Mame Dorine Gueye is a Senegalese media professional. She has been working in broadcasting for over 15 years, starting her career as an editing assistant before quickly rising to the position of audiovisual production manager at 2STV and then program manager at TFM. In 2014, she joined the CANAL+ group...
Interview with Mbathio Diaw, Executive Director of NGO RAES
How would you sum up the first three seasons of "C'est la vie"? The results have been very positive! These three seasons have been a huge success. In terms of numbers, that means more than 27 million people have watched at least one episode of the series. We achieved this...
Interview with Alexandre Rideau, CEO of Senegalese production company Keewu
Alexandre Rideau is the CEO of Senegalese production company Keewu. Founded in Senegal in 2012, Keewu joined French group Lagardère Studio in October 2015. Since 2020, Keewu has been part of the Mediawan group, which acquired Lagardère Studios. Producer of the famous series "C'est la vie" and "Wara," Alexandre Rideau...
Interview with Marjorie Vella, Deputy Program Director at TV5Monde
TV5MONDE shines across all its channels, throughout the year, thanks to African productions. Looking back on 2021, how would you sum up the past year in terms of African audiovisual production? It should be noted that the health crisis has had a significant impact on the audiovisual sector in Africa,...
Interview with Gnama Baddy Dega, producer and founder of Skyprod
Can you tell us about your production company? What do you do? In 2003, I moved to Guadeloupe, where I set up my first company. Initially, this company specialized in video equipment rental. After a few years, I moved into audiovisual media, specifically audiovisual production. That's why I created my...
Interview with Séné Ossebi Douniam and Mansour Loum from Sport News Africa
Séné Ossebi Douniam is the founder of the media outlet and Mansour Loum is the editor-in-chief of Sport News Africa. What measures are you putting in place to cover the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations? M.L: Our goal is to cover this major sporting event on three levels: We will...
Interview with Alexandre Cohen, CEO of CANAL+ Advertising
Alexandre Cohen, who previously managed CANAL+ subsidiaries in Gabon and then Togo, has been CEO of CANAL+ ADVERTISING for the past year. CANAL+ ADVERTISING is the advertising agency for channels published by CANAL+ INTERNATIONAL and other publishers. Could you tell us about your career and what you have learned after...
Interview with Baya Ciamala – Co-Founder of BAZIKS
Baya Ciamala works for one of the country's largest radio stations, Radio Okapi, as a presenter and producer, while also running Baziks, based in the DRC, on a part-time basis. As co-founder of the startup, his ambition is to support the structuring of the music industry in Africa, starting with...
Interview with Amélie Ebongué, social media expert and author of "Generation TikTok: a new Eldorado for brands"
Amélie Ebongué is a social media content strategy consultant, teacher, speaker, and author. She began her professional career in a design office, then moved on to communications consulting agencies, before developing her expertise as a freelancer. She is passionate about her work, drawn to the digital world, its developments, and...
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...