He delivered the message on Tuesday 18th October 2022 during an interactive session with students and teachers on his visit to the school located in Kigarama Sector of Kicukiro District in Kigali City.
“The UAE has put great emphasis in promoting science, technology and innovation in the education system and curriculum. One of the targets of National Agenda is that UAE students must be the best in the world in reading, mathematics and science.
This is something that I also wish for all of you, to be the best you can be in your science classes at your school,” said Amb. Alqahtani.
The Ambassador also took the opportunity to share the key initiatives put in place by the UAE in advancing education not only to UAE citizens but also to Rwandans.
Since 2002, the UAE through the Al Maktoum Foundation has supported Rwanda’s education by funding two secondary schools namely; the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Girls Secondary School for Sciences in Muhanga and the Hamdan Bin Rashid Kimisange Secondary School which he has visited.
Students from these schools have been performing well in national examinations.
For the last 12 years, the UAE through the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has also been 100% supporting the Islamic Secondary School for Sciences and the Islamic Cultural center.
Within the framework of joint action in order to support the education sector in Rwanda, the UAE Government provided scholarships to outstanding students in different UAE universities, through the UAE Technical Assistance Program.
“The scholarship programs will enable the students to build a better future, and contribute to achieving development for their country and the local community,” said Amb. Alqahtani.
In 2018, 20 male and female students from Rwanda received UAE Government scholarships at the UAE University in the disciplines of Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, and Computer Science.
Among others, 10 Rwandan students were given full scholarships to pursue bachelor’s degree programs at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University in 2019.
In consideration of the fact that education plays a critical role in knowledge-driven economy, Amb. Alqahtani commended students for excellent performance and reiterated his country’s commitment to provide scholarships to best performers in internationally recognized universities of his country.
The UAE has established an excellent and diversified system of higher education in a very short period.
The UAE University, founded in 1976, led higher education in the country. Since then, the UAE currently has more than 76 public and private institutions of higher education and they include universities, colleges and vocational and technical institutes, both local and international campuses, such as the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University, New York University and American University of Sharjah.
It has been providing scholarships to Rwandan students who excelled in their secondary education at some of these public and private universities.
Maki Abdalla Ali Hamadian, the Country Director of Al Makhtoum Foundation Rwanda said that the organization did not only contribute to infrastructure development mainly in the education sector in Rwanda, but also paid tuition fees for vulnerable families and provided food relief among others.
He explained that the two secondary schools have graduated over 700 students of whom more than 150 were admitted to universities in Rwanda while 60 were supported to pursue studies abroad.
Among others, 15 students were fully supported by the foundation and completed secondary studies.
The schools offer education from the lower to the upper secondary school with a focus on science courses in the combinations of Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology (MCB) as well as Mathematics, Physics and Geography (MPG) but the foundation plans to introduce technical courses to contribute to holistic, social and economic transformation.
During his visit to Hamdan Bin Rashid Kimisange Secondary School for Sciences, Amb. Alqahtani toured different facilities including a laboratory, computer lab and awarded a senior 5 student who exhibited outstanding performance with a laptop.
The Head Teacher of the school, Valens Safari thanked the ambassador for the gift which he considered a motivation for other students to work hard, so long as they have witnessed that hard work pays off.
Students thanked the ambassador for paying them a visit and got an opportunity to ask questions of curiosity.
The African airline has been operating flights to London via Brussels for the past five years, but from next month, these flights will be replaced with a new non-stop service to cater to demand.
A statement announcing the move reads that the new direct flights, which are on sale from today, will operate four times a week, an increase from the airline’s current indirect thrice-weekly operation.
Flights depart Kigali each Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 23:35, arriving in London at 06:20 the following morning.
The return flight departs the British capital at 20:30 each Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, arriving at RwandAir’s home hub at 07:00 the following morning.
Customers traveling to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills, will experience RwandAir’s state-of-the-art A330, which offers a choice of flying in Business Class or Economy Class.
Commenting on the development; Yvonne Makolo, the CEO of RwandAir said: “We are excited to be launching direct flights to London, which are on sale from today, due to the popularity of our current services.
The UK is an incredibly important market for us, and we know our customers will value the shorter flight times and increased connections that will be offered by the new service.”
These direct flights are expected to increase access for those looking to see the famous mountain gorillas, experience Rwanda’s majestic scenery, or go on a safari at Akagera National Park.
The airlines’ convenient schedule also allows for easy connections through Kigali and onto a wealth of destinations in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
The airline has flown between London and Kigali since May 2017 via an indirect service through Brussels, having launched flights from London Gatwick on 26th May 2017.
In 2020, after three successful years of operations, the African carrier airline decided to switch flights to the UK’s busiest airport London Heathrow, helping to improve connections for those traveling from further afield.
From its hub at the heart of Africa at Kigali International Airport, RwandAir is renowned for its excellent on-time performance, customer service, and safety. The airline has for two successive years been awarded “The best airline staff in Africa”
RwandAir currently serves 28 destinations across East, Central, West, and Southern Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
The Head of State gave them cows on Monday 17th October 2022 at his farm located in Kibugabuga, Bugesera District.
Kagame went to the farm with other people including the son of Ugandan President, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who is on a private visit to Rwanda along with his delegation.
Footages shared on social media show President Kagame in the farm with Gen Muhoozi and Andrew Mwenda along with other people.
“Alex pick yours, Barnabus picks his and the remaining two are mine,” Mwenda is heard conversing with people in the farm.
Kagame is also heard telling Mwenda that he would pick one only as the remaining of the two cows pointed at goes to Brig Gen Rwivanga.
“Of the remaining two; one goes to you, another goes to Rwivanga,” he said.
Mwenda immediately replied that he will be sharing with people that President Kagame gave him a cow.
IGIHE has learnt that the Head of State presented to the guests, three herds in three groups mainly; Abadaheranwa, Indashyikirwa and Imbabazamahanga.
It is said that other people in the delegation of Gen Muhoozi also received cows at the farm.
Gen Muhoozi who serves as the Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations, has been on a private visit to Rwanda since Saturday 15th October 2022.
He was also gifted cows by President Kagame during his recent visit to Rwanda in March 2022.
Gen Muhoozi has visited Rwanda three times this year. His mediation efforts saw the tensions that existed between Rwanda and Uganda for four years de-escalating.
The five-day Pre-Selection Assistance and Assessment Team (SAAT) course brought together 24 Police officers from six East Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states.
It is conducted in partnership with EASF, Denmark and Norway.
The Commandant of PTS, Commissioner of Police (CP) Robert Niyonshuti, while officially opening the course on behalf of Rwanda National Police (RNP) leadership, said that it signifies the commitment of EASF member states to empower women in maintaining and sustaining a fully operational and multidimensional integrated standby force ready to respond to emerging crisis.
“Rwanda is committed to ensure that women fully participate in the peace and security processes,” CP Niyonshuti said.
Rwanda is among the leading contributors of Police peacekeepers, with at least 30 percent of them females.
To fulfill the EASF commitment, CP Niyonshuti said, there is need to have competent, disciplined, skilled and professional police and this is achieved through training.
He added that prior to Police deployment in any peacekeeping missions, it is mandatory that selected police officers should be trained and assessed to ascertain their competence.
“For Individual Police Officers to be deployed, this assessment is conducted by certified instructors and focuses on the knowledge of United Nations peace operations and policing standards; language skills, driving firearms handling and shooting as well as computer skills. These are tasks that awaits you after completing this course,” the Commandant told the participants.
Col. Ali Mohamed Robleh, the Head of Police Component at EASF, said that the bloc will continue its gender promotion policy in order to increase the visibility of female police officers from member states in the activities of the police component of the EASF.
“Females deserve their place in the spotlight just like their male colleagues,” Col. Robleh said.
Bjarne Askholm, the EASF Police Advisor for International Advisory and Coordination (IACS), said that during the five days, participants will learn from, and share experiences.
“You will be guided on how to act as Female Assessment Mission Service (AMS) Pre-Saat instructor and train each other to enable your competencies,” Askholm said.
The course, the first of its kind, aims to strengthen the capacity of the EASF, enable member states to have Selection Assistance and Assessment Teams that will be responsible for pre-selecting and preparing Individual Police Officers in their respective countries to take part in the mandatory examination called Mission Service Assessment, whether organized by the UN or the AU.
They will also be supporting AU or UN SAATs during their visit to conduct AMS in their respective countries or in other EASF member states.
Gabon became the 55th member of the Commonwealth on 25 June 2022 following approval from Commonwealth leaders during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, and the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, led the flag-raising ceremony formally welcoming the Commonwealth’s newest member.
In her opening remarks, the Commonwealth Secretary-General said: “It is a great day for Gabon and a great day for the Commonwealth. A day which signifies the strengthening of the relationship between the Francophone and Anglophone families across the world.
“Gabon’s entry [into the Commonwealth] has been an incredible journey. We have walked it together, all of us, and that journey to entry is at an end. So today, we stand at a new beginning: a new chapter for Gabon and for the Commonwealth.
“Together, we breathe new life into our commitment to democracy, the rule of law, freedom, and peace. Strengthened by the spirit of the Gabonese and their thirst for a better world, commitment to partnership and determination to join the Commonwealth’s drive to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris agenda.
“Today, we welcome you into our family home, where we work every day to deepen our togetherness and strive for that invincibility. Welcome to a unique and special group of nations which are committed to doing their best to uphold shared values and help one another.
“God bless Gabon and God bless the Commonwealth.”
President Ali Bongo Ondimba, on his part, said: “It is a real pleasure to welcome you all on this important day for my country, the Gabonese Republic, as we symbolically raise the “Vert – Jaune – Bleu”, the Green – Yellow and Blue colours of the Gabonese Nation here at the Commonwealth Secretariat for the first time.
“In a world full of uncertainties, mostly created by humanity’s excesses and greed, we believe strongly that the Commonwealth family of nations is a unique and varied community of countries that share common values and whose diversity represents a formidable melting pot of ideas and solutions.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Baroness Patricia Scotland and your entire team for your enthusiastic engagement and hard work throughout our candidacy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that from the very first day we felt that we were already members.”
The flag of Gabon was then ceremoniously hoisted on the roof of Marlborough House to the tune of Gabon’s national anthem with guests, including high commissioners, senior government officials, and the media, looking on.
By joining the Commonwealth, Gabon’s Embassy in London now officially becomes a High Commission, with H.E. Aicha Sanni serving as High Commissioner.
Gabon will also now have the opportunity to be part of big discussions and a mutually supportive community of 56 independent and sovereign states, aided by more than 80 accredited organisations and more than 50 strategic partnerships with organisations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health Organization.
The prize was bestowed to Botoh during a ceremony held in Kigali in September 2022.
“Classic Optic” is an eyewear dispensary, specializing in the sale of ophthalmic lenses, lenses, frames and eyeglass accessories.
The shop is based in Kigali where it has two branches: one in Remera, on the ground floor of the “Umuyenzi Plaza”, and the other in the city center, on the ground floor of MIC building.
Samson Botoh B. is a married man and a father of two children. He holds a Master’s degree in business management from HEC Abidjan. Botoh B is alsoa graduate from the school of optics, (ISFOP-Abidjan) LOKO.
Speaking with IGIHE, he revealed that he left his country in 2009 to pursue his passion. At every turn of the conversation, Botoh would bring up his enthusiasm for these glasses, saying, “Sight is life!”
Botoh plans to expand his business countrywide, and possibly across the African continent.
He took this opportunity to express his gratitude for the organizers of the Pandev 2022 prize, for choosing him among the rest of the skilled Africans that were equally deserving. He also gave credit to the zeal and professionalism of his employees.
Their dedication is centered on top notch services to clients and the zeal for the pursuit of excellence.
The favourable environment, incentives offered to foreign investors and the strong demand for quality products and professionalism are among other reasons that lured Botoh to set up business in Rwanda.
Padev Prize is organized every year. It is bestowed to individuals from various sectors with outstanding contribution to the development of their countries and the African continent as well.
Under the name “Rwanda Notify,” QT Global Software Ltd. will establish this system locally, making Rwanda the second country in Africa to adopt this contact tracing technology.
Commenting on the development; Minister Paula Ingabire said: “While traditional contact tracing efforts are effective, technologies like Exposure Notifications augment these efforts and make the job simpler.”
“Our job within the technology community is to find ways of collaboration to solve societies most pressing problems, this is an example of people joining forces to combat a virus that affects us all,” said Robert Kainamura, CEO of QT Global Software.
Upon activating Rwanda Notify on iOS or downloading the app on Android, users can receive or send exposure notifications when they or their contacts have tested positive for COVID-19.
The phone exchanges random, anonymous codes through Bluetooth with the phones of nearby people who also have enabled Rwanda Notify on their smartphones.
Whenever a Rwanda Notify user tests positive for COVID-19 and adds their verification code to the app, Rwanda Notify sends anonymous notifications to any other users who have been near the infected person in the past two weeks.
This lets the user get the care they need quickly and helps prevent them from spreading COVID-19 to other people.
Rwanda Notify is entirely voluntary and prioritizes every user’s privacy and confidentiality. The Exposure Notification framework is designed to safeguard and avoid connecting any personal data with an individual’s device.
For example, the identity and location of the users are not known or kept by the app. Rwanda Notify gives the power to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Rwanda by keeping everyone, their loved ones, and the community at large safe.
On Android, the Rwanda Notify app can be downloaded on Google Play; if you have an iPhone, opt-in to Exposure Notifications in your device settings.
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The donation is part of the club’s initiatives to continue supporting vulnerable people to access healthcare.
The donation was handed over to local leaders on 14th October 2022 during an event in which Rotary Club interacted with the youth and urged them to strive for a better future.
Rotary Club Kalisimbi also donated books to different schools in Muhima Sector.
The President of Rotary Club Kalisimbi, Kelechi Anyanwu Reginald said that the donation was meant to contribute to improved wellbeing of beneficiaries.
Pascal Niyonsaba, Muhima Sector official in charge of social affairs commended the club for the support provided to needy residents.
“We commend Rotary Club for the acts of generosity to support the needy. Subscribing residents for Mutuelle de Santé will help them access healthcare. Besides, the donation of books holds a great significance because our children will read them and get updated on what happens across the world,” he said.
Rotary Club Kalisimbi is among ten local clubs involved in different activities geared towards community development.
These include Rotary Club Kigali Mont Jali, Musanze-Murera, Rotary Club Kigali Virunga, Rotary Club Kigali Doyen, Rotary Club Gasabo, Rotary Club Seniors, Rotary club Kivu Lake and Rotary Club Butare.
Established 118 years ago, Rotary International is an organization purposed to bring together businesses and professionals to provide humanitarian services and providing support in addressing problems facing the world by combating illiteracy and poverty, contributing to the provision of safe water, handling disputes, environmental and prevention fighting diseases and do lots of projects geared towards community development.
Museveni said in a national address telecast live that the lockdown will last 21 days.
According to the measures, movement in and out of the two districts is prohibited. The two districts have also been placed under a night curfew with only cargo vehicles allowed to exit.
Public gatherings have been prohibited including places of worship and entertainment centers.
Schools will remain open but under strict supervision by district medical teams.
Mubende was the epicenter of the Ebola virus disease outbreak after the index case was announced on Sept. 20.
The country currently has 58 confirmed cases of Ebola, with 19 deaths, and 20 people have recovered since the index case was reported, according to government data.
An extensive review of these achievements, measured from multiple perspectives, may provide some insights into how far China has advanced in its pursuit of national development and rejuvenation over the past ten years.
{{New heights}}
In May 2020, when an eight-member Chinese team climbed to the summit of Mount Qomolangma to survey the mountain, they kept in touch with the base camp of the peak via 5G network.
This owes to the world’s highest 5G base station, which was built at an altitude of 6,500 meters in tandem with the survey mission to provide signals covering the summit of Mount Qomolangma.
Delivering a 5G signal to the world’s highest peak is not the only new height China reached in the past decade. On June 25, 2021, the world’s highest electrified railway started operation in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, connecting the regional capital Lhasa and Nyingchi City.
The country now also boasts the world’s highest civil airport, train station and grid-connected photovoltaic power station as growing innovation and infrastructure strengths are taking the Chinese people to higher levels of development and well-being.
From 2012 to 2021, China’s GDP grew from 53.9 trillion yuan (about 7.58 trillion U.S. dollars) to 114.4 trillion yuan, and its per capita GDP jumped to over 12,000 U.S. dollars from 6,300 dollars. Also in this period, the country’s contribution to global economic growth exceeded 30 percent.
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Backed by technological advancement, development progress and institutional strength, China has gained speed in many areas. In 2021, China introduced a high-speed maglev train that can operate at a top speed of 600 kilometers per hour as the country continued to lead the world in rail technologies.
In December last year, a Long March-4B rocket successfully sent a new group of satellites into space, marking the 400th launch mission of the China-developed Long March carrier rocket series.
Of the 400 launch missions by Long March rockets, the first three 100 launches were completed in 37 years, seven and a half years, and around four years, respectively, while the fourth 100 missions were carried out in only 33 months.
With leapfrog development being made in telecommunication infrastructure, China has become faster digitally. The country has built the world’s largest 5G network, and every administrative village now enjoys access to a broadband service.
In the battle against the COVID-19 virus, China also moved fast to brave the challenges. Makeshift hospitals were built quickly, and the shortage of medical resources and supplies was solved in the shortest time possible. By doing so, people’s lives and health were protected to the maximum extent.
{{Great strides }}
Over the past ten years, China has made great strides in different spheres from space exploration, scientific and technological innovation to infrastructure construction.
China’s Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, successfully landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, nearly 300 days after it was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China’s island province of Hainan on July 23, 2020.
In September 2022, the C919, China’s first homegrown large jetliner, secured certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, a milestone step on its journey to market operation.
The 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, known as the longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing in the world, links China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the city of Zhuhai in the southern Guangdong Province and Macao SAR. It has brought tremendous opportunities and benefits to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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China’s elimination of extreme poverty has been one of the highlights of the country’s remarkable development over the past decade.
The country had lifted all of its 98.99 million impoverished rural residents out of poverty by the end of 2020. Precise measures were implemented to improve the efficiency of poverty alleviation work.
This approach required officials of all levels to identify who the actual impoverished people were and the factors that led to their poverty.
Nearly 20 million civil servants and volunteers were positioned in impoverished villages to battle poverty on the frontline. Each household or even family member was given a bespoke poverty relief plan.
{{Going deeper }}
The Jinping Underground Laboratory, located 2,400 meters beneath the surface in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, is the deepest underground laboratory in the world.
Within the depths of this lab, experiments in astrophysics and dark matter are able to be performed, which has helped China attain leadership in the world concerning research in these fields.
The construction of the lab is just an epitome of China’s broader enormous strides in exploring the mysteries of space and seeking excellence in the pursuit of science.
China has been striving to strengthen scientific and technological innovation by placing it at the center of overall national development. Major achievements include the unveiling of the Fendouzhe deep-sea manned submersible, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) and the launch of a deep space monitoring network.
{{Power reform}}
China’s consistent and firm reform efforts were the powerful impetus behind the country’s historical changes and substantial achievements in the past decade.
By fully leveraging the decisive role of the market in allocating resources, China has granted market entities more vitality and space to develop and amass wealth. Driven by these efforts, China’s market entities have been growing and are playing crucial roles in fuelling the economy and stabilizing employment.
The number of market entities registered in China has topped 160 million, creating job opportunities for approximately 300 million people, official data showed.
Focusing on ensuring and improving people’s well-being, the Chinese government has made institutional innovations ranging from trial projects in pursuit of effective rural residential land reform to the reform of the medical and healthcare system.
Amid efforts to boost opening up, China has also shortened the negative list for foreign investment for five consecutive years since 2017, and put more laws and regulations into force, including the Foreign Investment Law, to step up protection for foreign investors.
{{Solid foundation}}
Under natural conditions, it takes 200 to 400 years to form a one-centimeter layer of black soil that is very precious for farming.
In the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, the average thickness of the arable layer in the black soil area has increased from 19.8 cm to 23.3 cm due to the promotion of agricultural technologies, crucial to ensure China’s grain security.
Just like crops need fertile soil to grow, China achieved tremendous growth in the past decade thanks to its robust economic fundamentals.
China boasts the biggest and most complete industrial system worldwide. It is the world’s largest producer of over 220 types of industrial products and has all the industrial categories listed in the United Nations industrial classification.
The country also built the world’s largest 5G network, largest high-speed railway system, largest expressway network and largest online retail market.
All these efforts help create a solid foundation for the development of the real economy and China’s industrial upgrading.
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China is seeking to increase the “density” of its economic growth — higher-quality and more efficient economic expansion by maximizing economic and social benefits, advancing innovation, and boosting emerging sectors while minimizing the environmental impact and resource exploitation.
Compared with 2012, China’s energy consumption, carbon emissions and water consumption per unit of GDP had dropped by 26.4 percent, 34.4 percent and 45 percent, respectively, in 2021.
China’s land consumption per unit of GDP declined by 40.85 percent in the 2012-2021 period.
China’s innovation capabilities have grown significantly, with the country moving up to 11th place in the Global Innovation Index 2022 released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, 23 places higher than its 2012 ranking.
New growth drivers such as biomedicine, new energy vehicles, and artificial intelligence constantly came to the fore, injecting new impetus into the Chinese economy.
{{Reaching out }}
China is leaving ever-increasing marks on global development, bringing better lives and other tangible benefits to countries and regions worldwide.
A series of landmark projects bore witness to this contribution. The Peljesac Bridge in the south of Croatia, built by a Chinese consortium, opened in July 2022. It realized “the centuries-old dream of connecting the south with the rest of Croatia,” said Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
Thanks to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, the Maldives has its first cross-sea bridge, Serbia’s Smederevo steel mill restored prosperity, and the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway helped facilitate transportation along the route.
A vast market, a host of myriad global events, a manufacturing powerhouse — China has never been more integrated into the world economy.
Currently, an average of over 73 million yuan worth of goods are traded per minute between China and the rest of the world, while over 40 trains travel back and forth between China and around 200 European cities every day.
{{Infusing warmth }}
Guided by the people-centered philosophy upheld by the Chinese leaders, the country’s remarkable development in the past decade has spread warmth and care among its people.
Nearly 99 million rural poor people were lifted from poverty as the country eradicated absolute poverty for good, and a moderately prosperous society in all respects has been built.
Some 350 million rural students are guaranteed a nutritious diet, while 1.04 billion people are covered by basic pensions and 1.36 billion by medical insurance.
Going forward, China has set out new development goals and placed common prosperity in a more prominent position, aiming at affluence shared by everyone, both in material and cultural terms.
“We must insist that our development is for the people and depends on the people and that its fruits are shared by the people,” stated a document on the country’s development for the 2021-2025 period and long-term goals through 2035.
