The Kinshasa International Film Festival has just announced the dates for its 2024 edition. It will be held at the Academy of Fine Arts and the French Institute in Kinshasa from July 21 to 28. FICKIN celebrated its 10th edition in October 2023. Kevin Mavakala, Director of the Kinshasa International...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024
2024 is off to a strong start! Starting in January, the Africa Cup of Nations will stir up enthusiasm among African populations, for whom, as we know, soccer is a burning passion. The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023—its official name—is being expanded for the first time...
How can creative industries become generators of jobs and revenue for African countries?
In 2021, UNESCO, in its report "African film industry: trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth," estimated that African cinema could create 20 million jobs and generate $20 billion per year... A recent study by the CNC notes that "the global film, audiovisual, and video game markets are experiencing unprecedented vitality...
CANAL+ launches CANAL+ CAN
To mark the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Ivory Coast, CANAL+ is launching its event channel dedicated to this major sporting event. CANAL+CAN. CANAL+ subscribers will thus have access to exceptional programming and exclusive coverage of the entire sporting event. From January 13 to...
Dakar Series Season 2!
In recent years, media news in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa has been dominated by the release of new series. Audiovisual production is booming, with Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal leading the way. In Dakar, projects are multiplying, driven by a new generation of talent, fueled by the liberalization of the landscape, boosted...
Media in Africa: new suspensions
According to an AFP dispatch, Guinea's High Authority for Communication (HAC) asked Canal+ on Saturday, December 9, to remove Espace FM, Espace TV, Evasion FM, and Evasion TV, popular radio and television channels in Guinea, from its offering until further notice. The authorities had already taken similar measures on December...
RTS will broadcast the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in French and Wolof.
Senegalese public television, RTS, has just acquired the free-to-air broadcasting rights from New World TV for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11, 2024. Under this agreement, matches will be broadcast live and exclusively on all RTS media...
African Capitals – Lomé: Golden Djanea Award at the Douala Serie Festival
Jean Noel BAH's series African Capitals: LOME won the DJANEA D'OR at the last DOUALA Séries festival, as well as the awards for best set design and best sound. This series is part of the CAPITALES AFRICAINES collection launched in 2018 on A+ based on an idea by Ivorian director...
DOUALA 2024 Series: save the date
The 2023 edition of DOUALA SERIES, which took place from November 15 to 18, 2023, was a great success. Building on the success of this first edition, the event's promoters have already announced the main dates for the next festival. The call for series will open on May 1 and...
First training session at the Gondwana Comedy School
For several years now, Mamane has been involved in numerous projects in Africa, driven by his ambition to identify, bring together, mentor, and support talented individuals. "We are forming a family within which African comedians can become professionals, so that their art can become an economy that is profitable and...