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About

Béatrice-Nicole NYOM KOUADIO, of Ivorian and Cameroonian heritage: photographer, media producer and video journalist. Based in Abidjan.

Courtside, bib number 250: the photographer in action.
Courtside, bib number 250: the photographer in action.Credit to be confirmed

  1. Training

    Trained in audiovisual. Bachelor's and professional master's in art and communication at INSAAC (School of Fine Arts).

  2. 2009

    Started as the Côte d'Ivoire / French-speaking Africa correspondent for Okabol (France-based site). Mentor: Jean Pierre Esso.

  3. Radio Jam Abidjan

    Photographer, then producer (show "Zouklougata").

  4. Events

    FEMUA, Miss Côte d'Ivoire, Kundé d'or. Six Africa Cups (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) and three World Cups (2010, 2014, 2018), per her earlier site (to confirm).

  5. November 2018

    Video journalist and stage manager at RTI.

  6. Since 2021

    Founder and president of the association "Lumière sur l'image": World Photography Day every year.

  7. Since September 2022

    Sports photography masterclass, with Raoul Dognignan Kouadio.

  8. July 2025

    FIBA-accredited photographer at AFROBASKET Women, Côte d'Ivoire 2025.

  • Promoter of ANSI (African Network Sound and Images).
  • Exhibition on sportswomen at INSAAC (date to confirm with Béatrice).
Her dreamTo train as many young Africans as possible in sports photography.

Source: portrait by Solange Aralamon, Pressecotedivoire (2023), and updates from Béatrice. Nothing is invented; anything still unchecked is marked "to confirm".

Watch her video interview (Facebook, in French)