Twenty young people inaugurate Gabon's first reality TV show about basketball: Basket Academy. CANAL+ has officially launched its first reality TV show dedicated to young basketball enthusiasts, featuring 20 basketball players aged 15 to 18 who dream of becoming professionals. To achieve this, the participants will spend a month at...
AFRICA RADIO coming soon to Brazzaville
Following the official launch of Africa Radio's activities in Abidjan on June 12, the radio station is expected to begin broadcasting in Brazzaville by December. Dominique Guihot, CEO of Africa Radio, announced that he had reached an agreement with the local Ministry of Communication and Media to make Africa Radio...
Gabon: a short film competition to denounce violence against women
Gabon's First Lady, Sylvia Bongo Odimba, has launched a short film competition through her foundation to raise awareness of violence against women. Organized by the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation for the Family, the "Coup 2 cœur" competition invites participants to create a 5-minute production denouncing violence against girls and women....
2019 African Women Journalist Award
APO Group, a pan-African communications consulting firm, has announced the composition of the jury for the 2019 APO Group African Woman Journalist Award. This award recognizes, celebrates, and encourages African women journalists who support female entrepreneurship in Africa. The jury will be responsible for selecting the winner, whose name will...
Burkina Faso: Ciné Guimbi to open its doors in the first half of 2020
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...