Media High Council
Source Passport
RW-R-00001-8
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Media High Council
- Country
- Rwanda
- Type
- Regulator
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Head
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 29 March 2025
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it not disclosed
- How it is funded not disclosed
- Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Public body
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Needs update: last verified on 29 March 2025. Details may have changed since.
Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Verified
- MHC
- Registration number Pending check
- (Established by Law Nº 03/2013 of 08/02/2013 determining the responsibilities, organisation and functioning of the Media High Council, Official Gazette nº 10 of 11/03/2013)
- Registered address Pending check
- City of Kigali (head office under art. 3 of Law Nº 03/2013)
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- ICT Policy Africa (CIPIT) library, reproduction of Official Gazette nº 10 of 11 March 2013, page 54 of 99, read 2026-10-20 (Law Nº 03/2013 of 08/02/2013 determining the responsibilities, organisation and functioning of the Media High Council: art. 1 'MHC shall enjoy legal personality, financial and administrative autonomy'; art. 2 'MHC is an independent institution responsible for media capacity building'; art. 3 head office in the City of Kigali, transfer on request of 3/4 of the Board of Directors)
- Policy Vault Africa, copy of Law N°02/2013 of 08/02/2013 Regulating Media (Official Gazette nº 10 of 11/03/2013, pp. 28-49), read 2026-10-20 (art. 2(7) defines the Media High Council as 'Independent institution responsible for media capacity building'; art. 25 repeals only Law n° 22/2009)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owner or founding authority Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type State of Rwanda (created by Law Nº 03/2013) Direct State or public body - State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Answers to
- Not disclosed
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- How it is funded
- Not disclosed
- Budget and funding bodies
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites
- Not disclosed
- Official social accounts Verified
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/mhcrwanda X x.com/MHCRwanda
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Agencies and funds under it
- Not disclosed
- Public-office or party roles of board members
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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