{"id":23218,"date":"2016-02-14T05:02:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T05:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-lauds-progress-of-african\/"},"modified":"2016-02-16T04:19:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T04:19:40","slug":"president-kagame-lauds-progress-of-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-lauds-progress-of-african\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame lauds progress of African Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

{President Paul Kagame has attended NBA Africa Summit with the American Commissioner of National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Silver and Masai Ujiri, the manager Toronto Raptors Basketball Team in Canada.}<\/p>\n

The festive feeling that started to percolate in downtown Toronto on Thursday roars into a basketball-themed beast of its own for the weekend, culminating in the 65th edition of the all-star game today.<\/p>\n

During his speech, Kagame thanked Ujiri as well as African players for their work in promoting basketball on the continent, according to the Twitter account for his office.
\nIn a conversation President Kagame held with CNN journalist, Wolf Blitzerhe, he lauded Masai Ujiri as well as other Africans for their contribution in the development of Basketball in Africa.<\/p>\n

He said that sports brings together people and instills a value of commitment and a spirit of team and competition spirit.<\/p>\n

President Kagame said that Rwanda has committed to playing a leading role in such activities supposed to contribute to the development of Africa and the World in general.<\/p>\n

He highlighted that countries like United States of America and Canada must perceive African countries as partners since most areas of investments are found on this continent. <\/p>\n

President Kagame said that Rwanda leadership concentrates efforts in transforming livelihoods of her people with Rwandans themselves being at the center of all innovations. <\/p>\n

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