Another new Temple in Africa was announced in the 195 annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The conference took place simultaneously across the globe in Salt Lake City in April 2025. 15 New Temples were announced at the conference, bringing the total worldwide to 382.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Temple, 2025.
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Temple, 2025.© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.A new Temple for Africa was announced in Uyo Nigeria. This temple will be the seventh temple built in the country. The Aba Nigeria temple was dedicated in 2005. Five others are planed to be built in Abuja, Benin City, Calabar, Eket and Lagos. There are more than 250,000 members in Nigeria.
There are currently 29 Temples announced, under construction or dedicated on the African continent and its islands. This announcement will bring the number to 30. This includes Madagascar and Cape Verde.
Only 5 are operating currently in Kinshasa DRC, Aba Nigeria, Johannesburg South Africa, Durban South Africa, and Accra Ghana. The Nairobi Kenya and Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire temples will be dedicated in May 2025. Harare Zimbabwe will happen later in 2025 or early 2026.
The leaders speaking at conference emphasized the importance of temples, encouraging members to attend often and find peace and revelation within their sacred walls, while also highlighting the accelerated building of temples to make blessings more accessible.
The-Kenya-Nairobi-Temple,-April-2025.
The Kenya Nairobi Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Worthy members of the faith make sacred agreements in temples to unite their families forever.© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Temples serve as the only place where ceremonies such as baptism and eternal marriage can be performed in behalf of those who have died — a practice that Latter-day Saints believe was followed in New Testament times but that later was lost.
Temples point Latter-day Saints to Jesus Christ and their eventual life with Him, their Heavenly Father and their family members on the condition of faithfulness to Christ’s teachings.