‘Zikomo Afrique et Caraïbes’ 2025: a CPA journalist among the nominees

Kinshasa, December 14^th, 2025 (CPA) – Jordache Diala, cultural columnist at the Congolese Press Agency (CPA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been selected as one of the nominees for the 2025 edition of ‘Zikomo Africa and the Caribbean’ in the ‘African Media Culture Expert’ category. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Wednesday December 17^th in Tanzania, according to an invitation sent to the nominee, a copy of which was received by CPA on Sunday. « Dear Jordache Diala, congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that you have been selected as one of the nominees for the “Zikomo Africa and the Caribbean 2025” Awards. We invite you to join us in celebrating your achievements and those of your fellow nominees on December 17^th, 2025. The event will take place in the heart of East Africa, at the Super Dome in Dar es Salaam, » it is read in the invitation signed by Daniel Blessinggton, one of the organizers. The Congolese journalist is in the running to win this award, which recognises the excellence and merit of Africans. According to the source, the Congolese journalist is in the running to win this award, which recognises the excellence and merit of Africans. He is competing against a dozen cultural journalists from across the continent. A professional writer trained at the Faculty Institute of Information and Communication Sciences (IFASIC), Jordache Diala has taken his first steps in the profession at the daily newspaper Le Palmares before joining the supplement of the same daily newspaper specialising in cultural news, called Visa 2000, and then joining the editorial staff of the Congolese Press Agency (CPA), where he is deputy editor-in-chief of the Culture and Music desk. In 2023, according to reports, this columnist specialising in print and online media had won the award for best cultural journalist in DRC at the Prix Lokumu arts awards ceremony. Jordache Diala is renowned in Africa and stands out in the cultural field for his in-depth columns, interviews and exclusive reports on the sector at national and international level.