You are participating in Digital Women's Day in Dakar. You will be speaking on the panel entitled "They are training for the major challenges of tomorrow." Can you tell us more about that? With panelist Rufina Dabo (AFSTech), we will talk about the actions each of us is taking to...
Interview with Vamehi Bamba, CEO of MIABOX
Vamehi Bamba is CEO of MIABOX, a company based in Ivory Coast. What is your background? I worked for several years in an advertising agency in Ivory Coast. During that time, I realized that there was a real need among clients for video content from Africa for companies and communication...
Interview with Alex Ogou, director of Invisibles
Alex Ogou is an actor, screenwriter, production manager, and director. In 1999, he won the Best Actor Award at the Béziers Young Actor Festival for his role in Robert Guediguian's film "A la place du cœur" (In the Place of the Heart). In 2018, he directed the series Invisibles, broadcast...
Interview with Marie-Roger Biloa, President and CEO of Africa International Media Group
Marie-Roger Biloa is CEO of the Africa International Media Group, which includes MRB Networks, one of whose offices is located in Paris. She has regularly participated in news and debate programs on French and international television channels (TV5Monde, France24, France Télévisions, ARTE, BBC, Aljazeera, etc.). She has edited several magazines,...
Interview with Tania Diallo, Head of the Voodoo Digital Department
Franco-Guinean born in Abidjan. Tania Diallo left Côte d'Ivoire at the age of 12 due to the country's socio-political context. After 12 years in France, she returned to Côte d'Ivoire in 2014, where she joined the Voodoo communications group. She worked there for two years as a digital content manager...
Interview with Laurent Leleux, Director of Operations at Stad'Afric
Stad'Afric was launched in 2016. Can you tell us a little about the channel's short history? From 2016 to 2018, before the channel stopped broadcasting due to a lack of funds and we took it over, Stad'Afric was primarily a news-oriented channel. Aware of its potential, we decided to change...
Interview with Pierre Chaudesaygues, Director of Sports Channels at Canal+ International
Canal+ publishes five sports channels in Africa. To feed these channels , you have acquired the rights to numerous competitions. Can you give us some key figures on what this represents ? CANAL+ SPORT is a package of five sports channels that broadcasts more than 80 competitions per year. That's...
Interview with Darius Quenum, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television in Benin
You head the DTT steering committee in Benin. When was it created and what exactly is its role? The Steering Committee for the Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television was created in 2016. Its mission is to: - Validate the technical and strategic choices for the transition to digital terrestrial television;...
Interview with Christine Pigeyre, President and CEO of CanalOlympia
What is your role within the Vivendi group? I have been Chief Executive Officer of CanalOlympia since last September, after being appointed President of Vivendi Sports. This dual appointment brings together all of Vivendi Village's activities in Africa: CanalOlympia, the leading network of movie theaters and entertainment venues in sub-Saharan...
Interview with Betty Sulty Johnson, Vice President of Content Distribution at TRACE
Betty Sulty-Johnson has experience in sales, project management, and audiovisual and film distribution. She holds a Master's degree in Law, Economics, and Audiovisual Management, specializing in audiovisual marketing and distribution, from INA - Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. After spending 10 years in the UK, she co-founded and directed the first festival dedicated to...