Meet the people behind Mediawan Africa buying Côte Ouest
Mediawan Africa, a subsidiary of the group co-founded by Xavier Niel, has acquired 100% of Bernard Azria’s company Côte Ouest, a distributor of audiovisual content in Africa, after more than one and a half years of negotiations.
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▪ Meet the people behind Mediawan Africa buying Côte Ouest
▪ Mediawan Africa, a subsidiary of the group co-founded by Xavier Niel, has acquired 100% of Bernard Azria’s company Côte Ouest, a distributor of audiovisual content in Africa, after more than one and a half years of negotiations.
▪ https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/815778/meet-the-people-behind-mediawan-africa-buying-cote-ouest/
“The acquisition is for a significant amount, financed by equity, without recourse to debt, with minority support from Canal+ International, which consists mainly in making its catalogue available,” François Thiellet, president of Mediawan Africa, told Africa Business+.
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