(Press release) Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, 26, has won the Marc-Vivien Foé RFI - FRANCE 24 Award for the best African player in France's Ligue 1 during the 2024-2025 season. Nominated four times, he came second in the last edition. He finished ahead of Ivorian striker Evann Nguessand...
Africa Film Fund: $1 billion to transform the African film industry
Afreximbank launches Africa Film Fund, a $1 billion fund aimed at transforming the African film and audiovisual industry by overcoming the structural barriers that hinder its development. Faced with a lack of infrastructure (there are fewer than 2,000 movie theaters across Africa for more than a billion inhabitants), the limitations...
RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: Francophone Africa and press freedom
As it does every year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual press freedom index on May 2. RSF 2025 RANKING in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa GABON - 41st place worldwide MAURITANIA - 50th place worldwide IVORY COAST - 64th place worldwide REPUBLIC OF CONGO - 71st place worldwide CENTRAL AFRICAN...
Interview with Angela AQUEREBURU, Executive Director of the SRTB
Adweknow: The Beninese government, under the leadership of President Talon, has taken numerous initiatives in the media and digital sectors: the launch of A+ Benin, the end of analog broadcasting, calls for projects, co-production with TV5MONDE and Mediawan, the launch of a channel in local languages, etc. How does SRTB,...
France Médias Monde: solid results despite a tense international context
France Médias Monde (FMM) confirms its strategic position among the most influential international media outlets, despite a global environment marked by geopolitical crises and budgetary constraints. Meeting on May 6, 2025, under the chairmanship of Marie-Christine Saragosse, the Board of Directors of France Médias Monde (FMM) praised the group's performance,...
Benin, 9th country for CANALBOX
On April 30, 2025, Vivendi Africa Group (GVA), now part of CANAL+ Group, officially launched its CANALBOX fiber optic internet service in Benin. The launch ceremony was attended by representatives from the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP), the Ministry of Digital Affairs, and the Ministry of Economy and...
Interview with Charli Beléteau, author and director: "Training African screenwriters opens up a vast field of storytelling opportunities."
Charli Beléteau is a French author, screenwriter, showrunner, and director. He co-wrote the television series "C'est la vie" with the renowned Ivorian comic book writer Marguerite Abouet, and trained dozens of African talents in the process. Interview by Edouard Char for Adweknow during the Cannes Series event Interview with Charli...
CANAL+ Group publishes its results for the first quarter of 2025.
Since its listing on the London Stock Exchange, the CANAL+ Group no longer publishes details of its results in Africa, as this information is now aggregated with Asia. As a result, revenue in Asia and Africa fell by 2.3% (€267 million) due to a high base in Q1 2024 as...
Call for scripts for the GREC-FRANCE TELEVISIONS 2025 award
The Dakar Court Festival/CINEMAREKK Association and GREC, in partnership with France Télévisions and the French Embassy in Senegal/French Institute in Dakar, are launching a call for screenplays for a writing workshop aimed at 4-5 Senegalese directors for a first fiction film of no more than 15 minutes. At the end...
TF1+: a free premium streaming service coming soon to French-speaking Africa
As a guest of the Association of Economic and Financial Journalists (Ajef) and the SERIESMANIA Forum, Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of TF1, repeatedly mentioned the simultaneous launch of TF1+ in 27 French-speaking African countries (Maghreb and sub-Saharan French-speaking Africa) starting in June 2025. "In the audiovisual sector, size is key because...