The African e-commerce "unicorn" continues its expansion on the continent Launched in Nigeria in 2012 by French entrepreneurs Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, Jumia has become a key player in e-commerce on the continent, where it now operates in 14 countries. In 2018, the platform recorded 4 million customers. Today,...
TV rights: FIFA launches tender for media rights to three competitions in sub-Saharan Africa
FIFA has announced the launch of a tender process for the media rights to the following four competitions: - The FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 - The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 - The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 - FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The media rights for these...
"Women of Africa in Action": portraits of women leaders
Women's Month is a time to promote change and give greater voice to women across the continent. To tell the story of Africa today is to tell the stories of its initiatives, projects, synergies, and dynamics... But it is also to tell the stories of women who inspire, undertake, orchestrate,...
"Thriller and Talents": CFI and Acacia Films launch a call for projects
Acacia Films, a Burkinabe audiovisual production company, will launch production of a 12 x 52-minute thriller series filmed in Burkina Faso at the end of 2019. To carry out this project, Acacia Films wants to bring together the continent's best writing talent. In collaboration with CFI, the Burkinabe company is...
"Women of Africa in Action," TV5Monde's new short program featuring an all-female cast
TV5MONDE, the French-language channel, will broadcast exclusively from March 1st for one month a new short program dedicated to portraits of influential women in Africa: "Women of Africa in Action." International Women's Day will thus be celebrated every day in March on TV5MONDE, in addition to March 8th. Designed by...
TRACE: new content sales contracts in Africa
At the end of the 69th Berlinale on February 17, TRACE announced the signing of new sales contracts in Africa, confirming its ambition to support African filmmaking through the group's content distribution division, Trace Content Distribution. These new sales confirm buyers' interest in Afro-urban entertainment. TRACE has signed a pre-purchase...
CANAL+ supports Beninese cinema
A few weeks after a training session dedicated to ORTM journalists organized in Mali, CANAL+ launched a new initiative in Benin, in the city of Cotonou. See also: Canal+ and Galaxie Africa train Malian television journalists Out of around 100 applications received, ten young local talents were selected by the...
The E Media press group launches its television channel i-TV
After launching the emedia.sn news platform and Senegalese radio station I Radio in October 2018, the Emedia Invest group has announced the launch of its television channel, i-TV. Led by Mamoudou Ibra Kane, Alassane Samba Diop, Boubacar Diallo, and Mamadou Ndiaye (former members of Groupe Futurs Médias), Emedia Invest has,...
VoxAfrica launches season 3 of The Voice Afrique Francophone
VoxAfrica announces the launch of the third season of the biggest television show in French-speaking Africa. The countdown has begun, and the show's many fans will once again experience excitement and suspense starting in October 2019. VoxAfrica, the pan-African television channel par excellence, remains committed to its vision of providing...
Canal+ Afrique: ES1 e-sports channel now available
The French television channel dedicated to e-sports, ES1, will now be available in Africa on Canal+ packages via the Evasion package on channel 113. It will be available in countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Central African Republic,...