Radio Television Groupe Avenir ''(RTG@)'' is a

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company of the

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. It is a member of the

Groupe L'Avenir Groupe L'Avenir is a media group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company was founded in 1994 by Pius Mwabilu Mbayu, who remains today as its CEO. The group owns several media companies, and owns freight companies in the DRC and in So ...

corporate group, along with the daily newspaper L'Avenir. RTG@'s offices are located in central

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's district of La Gombe. The

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of the group and of the network is

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. The network was founded in 2003.

Operations

RTG@ TV broadcasts in French and in

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. RTG@ TV broadcasts on

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channel 45 in Kinshasa, and throughout

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. The Ivorienne television series

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is part of RTG@'s schedule.

References

* Radio Television Groupe Avenir article on French Wikipedia

External links

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Companies based in Kinshasa Mass media companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-stub