A former journalist, diplomat, Minister of Information, and President of the Higher Council for Communication in Burkina Faso, Béatrice Damiba is the president of Convergence, a pan-African association created in 2015 to combat audiovisual piracy. The association's legal headquarters are located in Abidjan and it currently has around 30 members,...
RFI Challenge App Africa: the finalists for the 2019 edition
The jury members of the "RFI Challenge App Afrique" have selected the three finalists for the fourth edition from more than 400 entries received. This year's competition aims to promote the integration of new technologies in the field of urban development and smart cities in French-speaking Africa. Open to all...
Senegal: CNRA demands halt to advertising of skin-lightening products
Skin lightening is not a taboo subject in Africa. The cult of white skin is part of the beauty standards promoted today on the continent, but also in the rest of the world, such as Asia and Latin America. The market for so-called "skin whitening" products is very much alive,...
RFI inaugurates its Mandinka and Fulfulde editorial offices in Senegal
On Tuesday, October 22, Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO of France Médias Monde, inaugurated RFI's new offices in Mandenkan and Fulfulde in Dakar. After several months of construction, the brand-new offices and studios of Radio France Internationale's Mandinka and Fulfulde editorial teams were officially inaugurated on Tuesday. For Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO of...
Togo: HAAC launches call for tenders to expand local audiovisual landscape
In Togo, the High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) has launched a call for tenders for the installation and operation of new private radio stations in the country. The HAAC aims to expand and enrich the local audiovisual media landscape, mainly in prefectures such as Golfe, Agoè-Nyivé, and Agou....
AFRICA RADIO coming soon to Brazzaville
Following the official launch of Africa Radio's activities in Abidjan on June 12, the radio station is expected to begin broadcasting in Brazzaville by December. Dominique Guihot, CEO of Africa Radio, announced that he had reached an agreement with the local Ministry of Communication and Media to make Africa Radio...
The series "C'est la vie" can be heard on RFI.
All summer long, RFI is offering an exclusive radio adaptation of the soap opera "C'est la vie!" This series recounts daily life at a health center that strives to provide the best possible care to the residents of Ratanga, a fictional neighborhood in an African city, where life oscillates between...
CAN 2019: RFI's coverage
To mark the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, which is being held in Egypt from June 21 to July 19, 2019—the first to feature 24 teams and take place during the summer—RFI is offering exceptional coverage, broadcasting around 40 matches live on its Africa channel and on...
Africa Radio broadcasts in Abidjan
Africa Radio, a pan-African French-language radio project born out of the transformation of Africa N°1 Paris, was officially launched on June 12 in Abidjan, in the presence of Mr. Sidi Touré, Minister of Communication and Media. Africa N°1 has been broadcasting in France since 1992. It has now been renamed...
"Afrofuturisms," the new podcast from RFI
What is Afrofuturism? Born in the 1960s and conceptualized in the 1990s in the United States, Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that has spread across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. In this new podcast entitled "Afrofuturisms," RFI highlights this cultural movement with its shifting contours throughout history and current...