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Togo: "Religious media have an important role to play in educating young people," according to a representative of the Ministry of Communication

"We have high expectations of religious media in the education of young people," said Franck Missité, chief of staff to Togo's Minister of Communication and Media. He was speaking on Monday, November 22, at the opening of the fourth edition of the Lomé meetings, organized by FOMECAF (Forum of Christian Media in French-speaking Africa).

Religious media reaching out to all citizens

"Religious media should reach out more to all citizens with topics that are not 100 percent religious," added the trained journalist. "It's important to vary the content. 75 percent prayer and preaching is enough. 25 percent culture and ethical and moral education would be good!"

This edition of the Lomé meetings will address the theme "Media & Generational Divide" with Abdoulaye Sangho, Director of Transworld Radio West and Central Africa (TWR), as the keynote speaker. Around fifty representatives of Christian media outlets from French-speaking Africa, Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ivory Coast, DRC, Rwanda, and elsewhere have traveled to attend the week-long training session. In addition, around a hundred people have registered to follow the event online.

"Media, make room for young people!"

"64 percent of the population of West Africa is under the age of 24," said Emmanuel Ziehli, president of Radio Réveil France, "and our media do not speak the language of young people. What's more, we don't cover topics that interest them. Let's be models of generational transition," he insisted. As a result, he asked radio executives to make room for younger people in their programming and among their journalists and presenters.

Emmanuel Ziehli also cited CICERI, the International Christian Center for Study, Research, and Information in Lomé, as an example of dynamism. Thanks to a team of young people between the ages of 18 and 30, CICERI organizes the Lomé seminars each year with complete transparency.

In addition to Abdoulaye Sangho, keynote speaker, Juliette Kpessou, host at Radio Hosanna in Benin, Olivia Adiko, editor-in-chief of Radio La voix de l'espérance in Abidjan, Etienne Kiemdé, director of Radio Evangile et développement in Burkina Faso, Illia Djadi, head of African relations at the NGO Portes Ouvertes, and Alphonse Teyabé, media consultant in Cameroon, will also speak.

Meetings launched by Radio Réveil

The "Lomé" meetings began in January 2019. They offer Christian media professionals from French-speaking Africa the opportunity to receive a week of training and to network in order to develop a dynamic of exchange between professionals from different countries.

In January 2019, Radio Réveil en Suisse, an association that produces radio programs for the entire French-speaking world, decided to mark its 70th anniversary by inviting its radio partners in Africa to a training session in Lomé. Around 100 people took part in the event and signed the Lomé Declaration of Lomé. The signatories pledged to renounce competition between evangelical and Protestant radio stations and to pool resources to improve the quality of their programs. (c)

The FOMECAF website with the Lomé 4 program.

https://medias.africa/lome4
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French-speaking Africa: from November 22 to 26, Lomé 4 will focus on the theme "Youth and the Media."

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Press release

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, FOMECAF officials have decided to organize a fourth edition of the Lomé meetings from November 22 to 26, 2021. They will focus on the theme "Youth and Media" and will welcome Dr. Abdoulaye Sangho, Director of TWR Africa, as their main guest. The event will be broadcast publicly on the web, but the number of participants attending in person will be limited to around 50.

Registration open for the Lomé 4 seminar

The fourth annual meeting of Christian media professionals from French-speaking Africa will take place from November 22 to 26, 2021, in Lomé. The theme will be "Youth and Media." "We are seeing a generational divide in the French-speaking Christian world of Africa," explains Pastor Etienne Kiemdé, director of Radio Évangile Développement in Burkina Faso. An older generation no longer speaks the language, music, and means of communication of young people, 63% of whom are under 24 in West Africa!(1)" For many Christian leaders, the risk of failing to pass on the faith is now very high. "It is time to reach out to young Africans, and it is up to radio to set an example," adds Pastor Etienne Kiemdé.

Etienne Kiemdé on the left (FOMECAF) and Abdoulaye Sangho (TWR speaker in Lomé 4) flank Emmanuel Ziehli (Radio Réveil France).

Dr. Abdoulaye Sangho as keynote speaker

The keynote speaker was unanimously chosen to be Dr. Abdoulaye Sangho, director of TWR Africa, a recognized and influential specialist in the African Christian radio landscape. Dr. Abdoulaye Sangho, originally from Mali, lives and works in Côte d'Ivoire. He is the author of several books. He is also a Commander of the National Order for his contribution to the development of faith in Côte d'Ivoire.

Number of speakers recorded on video

Lomé 4 will be similar to Lomé 3. Fifty (50) carefully selected individuals will be invited to attend plenary meetings and workshops in person. These meetings will be broadcast live and recorded on the various social media channels of FOMECAF (Forum des médias chrétiens d’Afrique francophone), particularly Facebook and YouTube. For the record, around 100 people took these training courses online in 2020.

The afternoons will provide an opportunity for FOMECAF leaders to continue laying the foundations for the forum's activities and to devise a program for 2022.

Most of the speakers will be recorded on video. They will thus continue to enrich the radio/press training video library launched in 2020 by the previous edition of the Lomé meetings (2).

Despite the difficult health situation

The decision to organize Lomé 4 was made by FOMECAF leaders who met via videoconference on Friday, July 30. They assessed the health situation in West and Central Africa as well as in Europe. For the time being, travel remains very complicated and particularly expensive due to the pandemic. Despite this, the FOMECAF leadership confirmed that Lomé 4 would go ahead and reasonably postponed the organization of the national event "FOMECAF Benin" until spring 2022. The leaders of FOMECAF have given CICERI Lomé and Radio Réveil France, specifically Mr. Koffi Ahonon and Mr. Emmanuel Ziehli, the mandate to organize the event. (c)

The FOMECAF website (Forum of Christian Media in French-speaking Africa): https://medias.africa/

More information:

Africa: Pastor Étienne Kiemdé, Director of Radio Évangile Développement in Burkina Faso. Tel. + 226 70 38 81 83. Email: ekiem1[at]gmail.com. Website: https://medias.africa/

Europe: ÉEmmanuel Ziehli, Director of Radio Réveil France. Tel. +33 06 52 02 89 42. Email: emmanuel.ziehli[at]radioreveil.ch. Website: https://radio-reveil.org/

Notes:

1 See: https://www.populationpyramid.net/sources
2 See: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkEVvei_tLkEfTaJn31DTsQ/playlists

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The Lomé meetings in brief

The "Lomé" meetings began in January 2019. They offer Christian media professionals from French-speaking Africa the opportunity to receive a week of training and to network in order to develop a dynamic of exchange between professionals from different countries.

In January 2019, Radio Réveil en Suisse, an association that produces radio programs for the entire French-speaking world, decided to mark its 70th anniversary by inviting its radio partners in Africa to a training session in Lomé. Around 100 people took part in the event and signed the Declaration. of Lomé. The signatories pledged to renounce competition between evangelical and Protestant radio stations and to pool resources to improve the quality of their programs.

During the second edition of the Lomé meetings, the 170 or so participants engaged in a discussion on the theme "Let's invent integral radio!" ." They also decided to create the Forum of Christian Media in French-speaking Africa (FOMECAF) with the following founding committee members: Olivia Adiko, journalist and editor-in-chief of La Voix de l'espérance (Ivory Coast), Dr. Alphonse Teyabe, communications consultant (Cameroon), Timothée Amegan, pastor and CEO of Médiafrique (Togo), and Emmanuel Ziehli, director of Radio Réveil (Switzerland).

In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lomé 3 offered around 50 participants in person and around 100 online the opportunity to reflect on "Media convergence and job versatility."

The Lomé 1 report: https//bit.ly/lome-1 
The Lomé 2 report: https://bit.ly/lome-deux 
The Lomé 3 report: https://bit.ly/Lome3 

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Members of the FOMECAF committee

The following individuals are members of the FOMECAF core network or steering committee: Olivia Adiko Beugre(Radio la Voix de l’Espérance, Abidjan), Timothée Amegan(Médiafrique, Lomé), Etienne Kiemdé(Radio Évangile et développement, Ouagadougou), Koffi Ahonon(CICERI and Compassion Togo, Lomé), Dr.Abdoulaye Sangho(TWR, Abidjan), Dr. Alphonse Teyabe(media consultant, Yaoundé), and Emmanuel Ziehli(Radio Réveil France).

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Registration open for the Lomé 4 seminar
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FREE COLLEGE and Radio R on August 21: "Developing your skills to preach on the radio"

Radio R and FREE COLLEGE are offering a day of training in radio preaching with radio professionals on Saturday, August 21. Since the start of semi-lockdown in Switzerland in March 2020, Radio R, which broadcasts on DAB+, has opened its airwaves on Sundays to preachers, pastors, and church members so that they can deliver their sermons. This experiment has continued since then and has found its audience.

Think about a radio communication style

To reflect on how to speak on the radio and improve speakers' performances, Radio R and FREE COLLEGE are offering a one-day training course to explore a style of communication suited to radio, improve the quality of speakers' expression, and provide a supportive space for listening to one's own or others' presentations in order to improve.

A day hosted by radio professionals

This day, which will feature radio professionals such as Christine Reymond, Daniele Zagara, and Serge Carrel, is open to anyone interested in preaching on Radio R or who simply wants to improve their preaching skills. (c)

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The day's program (Coming soon)

"Developing your skills for preaching on the radio," a day of reflection co-organized by Radio R in Yverdon-les-Bains and the FREE COLLEGE on Saturday, August 21, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Radio R, Galilée 15, Y-Parc, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains. Price: voluntary donation. Registration required: freecollege@lafree.ch or on the web. lafree.ch/free-college/journees

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#Lomé3: Minister of Communication calls on Christian radio journalists to strive for excellence

On Monday, November 23, 2020, FOMECAF launched the third edition of the Francophone African Christian Media Forum (FOMECAF) training program. In his speech at the opening ceremony, the Minister of Communication encouraged religious radio media actors to strive for excellence in communication.

"Information is a valuable asset and a weapon," said Akodah Ayewouadan, Minister of Communication, in his speech at the opening ceremony of Lomé 3. The minister, who also serves as government spokesperson, said he was "impressed by the theme of media convergence addressed during the training week of the Forum of Christian Media in Francophone Africa (FOMECAF), because it promotes excellence in communication."

Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info

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The president of the Christian Council of Togo will participate in the opening ceremony of Lomé3

The Christian Council of Togo, in conjunction with the third edition of the training seminar for Christian media professionals in French-speaking Africa.

With the third week of training for media professionals from French-speaking Africa set to begin in a few days, the President of the Christian Council of Togo, Rev. Djakouti Mitré, received a delegation from the Lomé3 Organizing Committee led by Emmanuel Ziehli, Director of Radio Réveil Suisse. At the end of the meeting, the clergyman promised to attend the opening ceremony and to accompany it with a prayer of blessing.

Read the rest of the article on the FOMECAF website

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Lomé 3, the gathering of Christian media professionals, will take place from November 23 to 27, 2020.

"Media convergence and career versatility" is the theme chosen for the third edition of the "Lomé" seminars. From November 23 to 27, around 50 Christian media professionals from French-speaking Africa are expected to gather in the Togolese capital. In light of the current health situation, the event will also be accessible online.

Lomé, August 25, 2020. FOMECAF (West African Christian Media Forum), Radio Réveil, and CICERI will organize the third edition of the "Lomé" media training meetings in Togo from November 23 to 27. During this week of training, the focus will be on media convergence and the necessary versatility of journalism-related professions.

In person and online
In light of the current health situation, the "Lomé 3" seminar will only welcome around 50 participants in person, who will be accepted on the basis of their application. All other interested parties will be able to follow the conference online. The organizers are thus adapting to the health situation and are committing extensive resources to ensure high-quality web broadcasting.
Workshops will enable participants to develop their skills in image capture, web radio, animation, journalism, and FM techniques.

Two pioneers of radio in French-speaking Africa as distinguished guests
Abdoulaye Sangho, director of Trans World Radio (TWR) Africa, and Illia Djadi, currently director for Africa at the NGO Open Doors and former French-speaking correspondent for the BBC in West Africa, will be among the speakers. Businessman Kurt Buehlmann, author of the course "40 Days to Revolutionize Your Finances" and the radio program "Your Money Matters," will also lead a workshop on the economic management of media. It will enable radio promoters and financiers to seek solutions to promote the self-financing of their media.

The horizon: multimedia
Today, more than ever, the media are converging toward multiple distribution channels. The internet is gradually revolutionizing usage in West Africa, particularly among young people, and impacting the media. The challenge is no longer the construction or ownership of a traditional broadcast channel (TV, radio, web, or print media), but rather the content. Any well-trained person, especially young people, can create texts, sounds, and images from well-chosen topics and professional information processing that can be picked up by any broadcast channel.

Busy week for FOMECAF
This week will also help strengthen ties between members of FOMECAF, the Forum of Christian Media in West Africa. As a reminder, in early 2019, more than 40 media outlets signed the "Lomé Declaration," a founding charter for a network of West African media outlets that emphasizes collaboration and exchange. Together, they signed a document summarizing this initiative, which now brings together around 100 media outlets in a dozen French-speaking African countries.

The website of the West African Christian Media Forum
Pre-registration
The Lomé Declaration
Radio Réveil France
CICERI Togo

 

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François Sergy Award presented to Dodji Juliette Kpessou

Dodji Juliette Kpessou receives the François Sergy Encouragement Award

During the training seminar for Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa, the organizers decided to award Dodji Juliette Kpessou, journalist and presenter at Radio Hosanna in Porto-Novo, the François Sergy Encouragement Prize for producing 50 audio clips entitled "L'O2Vie, une goutte chaque jour" (L'O2Vie, a drop every day).

"These achievements by Dodji Juliette Kpessou reflect what we want to promote: the exchange of programs between Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa," explained Emmanuel Ziehli, director of Radio Réveil.

The François Sergy Encouragement Award was launched as part of the Lomé Weeks for the training of Christian media actors in French-speaking Africa. It aims to reward initiatives that promote exchanges between radio stations. This encouragement award is named after Radio Réveil journalist François Sergy, who died in 2018.

Listen to "L’O2Vie, une goutte chaque jour" on RADIO R

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Certificate presentation ceremony - Lomé 2

Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa form a network

To give their relationship a representative form, Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa have formed a network. Some forty radio stations are already involved in this project, which aims to encourage collaboration and the sharing of professional resources. This decision was taken during Lomé 2, the second training seminar for Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa, held from November 25 to 29 in the Togolese capital.

On Friday, November 29, some 170 representatives of religious radio stations gathered in Lomé for a second training seminar on journalism and radio techniques decided to launch a radio network. The objectives of the network are to foster close relations between radio stations in the same region or city, exchange programs, provide mutual technical assistance, and develop a press agency capable of relaying news about the Christian and evangelical movement in French-speaking Africa. All of this is in the spirit of the Lomé Declaration, signed on January 18, 2019.

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Speakers and organizers of #Lomé2

170 religious media actors from French-speaking Africa receive training in "integral radio" in Lomé

In French-speaking Africa, radio is the medium par excellence. For one week, some 170 representatives of religious radio stations are gathering in Lomé, Togo, for a new week of training. Organized jointly by the Radio Réveil association in Bevaix and Radio Ebène et Développement in France, this week aims to develop the quality of Christian radio stations in Africa.

On Monday, November 25, more than 170 representatives from 72 religious radio stations in French-speaking Africa gathered in Lomé, Togo, for a week of training on the theme "Inventing Integral Radio." In the opening session, Communications Minister Folly-Bazi Katari welcomed the fact that the seminar aimed to "promote excellence in Christian media." He also considered that "this seminar was timely in addressing the major challenges of integrating new information and communication technologies and promoting ethics and professional conduct." The minister also called on religious media actors to "safeguard peace in our countries" so that Muslims and Christians can peacefully attend their places of worship on Fridays and Sundays.

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In Lomé, Christian radio stations in French-speaking Africa asked to reinvent themselves – Togo Breaking News
Christian radio stations in Africa ready to go all-in – Togo Breaking News

Interview with Emmanuel Ziehli, director of Radio Réveil

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