President Kagame: The problem of anxiety by the west relating to China’s involvement in Africa has more to do with the west than with Africa. The competition between the US & the industrialized world with China finds Africa caught between China and the West. #MIGlobal
President Kagame: Africa has its own needs and interests whether you want to see it that way or not. #MIGlobal
President Kagame on the concern over the China debt trap: Africa has not had debt from China only. Debt forgiveness was there because there was debt. The question is what has Africa been doing with this debt. #MIGlobal
President Kagame: Saying we are worried Africa will be trapped in debt with China, sounds like concern for Africa by outsiders rather than Africa being concerned for its own well being. #MIGlobal
President Kagame on the claim that China is sponsoring corruption in Africa: The assumption here is that corruption is confined to China and Africa, and that the west does not get involved in corruption, which is not true. #MIGlobal
President Kagame: Nobody should give an excuse for corruption, it should be fought wherever it comes from and that is what we have been trying to do in our countries and in other African countries. #MIGlobal
President Kagame: Nobody should give an excuse for corruption, it should be fought wherever it comes from and that is what we have been trying to do in our countries and in other African countries. #MIGlobal
President Kagame: Africa, my own country, look to the west as partners of choice, or investors of choice in Africa. If the west was doing investments that are required in Africa the way they should be, then Africa will stop being caught in this trap or competition. #MIGlobal
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President Kagame to taxpayers: Even with the challenges created by the pandemic, you remained committed and contributed to our country’s economic development. In the last fiscal year, we exceeded our total revenue collection target.
President Kagame: Last year, Government provided strategic tax relief to individuals and business, in order to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on our economy and on families.
President Kagame: Income taxes were temporarily waived for employees in highly affected sectors, such as education and tourism.
President Kagame: This story gained significance or prominence when the name of Rwanda was injected into the whole thing. Spying itself is as old as human beings. There are so many tools used by everybody in this world. But when Rwanda’s name is mentioned it’s for a reason.
President Kagame: The names they picked that we could have used it against was done deliberately.
President Kagame: Rwanda’s relationship with South Africa was improving and it didn’t please some people who had their own reasons. They injected it in so that the warming of relations between the two countries does not continue.
President Kagame On COVID-19: I trust that life will get back to normal. It’s not easy because we still don’t know the real cause behind this virus, what is coming next, when does it end.
President Kagame: We need to stay vigilant and use all the information available to keep updating ourselves on how to prevent its spread and keep on fighting it.
President Kagame: The pandemic is here but we have also established measures to curb its spread. We use what is available to fight it in all the ways possible.
President Kagame: As we were rebuilding the country after the tragic history following 1994, actually years before that as well, part of the things we discovered was we have to invest in our people, in education, in their health & many other things. We have to start somewhere.
President Kagame: As we were rebuilding our education, we found we were starting from scratch in some instances and that is how we found we had to send some of our young people to study abroad, we did not have enough here.
President Kagame: As we were thinking about what to do, as the country was stabilizing, we thought how do we establish strong institutions in Rwanda so we have our own institutions developing to take in some of our students
President Kagame: The medical career is guided by certain ethics and principles just like other careers, but how you translate them into actions is what determines that you really understand those principles. #MeetThePresident
President Kagame: It is good and important for people to have principles, but it doesn’t mean that those principles are applied. When those principles are not applied right, we lose a lot and that’s the basis of most of the problems we face. #MeetThePresident
President Kagame: On one hand, it is up to you, the professionals and practitioners, you are the one who invested in yourself, in your education and gaining knowledge in what is needed. #MeetThePresident
President Kagame begins keynote address: I am very pleased to join you here today, to launch the Mara Phones factory, which is the first of its kind in our continent. The first smartphones ever to be made in Rwanda have already rolled off the assembly line #MadeInRwanda
President Kagame: The Mara Phone joins a growing list of high-quality products that are made in our country. Producing smartphones is not a simple matter. Around one thousand individual components are involved as we have been taken through the whole process #MadeInRwanda
President Kagame: The Mara Phones plant is therefore a complex manufacturing operation requiring significant technical skill and expertise. It is another milestone on our journey to high-tech, “made-in-Rwanda” industry #MadeInRwanda