President Kagame to Speak at Harvard Business School

{{Today in Boston, President Kagame will share Rwanda’s ongoing journey to socio-economic change with students from the Harvard Business School who have spent the semester studying a case entitled “Rwanda: National Economic Transformation.”}}

Taught by Professor Michael Porter, a leading expert on competitive strategy and competitiveness and economic development of nations, the course chronicles Rwanda’s economy from the 13th Century through the colonial times and independence to the current economic situation.

President Kagame will speak on Rwanda’s strategy for economic and social reconstruction for the past nineteen years as well as future prospects and challenges for Rwanda’s economy.

The following day, President Kagame will address over 500 students at the University of Hartford Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies where the university is launching its Genocide and Holocaust Education Initiative.

The address titled “Vision 2020” will focus on Rwanda’s national plan of social transformation.

President Kagame began the day with a courtesy call with Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust to discuss additional opportunities for educational partnerships.