Kigali 2025: Médias Ébène Out in Force
Kigali 2025: A Gathering for Christian Media in Africa – In October 2025, Rwanda’s capital will host a major event for African Christian media. This gathering will bring together professionals from across the continent and beyond. Together, they will reflect, receive training, and encourage one another in their mission: to share the Good News through the media. Médias Ébène will participate in this seminar by sending several representatives who will contribute to the event’s success through their presentations. The association will also support the participation of delegates by covering the travel expenses of representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, and Cameroon.
Spiritual preparation and fraternal unity
The Médias Ébène office and the FOMECAF secretary will be in Kigali from October 14 to 24. These meetings are highly anticipated. Indeed, many people who have been interacting online and on social media for a long time will have the opportunity to meet in person. These virtual connections will then become very real, brotherly bonds.
These days will feature a mix of workshops, seminars, and times of fellowship in both French and English. Participants will seek not only to improve their skills but also to strengthen the quality of their relationships with one another. After all, Christian media ministry depends as much on willing hearts as it does on technical skills.
A Spotlight on Training
In the lead-up to the continental conference, a training-of-trainers program will be held from October 14 to 18, 2025. Led by facilitators from Cameroon, Benin, and the United States, the program will aim to unlock each participant’s educational potential in order to amplify the impact of media initiatives.
Going forward, a network of media trainers will come together to support and empower the next generation through coordinated and sustainable initiatives.
Two seminars for English speakers
For English-speaking participants, a seminar titled“From Concept to On-The-Air” will offer comprehensive training in programming, production, management, and sustainability in radio and video media.
A second, more technical seminar, titled“From the Mic to the Antenna,” will cover the steps required to set up and operate a radio station, from the microphone to the antenna.
The Continental Convention
The highlight of this event, the ABR Media Continental Convention, will take place from October 21 to 23, 2025. The rich and varied program will address topics that are crucial to our times.
Following an opening session focused on the persecution of Christians, the role of young people in Africa will be discussed. Contemporary challenges, such as artificial intelligence (presented by the president of Médias Ébène) and pornography on social media, will be addressed clearly.
Leadership in times of rapid change and addressing local realities will also be a central theme. Participants will leave with practical tools for their work.
Open and constructive discussions will allow everyone to come up with concrete ideas for improving their media work. A visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial is also planned. This moment of reflection will highlight the importance of reconciliation and bearing witness.
A spiritual work, above all else
Beyond the programs and schedules, the success of such a gathering depends on prayer and the preparation of hearts. Human initiatives bear fruit through God’s presence and the work of His Spirit.
Let us pray that the participants will leave with new skills, but above all with a renewed sense of their mission. “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes from the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17).
Every Christian media outlet thus has a mission to make the Word heard and accessible even in the most remote corners of the continent.
