New film festival launches in Ethiopia
24-OCT-12
The inaugural Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7 to 11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to...
Forum for African cinema students
17-OCT-12
A forum for cinema students of the African continent will take place from 16 to 18 March 2013 as one of the activities of the second Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) which takes place...
Online community radio course
17-OCT-12
African community radio workers and anyone interested in communication for development have the opportunity to participate in an online course titled "How to turn voices into...
Call for filmmaking proposals
09-OCT-12
Filmmakers in member countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions have an opportunity to enter proposals for audio-visual projects under the ACP Cultures...
African films selected for Med Co-production Forum
03-OCT-12
Two projects from Algeria and Morocco have been selected for the third edition of the Mediterranean Co-production Forum, which takes place from 26 to 27 October in Bari's Cineporto. They...
Kenyan film enters Oscars
27-SEP-12
The recently released Kenyan film, Nairobi Half Life, directed by Tosh Gitonga, has been submitted for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 85th Academy Awards (Oscars)...
Kuyimba Afrika short film goes viral
26-SEP-12
Kuyimba Afrika, a short video film that captures the laugh-filled but physically draining journey of a creative group of musicians, photographers and videographers from Cape Town...
Nigeria's Got Talent debuts
19-SEP-12
Reality TV show Nigerias Got Talent made its debut on Sunday 16 September after touring through major cities in Nigeria searching for the most talented Nigerians. The show will...
Mozambique HD radio first
28-AUG-12
Universidade Politecnicas broadcast facilities in Mozambique will soon house a radio training studio and radio station, which recently received its licensed frequency of 97.1...
Weaving a spell
27-AUG-12
A new Tanzanian historical horror-themed Bongo movie launched recently at the Zanzibar International Film Festival ahead of its release on DVD all over East Africa...
Botswana models shoot TV ad
23-OCT-12
Gaborone's Airport Junction mall recently came to a standstill when Instyle Modelling and Media Agency shot a commercial modelling extravaganza with 12 models of all...
Nigeria's Got Talent auditions continue
17-OCT-12
It moved easily from the emotional to the hilarious at the Abuja, Calabar and Benin auditions of Nigerias Got Talent. Episode five of the series featured the final auditions for the...
Universal Network launches two HD channels
16-OCT-12
One year after its launch on DStv in Africa, Studio Universal has launched in high definition (HD) on the platform, while Universal Channel has also launched in HD. The HD launches...
Empowering African digital transition
03-OCT-12
Exset, pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, has launched its Digital Monetisation System (DMS) in Africa, which facilitates the transformation and monetisation of...
Sobukwe premieres in Namibia
02-OCT-12
AfricAvenir will host the Namibian premiere of South African drama-documentary Sobukwe A Great Soul by Mickey Madoda Dube on Saturday 27 October at 20h00.
The screening...
'Legendary' episode of Nigeria's Got Talent
26-SEP-12
It was a weekend when late legends came back to life as Episode Two of Nigeria's Got Talent featured contestants who auditioned in Port Harcourt, Enugu, and Warri.
"We were quite...
The rise of social media in Africa
20-SEP-12
Africa's mobile phone users now tip the 600 million mark, with the continent reporting the highest rise of mobile Internet penetration in recent years. In addition Africa continues to...
Zambia's film fest re-locates
04-SEP-12
Moving to Livingstone for the first time, the Shungu Namutitima International Film Festival of Zambia is scheduled to take place from 23 to 31 August 2013, at the famed...
An African web
27-AUG-12
In less than two years, web television operator MeTV has acquired over 1 500 hours of African films and the catalogue is growing...
Gerima film screens in Namibia
27-AUG-12
AfricAvenir and the FNCC present the Namibian premiθre of the award-winning film Teza by acclaimed Ethiopian director Haile Gerima, on Wednesday, 12 September at 18h30 at...