Can you tell us about Boomplay Music's activities? Boomplay Music is a music streaming app that currently offers more than 80 million tracks with both freemium and premium models. The app is used in most countries on the African continent. On June 9, we opened our offices in Abidjan, Ivory...
Interview with Renaud Glenisson, CEO of Jumia Côte d'Ivoire
Renaud Glenisson joined Jumia Côte d'Ivoire in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer and was then appointed Chief Financial Officer for West Africa in 2017, still based in Abidjan. In 2020, he took on the role of Chief Financial and Risk Officer of JumiaPay for Africa and became Chief Executive Officer...
Interview with Mamby Diomandé, organizer of SIMA 2022
Mamby Diomandé is Director of Live and Brand at Universal Music Africa. A key player in the African music industry, Mamby has had a somewhat "unconventional" career path. Trained as an electrical engineer, he entered the music industry out of passion, like most people in the music industry. In 2015,...
Interview with Michel Mutombo Cartier, Managing Director of A+ and A+ Ivoire
It's back-to-school time for the A+ and A+ Ivoire channels. What's in store? The 2022 season promises to be rich in content. We have redefined our objectives for the occasion and can already announce several major new features coming to the channels, including sports, laughter with a new weekly show,...
Interview with Françoise Ellong, director of the series "Le Futur est à Nous" (The Future Belongs to Us)
Originally from Cameroon and Benin, Françoise Ellong grew up in Paris and studied film. At a very young age, she entered the Prix du Jeune Écrivain de Langue Française (Young French Language Writer Award). The competition jury awarded her a prize for her short story "Journal Intime d'un Meurtrier" (Diary...
Interview with Olivier Laouchez, co-founder and executive chairman of Trace TV
Olivier Laouchez, co-founder and executive chairman of Trace TV Thank you for joining us three years after giving an interview to Adweknow. What has happened in your group over the past three years? First of all, the last three years have included two years of Covid... but we have continued...
Interview with Saly Silue Konate, Director of Radio Côte d'Ivoire
Radio Côte d’Ivoire, headed by Saly SILUE KONATE, and Fréquence 2, headed by Mariam COULIBALY, are two radio stations belonging to Radio Télévision Ivoirienne. These two stations cover the entire country and broadcast on FM 24 hours a day. They have adopted complementary positioning and occupy sixth and third place...
Interview with Mariam Coulibaly, Director of Fréquence 2
Radio Côte d’Ivoire, headed by Saly SILUE KONATE (interview available here), and Fréquence 2, headed by Mariam COULIBALY , are two radio stations belonging to Radio Télévision Ivoirienne. These two stations cover the entire country and broadcast on FM 24 hours a day. They have adopted complementary positioning and occupy...
Interview with Olivier Zegna Rata, Director of External Relations for the GF Productions Group
You have just been appointed Director of External Relations for GF Productions, the leading French-speaking comedy group. What are the activities of this group, which is planning to implement an ambitious development program in Africa? The first major festival organized by the Grégoire Furrer Productions group was the Montreux...