ADMA Prepares Livestreaming Youthconnekt Africa Summit '18

A panorama of the MH2 room with the ADMA team setting up the livestream gear.

ADMA Students setting the table that will be used during the Live Switch

Resident Instructor Ryan Yewell giving a quick briefing to the team before the start of the production work

Alan and Bruce, two ADMA students, setting up the equipment that will be used for the live streaming

An ADMA volunteer laying one of many SDI cables that will be used to transfer a video feed from the cameras to the switcher

Edgar, one of ADMA students, setting up the Canon XF105, wearing a comms headset to communicate with the technical director

Joselyne Dusabe and Alan Tuyikunde setting up the Cisco Meraki and hardware encoder Elementals that will be used for live streaming purposes

Desire, one of ADMA students setting up the camera

The team discussing on how to position the cameras and lay the cables in an effective way

The team leaders discussing with the technicians from the RBA on sorting the internet & Video feed issues

Yves, one of ADMA students setting up the Sony FS700

ADMA students offloading the equipment to be used

David, one of ADMA students setting up the camera

Sandrine, one of the ADMA students, making sure that the FS700 is well set

All day today, ADMA was at the Kigali Convention Center preparing the livestream setup for next 3 days of Youthconnekt Africa Summit '18 from the room MH2.

ADMA will be working alongside the national Rwanda broadcaster RBA to bring the event live across the world over Facebook and YouTube. ALL of the livestreaming equipment, from cameras, to comms, to switchers, to hardware encoders, EVERYTHING is being setup and operated by current or former ADMA students. We are proud and honoured to be a part of this great event!

Where ADMA’s Livestreaming Efforts Started…

Alex with the team (left to right, Methusela, Steve, Lievain, Seth, Olivier, Clement, Blaise)

Alex behind the switcher with Resident Instructor Ryan Yewell taking a pic of some onscreen info.

Blaise (left) and Clement (right) on cameras

Seth on camera

Showing the big screens at the event

Alex working as technical director

The technical director's view of the event

Blaise striking a pose, ready for anything

The switching table with screens/audience in the background

Getting shots of the audience

Seth checking settings on the camera

Methusela concentrating on his shot

Blaise working the main camera for speaker closeups, a busy job all day

Clement on his camera

5 years ago, Alex Lindsay did yeoman’s work bringing livestreaming, event screens, presentations, cameras, switchers, etc. along with a completely green Rwandan ADMA student crew together for the inaugural Transform Africa 2013 at the Serena Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda.

Here are some pics from that very special first ADMA livestream…

5 years later, current and former ADMA students are running their own livestreams, top to bottom in every position, with that same gear he brought with him to make it possible.

Today, ADMA setup out livestream at the crown jewel Kigali Convention Center, and will be running all livestreams from MH2 for the next 3 days. Rwanda’s national broadcaster, RBA, is doing the other livestreams from the Auditorium and MH1.

All of this thanks to that one moment in 2013 with Alex at the helm with ADMA Director Christopher Marler laying the foundation and preparation of the learning environment at ADMA.