Christelle Hien-Kouame from Ivory Coast wins the sixth edition of the "RFI Africa App Challenge – France 24 Challenge, dedicated to children's education in French-speaking Africa, with her project "Prenezlesfeuilles" (Take the Notes), an app designed to provide access to the school curriculum in the form of course summaries, organized...
ORTB+: a new channel coming soon to Benin?
Several articles questioning the quality of ORTB's programming and announcing the creation of a new television channel, ORTB+, prompted a response from Jean-Philippe Erick Abraham, acting director general of the Benin Broadcasting and Television Office, who explained in an interview with Jeune Afrique that "For the past five years, ORTB...
SHORT BY ORANGE, A NEW VOD SERVICE IN BURKINA FASO
Côte Ouest, Africa's leading content distributor, has been developing a growing business in short-form video for over three years. This business now enriches its catalog of over 5,000 individual videos called "Shorts." Côte Ouest has signed an agreement with Orange Burkina Faso S.A. to launch this service in Burkina Faso...
Afrique XXI, a committed and independent media outlet, is appealing for donations
In September 2021, journalists, academics, and activists launched Afrique XXI, a new online media outlet. This free and independent media outlet aims to provide a different perspective on current events on the continent through articles, news reports, investigations, and analyses that differ from what is found in most media outlets....
Cameroon: Startimes partners with the CINAF platform
Startimes has partnered with the CINAF TV platform to offer its subscribers 100% Cameroonian content. To do so, the Chinese digital television operator has formed a partnership with the Cameroonian streaming platform CINAF TV. CINAF TV is a company that produces, broadcasts, and distributes Cameroonian film content. The platform now...
Results of the first committee meeting of the "TV5MONDEplus Francophonie Fund"
On March 23, 2021, TV5MONDE and the International Organization of La Francophonie launched the "Fonds francophonie TV5MONDEplus" (TV5MONDEplus Francophonie Fund). This fund, created on the initiative of the Canadian government, aims to support, promote, and distribute audiovisual works—films, documentaries, fiction, or animated films—in French and co-produced with countries in the...
The musical series "La dernière voix" (The Last Voice) is coming to A+ channels.
"La dernière voix" (The Last Voice), the new music series created by renowned producer Alex Ogou's production company, PLAN A, is coming to A+ and A+ Ivoire. The project, produced by Roland Gogo & Andy Melo in association with Universal Music and A+, aims to showcase the most beautiful voices...
The second season of the Basketball Africa League on CANAL+ Sport channels
The countdown has begun for Season 2 of the Basketball Africa League! On the schedule: 12 teams will compete in Senegal, Egypt, and Rwanda for a total of 38 games. In February 2020, just a few months after the creation of the first NBA Academy Africa in Dakar, aimed at...
"De plus en plus loin" (Further and Further Away), the new series from CANAL+ and Alex Ogou
After directing the hit series Invisibles and Cacao, Alex Ogou returns with a new series, "De plus en plus loin" (Further and Further). This time, Alex Ogou returns as producer of this new project made for CANAL+ International. It should be noted that the director created his own production company...
"Women of Africa in Action": 31 episodes of 4 minutes and a collection of 10 episodes of 13 minutes on TV5Monde
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will exclusively broadcast season 3 of its short program dedicated to portraits of influential women in Africa, "Femmes d'Afrique en Action" (Women of Africa in Action), for one month starting March 1. International Women's Day will thus be celebrated every day in March on TV5MONDE, in...