Vivendi makes it live venue no10 in Africa
The French owner of See Tickets and UMG continues to invest in Africa, announcing a second open-air live venue/cinema in Togolese capital Lomé
News By | 5 October 2018
Vivendi has inaugurated its second CanalOlympia in the capital of Togo, Lomé, and its tenth in Africa.
The French media conglomerate – whose subsidiaries include See Tickets, Universal Music Group, ad agency Havas and pay TV operator Canal+ Group –opened its first CanalOlympia venues, which serve as both cinemas and live performance spaces, in Africa in early 2017, with Conakry in Guinea, Douala in Cameron, Niamey in Niger and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso chosen as the initial locations.
There are now CanalOlympia venues in seven west African countries (the ninth venue, a second in Ouagadougou, opened this summer), and Vivendi says each have quickly found a keen audience of local film fans and eventgoers.
“The CanalOlympia venues have become important cultural hubs with the organisation of concerts,…
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