In Côte d'Ivoire, the music industry in the digital age

Ariel Sheney on the Femua stage, September 2021 © RFI / Pierre René-Worms

By: Alain Foka Follow

1 min

In the digital age, how to compensate for the loss of income of artists?

How are copyrights managed in an environment where everything is now managed on download platforms?

How to survive this new economic model when we know the low rate of banking on the continent and the poor quality of the internet connection?

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With our guests:

- A'Salfo

, leader of the Magic System group and organizer of FEMUA (Anoumabo Urban Music Festival)

- Florent Galaty

, Chief of Staff of the Ivorian Ministry of Culture and Industry, Arts and Entertainment

- Didier Awadi

, Senegalese musician and rapper

- Alpha Blondy

, Ivorian reggae singer

- Irène Assa Vieira,

magistrate, former director general of the Ivorian Copyright Office (BURIDA) and former president of the African Committee of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers)

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