Dominique Tchimbakala (born 1977) is a Congolese

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and

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, who is a news anchor for

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Biography

Tchimbakala was born in France in 1977 to parents who were originally from the Republic of Congo. In 1987 the family returned to the Republic of Congo and she attended Saint-Exupéry High School in

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. She returned to France to study for a BA in History and an MA in Political Science at

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. In 2021 she graduated from

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with an Executive MBA. Tchimbakala presented for local television in Nantes before moving to work at the Centre for Training and Development of Journalists in Paris (CFPJ). Since 2000 she has worked for a number of French media organisations, including:

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, BFMTV,

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. In 2017 she became a

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for Jeune Afrique on

, which is the most popular French-language news programme in Africa. She has been outspoken about the lack of black workers in news production in France. In 2018 she was appointed as the President of the Global Association of French High School Alumni (Union-ALFM).

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Dominique Tchimbakala
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