What Seneweb.com does

Seneweb.com is a privately held Senegalese online news portal headquartered in Dakar, founded as an independent digital media property and operating a multi-surface content platform covering Senegalese and African news across politics, economy, society, sports, culture, and international affairs. The platform serves three core audiences: a general Senegalese readership consuming French-language news, the Senegalese diaspora accessing bilingual French/English coverage, and sports enthusiasts using dedicated football prediction features. Its product surface spans the seneweb.com website, Seneweb TV (a YouTube channel with 1.5M subscribers), Seneweb Radio (live streaming of Sud FM, Zik FM, and Radio Senegal), an interactive Pronostics football prediction game with leaderboards, a community Forum, a real-time NewsFeed, and email newsletter services. The underlying technology is a web-based CMS with multimedia integration, social media distribution hooks, and an extensive archive dating back to 2006.

The company's business model is advertising-led and free to end users. Revenue is generated through digital advertising, including banner placements (microbanners, brand ads from Teyliom Properties, DGID, and other advertisers) and vertical-specific sponsorships such as the visible Melbet sports betting partnership in the sports section. Distribution and audience acquisition are predominantly organic, driven by a combined social media following exceeding 7 million across Facebook (2.7M), Instagram (2.2M), YouTube (1.5M), Twitter/X (554.3K), and Telegram, supported by SEO-indexed archived content and email newsletters. The firm operates with a lean 11-50 employee headcount, no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no institutional investors; it is run as an independent media property. Editorial credibility is reinforced by UEMOA regional journalism excellence awards won by staff journalists Aicha Fall and Moustapha Toumbou in 2026.

The company has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, proprietary APIs, mobile applications, or enterprise products; its competitive positioning rests on brand recognition, French-language editorial expertise, and breadth of multi-surface content distribution rather than technology differentiation.

Name

Seneweb.com

Legal name

Seneweb.com

Website

https://seneweb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Seneweb.com is a privately held Senegalese online news portal headquartered in Dakar, operating a multi-surface French and English media platform spanning its website, Seneweb TV (YouTube), Seneweb Radio, a Pronostics football prediction game, and a community forum. It serves Senegalese readers at home and abroad with advertising-supported free access to news, sports, and politics coverage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Portal

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Syndication & RSS/Feed Publishing Platforms (MPACAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Content Aggregation, Curation & RSS Platforms (BPAMAJAI), Short-Form Video for News, Sports & Highlights Platforms (MPACAHAJ)

Keywords

• Online news portal
• Digital media
• News publishing
• Multimedia content
• Football predictions

Headquarters

HQ city

Dakar

HQ country

Senegal

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The primary revenue stream for Seneweb.com appears to be digital advertising, evidenced by banner advertisements displayed throughout the website including promotional banners for various products and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Seneweb.com is a Senegalese online news portal that publishes real-time news across politics, economy, society, sports, Africa, and people. The platform delivers content in French and English through its website, supplemented by Seneweb TV (YouTube video), Seneweb Radio (live streaming), an interactive football predictions game (Pronostics), community forums, and email newsletters. Revenue is generated primarily through digital advertising displayed across the platform.

Product overview

Seneweb.com is a comprehensive Senegalese online news media platform offering real-time news coverage across multiple categories including Politics, Economy, Society, Sports, Africa, and People. The platform operates as a unified news portal with integrated multimedia features including Seneweb TV (YouTube video channel), Seneweb Radio (streaming radio service with Sud FM, Zik FM, and Radio Senegal), an interactive football predictions game (Pronostics), community forums, live news feed, and email newsletter services. The site also features job listings, obituary announcements, press reviews, and specialized content sections covering diplomacy, culture, health, environment, technology, art, education, science, and tourism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Seneweb TV: YouTube channel associated with Seneweb featuring video news content and live streaming, with 1.5M subscribers.
• Seneweb Radio

Products and services

• Seneweb.com Online News Portal Comprehensive Senegalese online news portal providing real-time news coverage across multiple categories including Politics, Economy, Society, Sports, Africa, and People, delivered in French and English via text articles, video, audio, and live streaming for Senegalese readers and the diaspora.
• Seneweb TV YouTube video channel of Seneweb featuring news broadcasts, video coverage of current events, and live streaming, with 1.5M subscribers. Targets Senegalese viewers seeking video news content.
• Seneweb Radio Live radio streaming service integrated on the Seneweb platform allowing users to listen to broadcasts from partner stations including Sud FM (98.5 FM), Zik FM (89.7 FM), and Radio Senegal DANCE 101.2 FM.
• Pronostics (Football Predictions) Interactive football prediction game where users predict match outcomes and compete on leaderboards, featuring free-to-play World Cup 2026 predictions. Targets sports enthusiasts and football fans.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sud FMminorOthersRadio streaming partnership providing access to Sud FM 98.5 FM broadcast within the Seneweb Radio section of the platform.
• Zik FMminorOthersRadio streaming partnership providing access to Zik FM 89.7 FM broadcast within the Seneweb Radio section.
• Radio Senegal (DANCE 101 FM)minorOthersRadio streaming partnership providing access to Radio Senegal DANCE 101.2 FM broadcast within the platform.
• MelbetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSports betting company advertising partnership, appearing as a sponsored content/advertisement on the sports section of the website.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wiwsport: Senegalese sports news site specializing in football coverage, live scores and player/transfer news. Closely comparable to Seneweb's sports section, including its World Cup and pronostics features.
• Senego: Leading Senegalese online news portal covering politics, sports and society in French, with very similar product mix (news, forum, video) and target audience. The most direct head-to-head competitor to Seneweb in the Senegalese market.
• Leral.net: One of the longest-established Senegalese online news portals, covering politics, sports and economy in French. Competes directly with Seneweb for Senegalese readers and advertisers.
• Dakaractu: Senegalese digital news outlet with comparable French-language coverage of Dakar and national politics, sports and society. Direct competitor for the same Senegalese audience and advertising budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Africanews: Pan-African digital news channel (Euronews group) broadcasting in French and English across the continent. Comparable multi-platform digital news model targeting the same Francophone African audience Seneweb addresses.
• BBC Afrique: BBC's French-language service for Africa, providing international and African news in French. Competes with Seneweb for Francophone African and diaspora audiences, with significantly greater resources and brand.
• RFI (Radio France Internationale): France's international radio broadcaster with extensive French-language African coverage including a dedicated Afrique section. Comparable in editorial scope and Francophone audience, with significant audio heritage analogous to Seneweb Radio.
• Slate Afrique: Pan-Francophone African digital news site (Slate group). Competes with Seneweb for higher-income Francophone African and diaspora readers interested in politics, economy and society coverage.
• Le Soleil: Senegal's flagship national daily newspaper with a digital edition. Represents the legacy incumbent that Seneweb has partially displaced online, and remains a competing channel for Senegalese news audiences and government/institutional ad spend.

Regional players

• KOACI: Leading Ivorian/West African digital news portal covering politics, sports and society in French. Comparable product and audience, but primarily Côte d'Ivoire-focused rather than Senegal.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/seneweb
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SenewebTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/Senewebcom
• Instagraminstagram.com/seneweb_officiel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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