At the end of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, the first Franco-Senegalese female director in competition, Mati Diop, was awarded the Grand Prix for her film Atlantique. This is the Senegalese director's first feature film. The niece of one of the great names in Senegalese cinema, Djibril Diop Mambéty, the...
Africa24: Cameroon government acquires Afrimedia SAS
End of turmoil for Africa 24. Since January 2019, Afrimédia SA, the French subsidiary of the pan-African audiovisual group Africa 24, headed by Constant Nemalé, has been undergoing judicial liquidation proceedings. At the end of this turbulent period of restructuring, the group announced that it had sold its French subsidiary,...
Conscious Generation: the new TV5Monde web series
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast a new web series entitled "Génération consciente" (Conscious Generation), produced by Claudy Siar, starting on Thursday, May 23. The series "Génération Consciente" showcases African talent. It introduces viewers to young people who, far from the turmoil of legitimate demands for emancipation, work daily...
Press release: RFI and France 24 confirm their success in Côte d'Ivoire in four provincial cities
As in Abidjan, RFI and France 24 confirmed their success in the Ivorian provinces in 2018 and their positions at the top of the rankings in terms of brand awareness and audience share, according to the results of the Kantar-TNS Africascope* study conducted in Bouaké, Korhogo, Mankono, and Tengrela. RFI...
Interview with Mamane, comedian, man of talent and heart
You launched the CFA festival in Paris and several other cities in France. How did the idea of creating an African comedy festival in Paris come about, and what were your ambitions? Since founding Gondwana-City Productions in Abidjan, my goal has remained the same: to professionalize the African comedy sector...
PôleAfrique.Info becomes 7info.ci
The political news site PôleAfrique.info, part of the Ivorian media landscape, is merging with 7info, one of the new digital terrestrial television channels in Côte d'Ivoire, to become 7info.ci as of Tuesday, May 21. This announcement heralds the arrival of the new television channel, 7info, which will launch in the...
Discop Abidjan, May 29–31, 2019
The next Discop Abidjan will take place from May 29 to 31 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Abidjan. DISCOP Abidjan 2019 is the must-attend event for audiovisual professionals in French-speaking Africa, whether they are broadcasters, mobile operators, distributors, producers, or providers of technical services or software packages. As every...
Ivory Coast: official launch of the MTV Shuga series project
It's official: MTV Shuga Babi will be the first version of the MTV Shuga series adapted for French-speaking African audiences. Ivory Coast will host this first adaptation of the popular TV series, which chronicles the lives of young people living in Africa. The first season of MTV Shuga Babi will...
TV5Monde Afrique: The new web series "Un mot adopté" with Yvidero
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, has been broadcasting a new comedy series exclusively online since May 13: "Un mot adopté" (An Adopted Word). "Un mot adopté" is a short and punchy web series consisting of 16 three-minute episodes, designed and produced by Totem Expérience. It plays on the sometimes unusual use...
CAN 2019: RTS obtains broadcasting rights for the competition
As announced a few weeks ago, the UAR has obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for the upcoming 2019-2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) matches in sub-Saharan Africa. Following this announcement, the marketing of TV rights to various channels was set to begin. Following a call for tenders launched by the African...