Following the 2019 acquisition of Vibe Radio Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, owned by the Lagardère group through its subsidiary LARI, Life TV's management announced the name change to Life Radio and the overhaul of these two iconic radio stations in the French-speaking African audiovisual landscape. It should be noted that...
Revenues from recorded music: +18.5% globally, +9.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021
According to the Global Music Report recently published by the IFPI, the organization representing the global recorded music industry, revenue levels in the recorded music market reached $25.9 billion in 2021 and are the highest ever recorded. The 18.5% increase is mainly due to streaming, as streaming revenues, whether funded...
L’ACCORD, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Luxor African Film Festival, coming soon to theaters
LACCORD is the new film directed, written, and produced by Cameroonian Frank Thierry Lea Malle. Dealing with a serious subject, L'ACCORD promises to be a hard-hitting film. This production by Inception Arts & Com and CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL will be in all CANAL OLYMPIA, MAJESTIC, and other theaters starting April 29....
Disney+ arrives on the African continent
In August 2021, Digital TV Research predicted 15.1 million paying subscribers to SVOD services in Africa by 2026. This forecast figure represents a threefold increase on the 5.1 million expected by the end of 2021. Half of the additional 10 million will come from South Africa and Nigeria, which will...
Dakar hosts the Séries Serie 2022 festival
To highlight African creativity, Série Series Africa is organizing a second edition of pan-African meetings dedicated to series and creators from the continent. After Ouagadougou in 2018-2019, the Senegalese capital of Dakar will host this new edition. Actors from the African production sector will come together for this event. The...
Official launch of the 28th edition of FESPACO
The leading African film festival, FESPACO, will be held from February 25 to March 4, 2023. Every two years, the country of honest men honors African cinema by organizing FESPACO, well known for its supreme award, the Etalon d'Or. FESPACO awards official prizes and special prizes in two categories to...
Netflix invests in co-production in South Africa
Netflix is pursuing its ambition to invest in local content production to attract new subscribers on the African continent. The VOD giant recently announced plans to accelerate its strategy of creating original content with a $62 million investment in co-production. To begin with, South Africa will benefit from this investment...
LAFAAAC wishes to develop skills in screenwriting.
"In audiovisual production, we are moving from 'artisanal' production to more professional, more structured production. This can be seen in the content, in the quality of the projects being broadcast, from the writing to the post-production. We are starting to see real quality projects," " said Alexandre Rideau, CEO of...
"EKI" and "The Future Is Ours": two new original creations from CANAL+
CANAL+ will soon broadcast two new original creations: "EKI" and "Le Futur est à nous" (The Future is Ours). As we highlighted in our recent report , the audiovisual production sector in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa continues to grow, driven in particular by a new generation of talent and increasingly significant...
856,000 new subscribers in 2021 for CANAL+ Africa: +14.2% in one year
According to the annual results published by the Vivendi group, the CANAL+ group continues its strong growth in Africa, gaining 856,000 new subscribers in 2021, representing an increase of 14.2% in one year. With 6,847,000 subscribers out of the CANAL+ group's total of 23,706,000 subscribers (France + international), Africa is...