The land of honest men has once again honored African cinema with the organization of the 26th edition of FESPACO. This anniversary edition, organized around the theme "Memory and Future of African Cinema," took place from February 23 to March 2. This year, 165 films from 26 African countries were...
The NBA unveils its ambitions for Africa
Just a few months after the creation of the first NBA Academy Africa in Dakar, aimed at identifying talent and structuring African basketball, the NBA is continuing its expansion and exporting itself to the continent. For the first time in the association's history, the NBA has announced the creation in...
Conference on "Media, Business, and Music in Africa" with Olivier Laouchez, founder of TRACE
"Within ten years, the African music market will be bigger than the European market." Olivier Nusse, CEO of Universal Music France, on lesechos.fr. But which media for which music in Africa today? Olivier Laouchez, CEO of Trace TV, will host a conference on the subject. He will share his experience...
"Women of Africa in Action," TV5Monde's new short program featuring an all-female cast
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will broadcast exclusively from March 1st for one month a new short program dedicated to portraits of influential women in Africa: "Women of Africa in Action." International Women's Day will thus be celebrated every day in March on TV5MONDE, in addition to March 8th. Designed by...
Blood & Water, Netflix's second original African series
Last December, Netflix announced its ambitions to produce original African series. Queen Sono, the first series made in Africa produced by Netflix, marked the American platform's entry into the world of African series. Today, the world leader in streaming and VOD continues its advance on the continent with the production...
TRACE: new content sales contracts in Africa
At the end of the 69th Berlinale on February 17, TRACE announced the signing of new sales contracts in Africa, confirming its ambition to support African filmmaking through the group's content distribution division, Trace Content Distribution. These new sales confirm buyers' interest in Afro-urban entertainment. TRACE has signed a pre-purchase...
CANAL+ supports Beninese cinema
A few weeks after a training session dedicated to ORTM journalists organized in Mali, CANAL+ launched a new initiative in Benin, in the city of Cotonou. See also: Canal+ and Galaxie Africa train Malian television journalists Out of around 100 applications received, ten young local talents were selected by the...
JCDecaux signs partnership agreement with Abidjan city authorities
Out with the old bus shelters and anarchic posters in the city, JCDecaux wants to work with urban authorities to build modern advertising street furniture. On February 5, 2019, Philippe Landrieu, CEO of JCDecaux - Côte d'Ivoire, presented the French company's ambitious project: "The aim is to create street furniture...
Lagardère sells media assets to South African group Kagiso Media
On Monday, the Lagardère group announced that it had sold a 20% stake in South African radio station Jacaranda to the Kagiso Media group, as part of its ongoing refocusing on its publishing and transport distribution activities. In its press release, the French group stated that this stake had been...
Press release: TV5Monde at FESPACO, February 23 to March 2, 2019
As a partner of major international and French-language festivals, TV5Monde is joining forces with the latest edition of FESPACO, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This anniversary edition will be featured on the channel with the program "300 Millions de critiques" (300 Million Critics) as well as "L'Invité"...