Journalist, former digital manager of RTS and ex-pillar of eMedia, Mamadou Diagne takes a new step with Le Refresh, a digital media designed to decipher African news with a modern, connected and sub-regional approach.

Dakar, May 3, 2026 — World Press Freedom Day

It was on World Press Freedom Day that Mamadou Diagne officially launched Refresh. A choice of date that was far from insignificant.

“After eMedia, after RTS, I needed a new challenge—more impactful, more ambitious,” he explains. Refresh presents itself as a digital media outlet with pan-African ambitions, with correspondents in several countries of the sub-region, broadcast weekly as a 52-minute magazine structured in seven segments.

The editorial line targets a new way of consuming information: "The one who scrolls, who thinks differently, who wants straightforward answers." The media's tagline — "Scrolled news, decoded" — sums up this desire to offer dynamic, accessible and contextualized treatment of African news.

Far from claiming to reinvent journalism, Mamadou Diagne is banking on a collaborative and regional approach, driven by a network of correspondents capable of reporting on the realities of the continent as closely as possible to the ground. "We are going to be the media outlet that builds bridges," he affirms.

In addition to the weekly show, Le Refresh will also offer several digital formats adapted to the uses of social networks: video clips, analyses, web trends, fact-checking and interactive content.