2017, TV5MONDE is repeating the operation with a brand new program based on a similar concept: "La Piste de la Francophonie." Visiting 18 destinations, its ambition...
DRC: D9TV, a new TV channel dedicated to entertainment
As connectivity providers, telecom operators based on the continent have a role to play in democratizing access to digital technology and promoting innovation. As an operator committed to the digital transformation of the country and more broadly in Africa, Orange Côte d'Ivoire has chosen, for the ninth year, to reward...
TNT in Burkina Faso: SBT sets annual license fee
On September 17, the Société burkinabè de télédiffusion (SBT), the public operator in charge of DTT in Burkina Faso, held a meeting attended by the Prime Minister to discuss the progress of the work and the adoption of DTT broadcasting costs. The participants decided to distinguish between the national offering...
Forbes Africa: Lucien Ebata renews license for 20 years
The license for Forbes Afrique, a monthly magazine dedicated to economic news and entrepreneurship in French-speaking Africa, will be renewed for 20 years. The agreement was signed on September 16 in New York City between the American Forbes group and Congolese billionaire Lucien Ebata, CEO of Forbes Afrique. Forbes Afrique,...
TOP 5 TV audience in the DRC: Molière TV leads in Kinshasa
In a post-election context where several channels such as RTNC and Tele 50 have been disrupted, MOLIERE TV retains its leading position ahead of TV5 Monde. NOVELAS TV takes third place from ANTENNE A, and DIGITAL CONGO joins RTNC1 in fifth place with a 5.2% audience share. PDA AC MOLIERE...