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Denise Laurence Djengué Epoté, (born 22 November 1954 at Nkongsamba) in Cameroon is a Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde.
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She was the first journalist to present the news in French on national public television, Cameroon Television (CTV), which later became the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV).
Life
Born on 22 November 1954, her father, Jean Claude Epoté is official, and Financial Comptroller, and his mother worked Mizpah Florina Mbella treasure Douala. Both are now retired.
Eldest of a family of two girls and two boys, after her secondary education at Lycée Général Leclerc in Yaounde, she was admitted with flying colors at the prestigious International School of Journalism in Yaoundé (ESUY) today renowned Graduate School of Science and Yaounde techniques of information and communication. In 1991, she married the deputy director of the great works of Cameroon at the time, Mr. Durand; they were divorced.
Career
In 1981, she began her career at Radio Cameroon. In 1985, she became the first female presenter of 8:30 p.m. on the Cameroon national chain. With its English-speaking colleague Eric Chinje, they will present the news from 1985 to 1993. After leaving the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) in 1993, she then moved to TV5 Monde and Radio France International.
In February 2010, she was invited and honored during the 4th edition of the Night of builders.
Broadcasts
Since 1999, Denise Epoté hosted a weekly show "and if you tell me the whole truth." This show is a forum open to all those who are interested in the future of Africa. In this audiovisual sequence, Denise, accompanied by a guest, addresses the most current issues in Africa.
In 2009, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show, Denise receives President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré. At that time, the program has already passed 200 guests. Since its launch, she has interviewed numerous personalities including Andry Rajoelina, Omar Bongo Ondimba, James Alix Michel, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and Aminata Traoré.
She also runs on TV5MONDE, "Africa press"; a program in which the floor is given to journalists from Libération Journal, where they discuss the news of the Africa.
On Sunday she shares her vision of the African news from the past week through weekly column "Week Denise Epoté" on Radio France Internationale.
Awards
Since the beginning of her career, Denise Epoté has already received numerous awards. In 2001 in Abuja, Denise receiveed the award for best television reporter Panafrican Broadcasting Heritage and Achievement Awards. In May 2013, she was raised in the Legion of Honor. A distinction that comes seven years after being awarded the title of Knight of the National Order of Merit. She is also an officer of Arts and Letters from Burkina Faso, Knight of the Order of National Merit of Senegal and Cameroon Knight of the National Order of Merit. In early 2014, it ranks among the hundred most influential personalities in the rankings in Forbes New African and Africa.