Four African episodic screenwriters will take the stage Tuesday at Series Mania to pitch the genre-flavored series they currently have in development, a crop of shows that reflect the rich and fertile ...

Reality TV is taking over entertainment. In the age of digital entertainment, the world has witnessed a phenomenal rise in reality television. It holds audiences captive with its unscripted drama and ...

Led by Akunna Cook, CEO of Next Narrative Africa, and investment expert Wakiuru Njuguna, managing partner at HEVA Fund, it will prioritize "narrative-shifting content from Africa and its diaspora." By ...

Four African screenwriters will be pitching their original TV projects to industry guests on Tuesday at the 17th Series Mania in Lille, France. The quartet are the latest participants in the Realness ...

Canal+ Group has acquired a stake in Marodi TV, a Senegalese production company which is a leading purveyor of TV series across Africa and a force within the continent’s creative economy. The deal ...

France’s Canal+ has upped a buyout offer for African TV and streaming giant MultiChoice to around $1.77B. Vivendi-owned Canal+ is already MultiChoice’s biggest single shareholder, and last month had ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - On a muddy side-street in Abidjan, Alex Ogou directs his cast of young locals in a TV drama about gangsters in Ivory Coast that French media giant Vivendi hopes will help revive ...