Sporting events

With Africa, CFI is once more broadcasting programmes. This was the case during the 2010 Football World Cup where the low capacity of satellites in Africa led to a transmission mechanism which could ensure secure broadcasting and distribution to 85 channels.

Results : 18

CAN 2012 24/01/2012

CAN 2012: beyond the event

Eagerly awaited throughout the continent, the official kick-off for the African Cup of Nations (ACN) took place on Saturday, with Equatorial Guinea playing Libya in the opening match.
This 28th edition is being hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea from 21 January to 12 February 2012.

Sports events 17/10/2011

CFI, partner of the 25th Tour du Faso 2011

From 17 October to 1 November 2011, CFI is organising a training session for reporters covering the Tour du Faso, to be held in Burkina Faso.

World Cup Soccer 05/06/2010

World Cup Soccer 2010 - Feedback from the selected African professionals and experts selected the framing

Martin MIMB from STV2 (Cameroon) and Jane Kasumba from UBC (Uganda), on one side ; Philippe Doucet and Karl Olive, on the other, give us their impressions.

World Cup Soccer 04/06/2010

2010 FIFA World Cup - The journalists’ reports

Questions for Tamégnon Jacques Okoumassoun (Benin), Prince Annang, Metro TV (Ghana) and Joao Chivale, TVM (Mozambique).

World Cup Soccer 03/06/2010

Overview of the CFI-AUB organisation in South Africa

In full agreement with FIFA and AUB (African Union of Broadcasters), CFI is focusing on the very special appeal of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, namely that the for the first time ever it is being staged in Africa, where it will be broadcast live by African journalists and television.

Sports events 02/06/2010

CFI - cooperation and sport

The enthusiasm of the public and the media interest in sport are so great that sports programmes are a powerful vehicle for CFI’s image and a particularly effective area in which to transfer skills.

Sports events 25/02/2010

‪The third training session: Heading for South Africa!

From 1 to 5 March, CFI is organising an ultimate workshop on sports commentary and reporting, in partnership with the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB), attended by some 20 African professionals to produce the commentary and daily magazines for the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup for African TV channels.

Sports events 15/10/2009

CFI and how journalists are preparing for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

In April 2009, 10 French-speaking African television journalists from Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo were invited to attend a first training workshop in France, organised in partnership with the French Professional Football League (LFP), with the support of Canal+ Horizons.

African Union of Broadcasters 22/08/2009

The UAR guests report back on the operation led by CFI during the Berlin World Championships in Athletics 2009

Two sports directors, George Lomotey, from Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Sergio Chitsembe, from Televisao de Mocambique (TVM), have their sights on the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. Their assignment: to coordinate the African Broadcasting Center.

Sports coverage 20/08/2009

World Championships in Athletics in Berlin‬ 2009 : spotlight on coordination

Kavin Tapesar, sports journalist at the MBC (Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation) is in charge of coordinating the journalists, technical staff and the mobile control room, as well as putting his talents to conducting interviews in the post-event interview area for broadcasting in French and English.