{"id":5498,"date":"2017-05-10T13:39:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulkagame.com\/_test_&#038;web\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2017-09-26T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T09:55:33","slug":"president-kagame-opens-transform-africa-summit-2017-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/?p=5498","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame opens Transform Africa Summit 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Kigali, 10 May 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Kagame today opened the Transform Africa 2017 Summit in Kigali themed \u2018Smart Cities\u2019, which brings together Heads of State, First Ladies, Ministers and Government officials in ICT &amp; related sectors such as digital economy, infrastructure, finance, health, education, and energy, Mayors of African cities, Telecom and Utilities Regulators, Heads of International and Regional Organizations, ICT Industry leaders, innovators and investors and young innovators, Girls and Women in STEM among other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame, in his remarks observed that technology is a powerful framework for bringing diverse stakeholders together to define challenges and find solutions.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf technology is entrenching divides, rather than equalising opportunities, then we are not harnessing it well. Access to technology information must also not distinguish between rich and poor. So long as women and girls are lagging behind then we are not on the right track. We must deliver on technology\u2019s promise to bridge divides, rather than deepen them.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>On low connectivity in Africa, President Kagame said this should be regarded as an opportunity rather than a challenge.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis must be regarded as an opportunity for stronger public-private collaboration. In Rwanda, our partnership with Korea Telecom has already served to speed up our progress toward the broadband target. Africa has to be connected, and why not at the highest possible speeds. Our future well-being, depends on how well we respond to these challenges, right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Kagame said African leaders need to work together to put technology in hands of citizens in order to build inclusive and sustainable places to live, as the continent looks set to emerge as one of the planet\u2019s great centres of growth, innovation and opportunity in the generations ahead.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, 10 May 2017 President Kagame today opened the Transform Africa 2017 Summit in Kigali themed \u2018Smart Cities\u2019, which brings together Heads of State, First Ladies, Ministers and Government officials in ICT &amp; related sectors such as digital economy, infrastructure, finance, health, education, and energy, Mayors of African cities, Telecom and Utilities Regulators, Heads of International and Regional Organizations, ICT Industry leaders, innovators and investors and young innovators, Girls and Women in STEM among other stakeholders. 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