(Interview by Edouard Char for Adweknow at MIPCOM) Almost everyone knows Côte Ouest. Can you briefly introduce your company? JL: Côte Ouest has around 25,000 hours of content in its catalog. I say "around" because it's constantly changing. Most of our content is in French and English, but we also...
Interview with Colette OTUSHESO, CEO of the Accelerate Group
(Interview conducted by Edouard Char for Adweknow at MIPCOM on October 22, 2024) Colette OTUSHESO is CEO of the Accelerate Group, a company financed and owned by Access Bank, Africa's largest financial institution. The ACCELERATE group, based in Nigeria, comprises a creative agency, a production studio: Accelerate Studios, Phoenix, a...
Ivory Coast: HACA tackles illegal practices related to piracy
Almost a year to the day after the roundtable discussion held on October 5, 2023, the regulatory bodies, audiovisual operators, and internet service providers (ISPs) on the issue of piracy of audiovisual services and unauthorized distribution, the HACA has just published a press release aimed at combating illegal practices related...
AFREXIMBANK grants €245 million facility to NewWorld TV
(Press release) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the signing of a €245 million global facility with New World Television (NWTV). The financing will be used in part to fund the channel's acquisition of media licensing rights for certain sports broadcasting copyrights from international media rights holders, enabling broadcasts...
BENIN: FDAC call for projects for content creators
Are you from Benin and want to develop a project in the cultural and creative industries? The FDAC, whose mission is to support and contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative industries in Benin, can finance your project. Benin's Arts and Culture Development Fund (FDAC) has just launched a...
Cotonou hosts the 11th edition of RFI's Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Award
(Press release) RFI will present the 11th Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Award, created in tribute to its two reporters murdered in northern Mali on November 2, 2013, on Saturday, November 2, in Cotonou, Benin. Each year, this scholarship helps strengthen the skills of 20 young African professionals, 10 journalists...
The winners of the 2024 "Dakar Series" festival
The second edition of the "Dakar Series" festival, held from October 8 to 12, has announced its verdict. The jury chaired by Senegalese Angel DIABANG awarded the Grand Prize for Feature Film to the series "OR BLANC" directed by the Franco-Ivorian couple Johanna and Clément BOYER-DILOLO, produced by ON EST...
38th EDITION OF MIPCOM CANNES: CÔTE OUEST WILL BE THERE!
Côte Ouest (Mediawan group), a major player in African audiovisual media, is delighted to announce its participation in the 38th edition of MIPCOM, which will take place from October 21 to 24 in Cannes. This must-attend event for the audiovisual content industry will be an opportunity for the company to...
The war of laughter will not take place
While Gondwana Productions has just launched production of the 18th season of Le Parlement du rire and is preparing for the 10th edition of the Festival du Rire d'Abidjan, the pan-African traveling comedy festival Afrique du Rire took place in early October in Côte d'Ivoire, specifically in Abidjan and San...
Voice of America suspended in Burkina Faso.
In April 2024, the authorities in Burkina Faso suspended the TV channel TV5Monde and access to its website, along with six other international media outlets: Deutsche Welle, Ouest-France, Le Monde, Apanews, The Guardian, and Agence Ecofin. Now it's Voice of America's turn to be suspended for three months. The decision...