{"id":34483,"date":"2017-05-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-joins-summit-participants-in-cultural-gala\/"},"modified":"2017-05-13T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:53:22","slug":"kagame-joins-summit-participants-in-cultural-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-joins-summit-participants-in-cultural-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame joins summit participants in cultural gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame, his counterpart Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti and Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta of Mali yesterday joined thousands of participants in the Transform Africa Summit 2017 in the cultural evening.}<\/p>\n<p>The event which was organized to welcome guests in the Land of Thousand Hills was hosted yesterday evening in Kigali Exhibition Village, Camp Kigali and attracted  dignitaries including; Zambia prime minister, Patrice Trovoada and vice president of Zambia Inonge Wina, Rwanda\u2019s ministers, state ministers , mayor  of Kigali city among others. <\/p>\n<p>The colorful ceremony was marked by traditional songs and dances of National Ballet (Urukerereza) and artists from Nyundo School of music. <\/p>\n<p>As Transfrom Africa Summit kicked off yesterday, the Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana welcomed participants from different corners of the world. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 3,800 participants from 81 countries are attending Transform Africa where nine heads of states will participate along with four prime ministers representing their countries.<\/p>\n<p>Transform Africa Summit 2017 that kicked off yesterday will close on 12th May 2017. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19928 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/12-338-7fc68.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame, his counterpart Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti and Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta of Mali yesterday  in the cultural evening\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19932 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-1430-33cc7.jpg\" alt=\"First Lady Jeannette Kagame (right) with other participants of the cultural gala\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19931 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-513-14cb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19930 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-425-ae50a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19929 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-440-c448a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame, his counterpart Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti and Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta of Mali yesterday 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