Initiated by ACP-EU Culture, AWA is a program led by the Institut français and the Kôrè Cultural Center (CCK) in Ségou, Mali, with financial support from the EU and the Secretariat of the ACP Organization. It aims to support the structuring of cultural and creative industries (CCI) in West Africa...
Orange Côte d'Ivoire promotes the inclusion of women in technical and digital professions through the "Hello Women" program.
range Côte d’Ivoire, an operator committed to digital inclusion and gender equality in the workplace, announced on Friday, March 3, during an official ceremony, the launch of the "Hello Women" program, through the "Amazones" project, aimed at improving the representation of women in technical and digital professions. The ceremony was...
GOBELINS and NETFLIX offer scholarships for African students
As part of their partnership, Netflix Grow Creative and GOBELINS are offering six scholarships for African students enrolling in the Master of Arts in Animation Film Design and Production program in September 2023, as part of their joint efforts to increase the pool of new animation talent from the African...
MultiChoice and Comcast sign partnership agreement to enrich Showmax content
Showmax, Multichoice's streaming platform, will broadcast NBC-Universal and Sky content under an agreement signed with COMCAST, in addition to the South African group's content already available on Showmax. Showmax will be 70% owned by MultiChoice, with NBCUniversal owning the remaining 30%. This partnership will significantly enrich the content of the...
TV5Monde: "Ton plat, mon plat" (Your dish, my dish), the new web series dedicated to African cuisine
On March 2, TV5Monde Afrique unveiled a new web series called "Ton plat, mon plat" (Your dish, my dish) at the META premises. It was in 2019, during the third edition of Adicomdays, that TV5Monde announced the launch of its "TV5Monde Webcréations" label. This new label aims to promote French-speaking...
Youscribe has over 1 million subscribers, 90% of whom are based in Africa.
After announcing that it had reached one million readers on the continent, YouScribe, a digital streaming library, has unveiled its first reading barometer. One million is a record number of readers in the history of the company, which has successfully diversified its offering and expanded internationally to capture new market...
"AMBITIONS" Season 2 starts March 5 on TV5MONDE
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast season 2 of the short program that profiles influential men and women in Africa: "Ambitions" starting Sunday, March 5, on TV5MONDE Afrique. Created by the French company Onyx, "AMBITIONS" presents a series of 60 four-minute portraits broadcast exclusively on TV5MONDE Afrique, as well...
The winners of the 28th edition of FESPACO
The 28th edition of Africa's largest film festival ended on March 4 with a victory for Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi. The young director was awarded the Yennenga Golden Stallion, Fespaco's highest honor, for his film Ashkal. Other prestigious prizes were also awarded by a jury of professionals to recognize the...
Promoting the media through the Africascope study?
Twice a year, KANTAR announces in a now traditional press release that it is making the AFRICASCOPE results on radio and television audiences and internet usage in eight French-speaking African countries available to its subscribers: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, and...
Netflix lowers its prices in several sub-Saharan African countries
Long the number one platform in terms of subscriber numbers, Netflix experienced a difficult period in early 2022. For the first time, the VOD giant recorded a slowdown in its activities, losing 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022. This also led to a $54 billion drop in the...