L'Avenir (Democratic Republic Of The Congo Newspaper)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

(, ) is a
daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
published in
Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ), formerly named Léopoldville from 1881–1966 (), is the Capital city, capital and Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-grow ...
in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
. The
company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether Natural person, natural, Juridical person, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members ...
is part 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 Mass media, media companies, and owns freight companies in the ...
, a
media group A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement parks, or ...
of the DRC. The content of the paper is primarily French, and includes content written in
Lingala Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: ) is a Bantu languages, Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser de ...
and Swahili. It was founded in 1996 as a weekly, and in 2006 became a daily paper, employing about 30
journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...
s. The publisher of is Joachim Diana Gikupa and the
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
is Denis Lubindi. Means "The Future"


See also

*
Radio Television Groupe Avenir Radio Television Groupe Avenir ''(RTG@)'' is a television network A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides p ...
*
Media of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mass media in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are nationally and internationally state-owned and operated. History The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had a rocky road with its media due to government conflicts. Since gainin ...


References


External links

*
Le Groupe Avenir, the official site
French-language newspapers published in Africa Organisations based in Kinshasa Newspapers published in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Newspapers established in 1996 Weekly newspapers 1996 establishments in Zaire Culture of Kinshasa {{DRCongo-stub