{"id":23533,"date":"2016-02-27T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/energy-is-more-than-a-commodity-kagame\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T03:54:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T03:54:51","slug":"energy-is-more-than-a-commodity-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/energy-is-more-than-a-commodity-kagame\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy is more than a commodity\u2014Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that Africa will never be a continent of middle income economy unless it sets sustainable solutions to the generation and distribution of energy.}<\/p>\n<p>He revealed this in Houston, Texas of USA which centered around African future and global energy related issues.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame is in United States of America where he attended the International Energy Summit organized by IHS Inc Company. IHS Inc is a company that provides information and analysis to support governments in the decision-making process of businesses, security levels, technology and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his speech, President Kagame has demonstrated that energy is not only a commodity but also a foundation of world\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Africa will need more energy resources in next two years.<br \/>\n\u201cAfrica will step forward in resisting challenges of inadequate energy in developing countries. Africa will never become a middle income economy unless it gets enough energy resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president said Africa has a lot to offer as a partner in innovation and creativity while it is a better place to launch and expand needed technology in effectively distributing the energy.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Africa is gradually progressing unlike people considering it a continent of calamities.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame said that opportunities found in Africa can generate big profits for investors in maintaining the development of citizens. He noted that African continent is wealthy not a burden with challenges to be addressed by the rest of the world. <\/p>\n<p>Talking on the East African Community, Kagame said that countries are working together, showing willingness to achieve more. He also unveiled the presence of investment opportunities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are integrating politically, taking into consideration the master plan of our infrastructures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Kagame is expected to give a lecture on political issues in Harvard Institute of Politics, in Boston city.<\/p>\n<p>He is also expected to lecture on economic development based on Rwandan experience in Harvard Business School. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that Africa will never be a continent of middle income economy unless it sets sustainable solutions to the generation and distribution of energy.} He revealed this in Houston, Texas of USA which centered around African future and global energy related issues. President Kagame is in United States of America where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-23533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23533"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=23533"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=23533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}