Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>A video released by the Rwandan embassy in Senegal on Sunday shows former United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda Fode Ndiaye saying the country\u2019s \u201cvisionary leadership\u201d has a lesson to teach African countries.<\/p>\nThe Senegalese development economist and former banker headed the One UN system in Rwanda from 2017 until 2022, when the country had embarked on recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the multifaceted crisis in which Rwanda found itself after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which claimed more than one million lives, Ndiaye said the country has since experienced a transformational era.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have a country that was for several years before Covid among the top 10 performers in doing business, among top 10 countries in economic growth rate. In 2022, after Covid, the real growth rate stayed at 9,2 per cent per year after a decline during the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRwanda made three choices which are important after of the Genocide against the Tutsi. First, it\u2019s unity; \u2018We are all Rwandans.\u2019 It\u2019s not a problem of ethnicity; it\u2019s about being Rwandan and patriotic,\u201d said Ndiaye who attended a recent event organised by the embassy in Senegal.<\/p>\n
\u201cRwanda will be built by Rwandans,\u201d Ndiaye said of the second choice, which is accountability and the responsibility of developing the country.<\/p>\n
On the third choice, which is thinking big, he said, with a territory of 26,338 square kilometres and 13 million people, Rwanda had to make bold steps to ensure it survives in the region of bigger countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the visionary leadership did not stop there because the problem is how you combine leadership and management if you want to get results. They made the Vision 2020 and they have Vision 2050,\u201d Ndiaye said of the strategic planning that seeks to take the country from a low-income economy to a high-income status by 2050.<\/p>\n
Ndiaye\u2019s \u2018favourite\u2019 homegrown solutions<\/p>\n
Ndiaye said there are three important homegrown solutions for Rwandans.<\/p>\n
First, he said there is Umushyikirano, the national dialogue that bring together leaders and citizens to discuss openly issues of national interest and deliberate solutions; and Umwiherero, the National Leadership Retreat, in which the leaders in all sectors spend days together to reflect on what has been achieved and what need to be done to further development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second factor that I find important is the institutions, systems and ecosystems put in place, because we need institutions of the system and human capital to put the vision into reality and so that the people can find their way there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf today, to give just an example, everybody talks about artificial intelligence, did you know that Rwanda already has an artificial intelligence programme, where they put their own resources, $75 million? I don\u2019t see many African countries that already anticipate. And that’S the vision. We have to anticipate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He talked of Norrsken, Africa\u2019s largest start-up and innovation hub that is based in Kigali, and the African Institute for Mathematical Science, which promotes teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to both boys and girls, as well as the African Leadership University and Kigali International Financial Centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is also going to change the country, and Rwanda understands that.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third element is investing in human capital, Ndiaye said. \u201cHow do we ensure that we take the best, even if we are late? Rwanda takes young people from Africa and elsewhere and brings them to contribute to the development of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also noted inclusivity in all sectors, which is not only about women but also people living with disabilities, who are represented in Parliament.<\/p>\n
He finds commendable the Itorero, a programme that trains the youth to be resilient in the future.<\/p>\n
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