(Press release) Starting Monday, September 2, France 24 in French will offer live subtitles for its 7 a.m. (Monday through Friday) and 10 a.m. (Saturday and Sunday) news programs, bringing the number of subtitled programs to four per day and making international news more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers....
Interview with Isaac Dosso, director of Nostalgie Abidjan
Isaac Dosso has a degree in communications and human resources and is a journalist, radio host, and producer. Heis the communications manager for the NGO Réflexe Citoyenand is currently the project manager for Radio Jeune Abidjan and station manager for Radio Nostalgie Abidjan. Nostalgie recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. What...
News media under pressure in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
RFI, France 24, LCI, BBC News, Afrique Media TV, TV5 Monde, Le Monde, etc. News media outlets and general media outlets broadcasting television news programs have been facing increasingly frequent pressure in recent months. In the three Sahel countries that have come under Russian influence (Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso),...
LCI suspended in Mali
AFP dispatch The military-dominated authorities in Mali have decided to suspend the French news channel LCI for two months after what it claims were "false accusations" by a consultant against the Malian army and its Russian allies. "LCI television services are being removed from the packages of all authorized radio...
Strategic partnership between Aby Media and Globo
(Press release) Aby Media, the new company founded by Bernard Azria and Kimberley Azria, is joining forces with Globo, Latin America's leading audiovisual company, in a groundbreaking partnership. This collaboration will enable Aby Media to produce and distribute some of Globo's most prestigious TV formats on the African continent. This...
Ecofin agency opens office in DRC and launches Bankable
The Ecofin agency covers daily news from Africa's main economic sectors (public management, finance, telecoms, agriculture, energy, mining, transport, Communication, Training) and also operates several media outlets with partners (We Are Tech with Orange, Investir au Cameroun with the Stratline agency, and Togo First with the Togo Business Climate Unit)...
Ivory Coast: Audience measurement as a matter of utmost urgency
On July 18, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication in Côte d'Ivoire issued a press release reminding the public that "pursuant to Law No. 2017-868 of December 27, 2017, on the legal framework for audiovisual communication, as amended by Law No. 2022-979 of December 20, 2022, it is responsible for...
Summer shake-up for the Ivorian audiovisual sector
During the summer, two major events dominated the news in Côte d'Ivoire. The Director General of Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), Fausseni Dembéle, was dismissed and left his post on July 11 amid allegations of mismanagement and governance issues. His successor, Jean Martial Adou, faces an immense task in resisting the...
3rd Edition of MIP Africa 2024: Mediawan Africa expands its presence on the continent.
Abidjan-Paris, August 1, 2024 An unmissable annual event that brings together producers, broadcasters, platforms, and telecom operators, MIP AFRICA will take place this year from September 2 to 4, 2024, in Cape Town. MEDIAWAN AFRICA (Côte Ouest, Keewu Production) will be there with the aim of expanding its presence and...
Call for applications for the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship
The eleventh edition of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship is now open. Once again this year, it is open to all young journalists and reporting technicians under the age of 35 who have already worked in radio for at least two years and who reside in one of...