donor visibility video
Expertise France — AEDIB programme anniversary
Multi-country assignment · 2026
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Audiovisual production for NGOs in Africa
You have images to deliver to a donor, in a country where you have never filmed. We mobilise an AfroCréateur who lives there, speaks the language of the people on camera and knows the ground. You sign one contract, whether it covers one country or ten.
/ References
Our clients in this sector
Banque Mondiale, UNICEF, OIF, Expertise France, GIZ, Oxfam, ALIMA, World Resources Institute, Search for Common Ground, Start Network, UICN, Equipop, Mobilize Your City, Tournons la Page, AEDIB, Luxdev, Concern, IFEF, OIM, Caritas International Belgique, Solthis, AECID, OCI
/ Deliverables
What we produce for you
- 01
End-of-project documentary film
A 5-to-12-minute account of the programme, shot across several intervention sites. Interviews, activity sequences, establishing shots. Delivered edited, subtitled, with a short social cut.
- 02
Project photo and video reportage
Field coverage over one or several days: captioned photographs, B-roll, cutaways. Builds an image library you can reuse across reports and publications.
- 03
Donor visibility video
A short format built to make the funding visible: logos, mandatory acknowledgements, the donor's visual guidelines respected frame by frame. 60 to 180 seconds.
- 04
Beneficiary testimony video
Accounts recorded in the local language, translated and subtitled in French or English. Written or filmed consent obtained from every participant before filming.
- 05
Workshop and regional forum coverage
Event photography and video over one or several days. A photo selection delivered the same evening for real-time publishing, full delivery within 72 hours.
/ What sets us apart
Three things an agency flying in cannot promise you
- 01
Creators who speak the local languages
The videographer shooting your reportage speaks to participants in their own language, with no interpreter standing between them and the camera. That changes what gets said: people tell their story instead of answering questions. It also changes the shooting schedule, because building trust no longer eats the day. Our teams work in French, in English, and in the languages of the areas where they live — Hausa, Zarma, Wolof, Bambara, Lingala, among others.
No agency flying a crew in from Europe can guarantee that across all of your countries of intervention.
Evidence
« Sur le terrain, Moctar s'est montré efficace ; il était évident qu'il avait l'habitude de tourner dans des conditions relativement difficiles […]. Le fait qu'il parle la langue locale a également été d'une aide plus que précieuse. »
Caritas International Belgique - 02
Ethical filming with vulnerable people
Filming a child in treatment, a survivor of violence, a displaced family, calls for a protocol and not only good intentions. We explain the project before any equipment comes out, we obtain consent from the person or their legal guardian, we accept a refusal without negotiating, and we frame so that no one is ever identifiable against their own interest. Filming takes place in the presence of your designated contact if you wish.
This is the first concern our clients raise, and the point our letters of reference are most explicit about.
Evidence
« Ils ont su appréhender les sujets avec tact, douceur et dignité, des points indispensables pour notre organisation. Ils ont été très appréciés par les équipes médicales pour leur écoute et leur prévenance. »
ALIMA - 03
Consistency across countries
A regional programme usually produces as many image styles as it has country offices. We treat your countries of intervention as a single commission: one shooting brief, one grade, one delivery format, one subtitle template. Your regional publications hold together, and your country teams do not each have to find a supplier of their own.
One point of contact, one contract, one invoice, however many countries are involved.
Evidence
« La capacité d'AFROTO à mobiliser des photographes et vidéastes professionnels sur le continent est une réelle plus-value pour l'OIF dans le cadre de ses projets multi-pays afin d'obtenir des outils de communication homogènes pour l'ensemble de ses zones d'intervention. »
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
/ Method
Working from terms of reference
You work with terms of reference, a budget already approved and a reporting deadline. Our process starts from that document, not from a creative brief to be invented.
01
We read your ToR
We take your expected deliverables one by one and answer in your own nomenclature. If any point in the terms of reference cannot be met within the timeline or the budget, we say so before signature, not on delivery.
02
What we ask for upfront
- The intervention sites and how accessible they are
- The field focal point's contact details
- Your visual guidelines and the donor's
- Mandatory acknowledgements and logos
- The people who must not be filmed
- The reporting date by which the images have to be ready
03
What we deliver
- A framing note before the field trip
- Edited files in the requested formats
- Captioned photographs, full resolution and web versions
- Raw footage where your contract provides for it
- Signed consent forms
- A one-page mission report
/ Framework
Consent and rights
- 01
Consent of the people filmed. A paper or digital form, or filmed consent where writing is not appropriate. Legal guardian's consent for minors. The documents are handed over with the files.
- 02
Usage rights transferred. A written transfer for your institutional use, on all media, with no limit of duration or territory. Paid advertising use is covered by a separate clause.
- 03
Donor visual guidelines. We apply visibility guidelines — European Union, United Nations agencies, bilateral cooperation agencies — to format, logo placement and funding acknowledgements.
- 04
Archiving. Your edited files and raw footage stay available for download for three months. Beyond that, archiving is extended free of charge on request.
/ Administration
Terms
Invoicing
Invoicing by bank transfer. Bank details and tax documents provided when your supplier file is opened.
Tenders
We respond to restricted consultations and open calls for tender, with technical and financial offers submitted separately. Administrative documents available within 48 hours.
Letters of reference
Letters signed by our clients in this sector, sent on request to support your selection file.
/ Portfolio
Work in this sector
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ADA — SSNUP programme visit
Senegal · 2025
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IUCN — Assembly
Senegal · 2025
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Search for Common Ground — Ted Talk
Niger · 2023
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ALIMA — Optima
Niger · 2022
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World Resources Institute — Land restoration
Niger · 2020
View case study/ Letters of reference
What our clients in this sector say
Je recommande avec enthousiasme l'agence AFROTO à toute organisation à la recherche d'un partenaire de production vidéo engagé, talentueux et capable de créer des contenus puissants, porteurs de sens et d'émotion.
Joséphine Franc Rousseau
Cheffe de projets communication, ALIMA
La capacité d'AFROTO à mobiliser des photographes et vidéastes professionnels sur le continent est une réelle plus-value pour l'OIF dans le cadre de ses projets multi-pays afin d'obtenir des outils de communication homogènes pour l'ensemble de ses zones d'intervention.
Henri Eli Monceau
Directeur, Direction de la Francophonie économique et numérique, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Sur le terrain, Moctar s'est montré efficace ; il était évident qu'il avait l'habitude de tourner dans des conditions relativement difficiles […]. Le fait qu'il parle la langue locale a également été d'une aide plus que précieuse.
Adèle Dachy
Caritas International Belgique
Cette prestation a été exécutée conformément aux prescriptions techniques du cahier des charges, et Equipop est très satisfaite des livrables finaux.
Elise Fouillet
Coordinatrice projet « Des Marges à l'Avant-Garde », Equipop
Ils ont su appréhender les sujets avec tact, douceur et dignité, des points indispensables pour notre organisation. Ils ont été très appréciés par les équipes médicales pour leur écoute et leur prévenance.
Clémentine Colas
Responsable du service de communication, ALIMA
Your strength lies in the high-quality control you impose throughout your interaction with the World Resources Institute and our partners, as well as your abilities to be fully bilingual, which ensured a smoother collaboration.
Salima Benmoodey M.
West and Central Africa Lead, Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute
Le prestataire AFROTO […] a bien exécuté 6 capsules Full HD avec sous-titre FR et sans sous-titres ainsi que des photos format web et format impression relatives à des histoires de succès identifiées dans le cadre dudit projet. Le prestataire AFROTO s’est acquitté de ses obligations contractuelles conformément aux clauses de la prestation signée entre lui et Search.
Béatrice Abouya
Directrice Pays, Search for Common Ground Niger
/ Frequently asked questions
What we are asked before signing
How long from order to delivery?
Allow seven to fifteen days between quote approval and filming, the time needed to set up the field visit with your focal point. Edited files are delivered within 72 hours of the end of filming. For event coverage, a selection is delivered every evening.
What languages can you film in?
Interviews are conducted in French, in English or in the language of the person interviewed, depending on the AfroCréateurs available in the area. Translations and subtitles are delivered in French and English; other subtitle languages are possible on request.
How do you handle field security?
Our teams live in the country and know which areas can be filmed and which cannot. We apply your security rules and those of your local partner, and we follow your movement instructions. If an area becomes inaccessible, we propose a postponement or a fallback site rather than a compromised shoot.
Who owns the raw footage?
Usage rights to the delivered files are transferred to you for institutional use. Handover of the raw footage is written into the contract whenever you need it, in particular to build a reusable image library. We keep the right to reference the assignment in our portfolio, unless you require a confidentiality clause.
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