Kigali 2025: Médias Ébène out in force
Kigali 2025: a gathering for Christian media in Africa – In October 2025, the capital of Rwanda 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, learn, and encourage one another in their mission: to serve the Good News through the media. Médias Ébène will take part in this seminar by sending several people who will contribute to the success of the event through their presentations. The association will also support the participation of delegates by financing the travel expenses of representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo, and Cameroon.
Spiritual preparation and fraternal convergence
The Médias Ébène office and the secretary of FOMECAF will be in Kigali from October 14 to 24. These meetings are eagerly awaited. Many people who have been communicating for a long time on the Internet and social networks will have the opportunity to meet in person. Virtual connections will then become real fraternal bonds.
These days will be punctuated in French and English by workshops, seminars, and times of fellowship. Participants will seek to improve their skills, but also to strengthen the quality of human relationships. For Christian media work relies as much on willing hearts as it does on technical skills.
Training in the spotlight
As a prelude to the continental conference, a training of trainers will be held from October 14 to 18, 2025. Led by speakers from Cameroon, Benin, and the United States, it will aim to unleash the educational potential of each participant in order to multiply the impact of media initiatives.
Subsequently, a network of media trainers will come together to support and equip new generations through unified and sustainable actions.
Two seminars for English speakers
For English-speaking participants, a seminar entitled "From Concept to On-The-Air" will offer comprehensive training in radio and video media programming, production, management, and sustainability.
A second, more technical seminar entitled"From the Mic to theAntenna" will present the steps necessary to create a radio station and keep it running, from the microphone to the antenna.
The Continental Convention
The highlight of this gathering will be the ABR Media Continental Convention, which will take place from October 21 to 23, 2025. The rich and varied program will address topics that are crucial for our times.
After an opening session devoted to the persecution of Christians, the place 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 with clarity.
Leadership in times of rapid change and the approach to local realities will also be a central theme. Participants will leave with practical tools for their mission.
Open and constructive discussions will enable 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 programs and schedules, the success of such a gathering depends on prayer and the preparation of hearts. Human initiatives find their fruitfulness in the presence of God and through the action of his Spirit.
Let us pray that participants will leave with new skills, but above all with a renewed vision 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 calling to make the Word audible and accessible even in the most remote corners of the continent.
