The proliferation of fake news, propaganda, and misinformation has greatly contributed to weakening journalism and access to quality information on the continent, as in the rest of the world. It is necessary, even crucial, to encourage the development of quality journalism, particularly through the development of local skills. With this...
ZACU TV, a new channel dedicated to fiction, broadcast entirely in Kinyarwanda and produced by CANAL+.
Following NOVEGASY, SUNU YEUF, and MABOKE TV, ZACU TV is now the fourth local-language fiction channel published by the CANAL+ Group in sub-Saharan Africa. As we announced last July, the acquisition of ZACU Entertainment, a major player in content production and distribution in Rwanda, enables the CANAL+ Group to strengthen...
The Hirondelle Foundation is seeking candidates—journalists—for its program aimed at strengthening the media in West Africa.
The Hirondelle Foundation is launching a call for applications to select a group of journalists for its professional training program "Violence Prevention and Media: Strengthening West African Media." Its objective is to strengthen the constructive role of the media in West Africa in preventing conflict and violent extremism by promoting...
TERRANGA, the new original series from CANAL+ Original
The plot of TERRANGA is revealed... Filmed entirely in Senegal, this new series tackles all the issues of today's reality, such as land and water management in the region, against a backdrop of environmental awareness. This new creation is the result of a writing phase that began in 2017, two...
Africa No Filter: local audiovisual content increasingly in demand on the continent
Local films are more popular with West African audiences than international or American films. This was revealed in a recent report published at the end of September by the NGO Africa No Filter in partnership with Facebook and the African Union. Based on a survey of 4,500 people aged 18...
Interview with Françoise Ellong, director of the series "Le Futur est à Nous" (The Future Belongs to Us)
Originally from Cameroon and Benin, Françoise Ellong grew up in Paris and studied film. At a very young age, she entered the Prix du Jeune Écrivain de Langue Française (Young French Language Writer Award). The competition jury awarded her a prize for her short story "Journal Intime d'un Meurtrier" (Diary...
Kylian Mbappé's father joins New World TV's team of consultants
New World TV, which has acquired the broadcasting rights for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar for French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, has just announced the recruitment of Wilfrid Mbappé. Thanks to Christian Jean Pierre, who joined the channel as head of content and is a close friend of the Mbappé family,...
Youscribe reaches one million readers on the African continent
After announcing a €5 million fundraising round in February 2022 to consolidate its development in Africa, YouScribe, a digital streaming library, has reached one million readers on the continent. This is a record number of readers in the company's history, which has successfully diversified its offering and expanded internationally to...
Ivorian production company Puzzle Media unveils a new audiovisual project
After producing audiovisual content for channels such as Life TV and RTI in Ivory Coast, the Ivorian production company Puzzle Media is presenting a new project. Nado Express is a real foray into the world of e-commerce in Ivory Coast, which has become widely accessible with the advent of social...
Interview with Michel Mutombo Cartier, Managing Director of A+ and A+ Ivoire
It's back-to-school time for the A+ and A+ Ivoire channels. What's in store? The 2022 season promises to be rich in content. We have redefined our objectives for the occasion and can already announce several major new features coming to the channels, including sports, laughter with a new weekly show,...