The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which ended on March 4, honored the following works: Feature film: Yennenga Gold Medal: "Ashkal" by Youssef Chebbi (Tunisia) Silver Medal: " Sira" by Appoline Traoré (Burkina Faso) Bronze Stallion: "Shimoni" by Angela Wamai (Kenya) Best Screenplay: "Le bleu du caftan" by...
FESPACO winners supported by CANAL+
The 28th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which rewards the best African films, series, and documentaries, announced its official winners on Saturday, March 4. CANAL+ is delighted with these prestigious awards for film productions and co-productions, series and documentaries, and would like to...
FESPACO winners supported by TV5 Monde
TV5MONDE is proud to have supported three award-winning works at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou, during the closing ceremony held on March 4. Below is a list of all the awards given to works whose production was supported by TV5MONDE: Feature film competition: SIRA by Apolline...
RTS chooses GLOBECAST for its international broadcasting
Continuing its long history as an operator of optimized distribution services for broadcasters seeking to expand their international reach, Globecast, now a global provider of media management and distribution solutions, has been selected by Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), Senegal's public broadcaster, to develop its international presence. Globecast now handles the...
The AWA program announces the results of its call for projects
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...