He is expected in Paris this week on 17th May 2019 to attend VivaTech Summit to be held on 16th – 18th May 2019. <\/p>\n
President Kagame will also address participants of the VivaTech Summit he is attending for the second time.<\/p>\n
During his previous visit to France in May 2018, President Kagame who was chairing the African Union (AU) held talks with his France counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n
At the time, they also visited the exhibition of technology innovations aligning with VivaTech held in Paris.<\/p>\n
As announced by Jeune Afrique, the President of Senegal, Macky Sall was also invited to attend VivaTech along with President Kagame. <\/p>\n
Over 450 panelists are expected in the Summit. They include Canada Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau; Jamaican runner and Olympic legend, Usain Bolt and Jack Ma, the founder of tech giant Alibaba. <\/p>\n
VivaTech was in 2018 attended by over 100 000 participants. The same number is expected this year. A total of 9000 start-ups of which the majority will be from Africa are expected to showcase their innovations.<\/p>\n
In 2018, a total of 60 tech companies from Africa including 8 from Rwanda showcased their innovations. <\/p>\n
Rwanda was represented by Awesomity Lab which signed deal with Volkswagen to set up shared mobility solutions; AC Group known for tap and go solutions in public transport; Irembo offering e-government services; Fab Lab and Pivot Access among others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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