On Friday, February 17, 2022, Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, Minister of Digital Technology and Digitalization, officially launched Digital Terrestrial Television in Benin. This launch marks the end of technical developments and, for viewers, the beginning of a new way of watching free television (more channels, better image quality, etc.). However,...
Femua 15 will take place from April 25 to 30, 2023.
The 15th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA 15), organized by Gaou Productions, will take place from April 25 to 30 in Abidjan and Bouaké. Salif Traoré, known as "Asalfo" from the group Magic System and General Commissioner of the Festival, has just announced the headliners. French artists...
CANAL+ Digital Factory: a new initiative from CANAL+ International in Africa
CANAL+ International, which last week announced the launch of CANAL+ Impact, its solidarity program centered around a shared mission to share knowledge in order to develop talent on the continent, has announced a new initiative with the creation of its Digital Factory. This new structure focuses on content, as the...
Universal Music Africa forms strategic partnership and expands in Madagascar
Universal Music Group (UMG), the global leader in the music industry, announced in 2018 that it would be expanding its activities in French-speaking Africa by creating a new division of the group dedicated to the label's activities in Côte d'Ivoire. The Universal group chose to set up the offices of...
RFI – France 24 Challenge App Africa – 7th edition: "Digital technology at the service of agriculture"
The jury members of the "RFI – France 24 Challenge App Afrique" have selected the ten finalists for the seventh edition of the competition from more than 800 entries received from over 20 countries. Open to all Africans and young companies on the continent, this edition rewards digital innovations (websites,...
Dakar Series, the first pan-African festival dedicated to series
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...
Channel numbering: a crucial decision by the HACA
On January 31, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), the institution that regulates audiovisual communication in Côte d'Ivoire, published a decision concerning the numbering of Ivorian national channels by television channel package distributors. Following the example of France, where the traditional television channels (TF1, France 2, France 3, CANAL+,...
The CANAL+ Group now holds 30.27% of MULTICHOICE shares.
CANAL+ continues to increase its stake in Multichoice, now exceeding 30% of the capital. This "threshold crossing demonstrates the confidence of the Canal+ Group and its shareholder Vivendi in the prospects for MultiChoice and the African continent, to which they are very attached," Canal+ said in a statement. Since 2020,...
Africa 24 Group becomes a member of the African Broadcasting Union (ABU)
Following on from the partnership agreement signed in 2019 with the UAR, the African Broadcasting Union announced in a press release on February 2 that it was welcoming the AFRICA 24 Group as a member. According to Mr. Constant Nemale, founder of the Africa 24 Group, "this membership will enable...
TV series and cinema in Africa: renewal in the west
At the end of a road, surrounded by baobab trees, stands a school in central Senegal. "Silence... Action!" The camera slowly pans on its stand, focusing on the lead actor. The film crew holds its breath. "Cut!" "That's perfect!" says director Leila Sy, who is filming "Banlieusard 2," the sequel...