With around 3,500 films produced each year, West Africa is the most prolific region on the continent. However, professional training remains a strategic issue for the development and structuring of the audiovisual industry. To address this challenge, Éric M'Boua and Mbépongo Bilamba have decided to launch a new special effects...
"Témoins d'actu" (Witnesses to the News), RFI's new news podcast
Starting November 9, every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., RFI will release a new 10-minute podcast produced with a special correspondent, reporter, or expert: "Témoins d'actu" with Alexandra Cagnard. These podcasts will provide an opportunity to go behind the scenes of an event and share anecdotes and emotions experienced...
MABOKE TV, the new 100% Lingala channel from the CANAL+ group
On Tuesday, November 2, the CANAL+ Group officially launched MABOKE TV, the first channel dedicated entirely to fiction in Lingala. MABOKE TV is produced by the CANAL+ Group in sub-Saharan Africa and offers a selection of the best Maboke series with two daily shows from Monday to Friday. At launch,...
Radio Côte d’Ivoire celebrates its sixtieth anniversary
Radio Côte d'Ivoire celebrated its 60th anniversary on October 26 at the Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire. This event, co-sponsored by Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Minister of Communication, Media, and Francophonie Amadou Coulibaly, was attended by numerous figures from the political and artistic worlds, media professionals, former journalists and presenters...
Madam… Sir, triple winner at the 2021 Canal2’or awards
Under the theme "Unmasking our talents," the 13th Canal2'or ceremony organized by CANAL2 International was held on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at the Best Western Hotel in Douala. More than 200 nominees competed in 21 categories. The series Madame... Monsieur, directed by Ebenezer Kipombia, was particularly honored, winning the awards...
Interview with Samantha Biffot, director of the series Mami Wata
Samantha Biffot is the creator of Mami Wata, le mystère d'Iveza, an eight-episode Gabonese television series, each episode lasting fifty-two minutes, co-produced by CANAL+ International. On October 22, the series received the silver trophy at FESPACO in the "Series" category. What are the strengths of the series? The series is...
Interview with Philippe Di Nacera, Deputy CEO of Optimum Media and the 7info channel
With the launch of 7 Info and the switch-off of analog broadcasting scheduled for November 13, Côte d'Ivoire is closing a chapter that began in 2016 with the granting of licenses to DTT operators. For Jean Philippe Kaboré and Philippe Di Nacera, who have been working on this project for...
Universal Music Africa wants to train future musical talent
Universal Music Group, the world 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 this...
Interview with Ange Guei, CEO of NCI
According to audience measurements conducted by Omedia-Médiamétrie over a three-month period this summer, you rank third behind A+ Ivoire and RTI1 in terms of audience share among Ivorian channels, well ahead of RTI 2, Life TV, and La 3. How do you explain this strong audience 18 months after your...
Facebook and Reuters join forces to train journalists in French-speaking Africa.
Facebook is stepping up its initiatives on the continent and supporting its presence in the French-speaking region by contributing to the development of the digital ecosystem in a territory where social media has 155 million monthly active users. Today, Facebook is partnering with the London-based news agency REUTERS to train...