{"id":39474,"date":"2019-06-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-visits-kigali-based-sustainable\/"},"modified":"2019-06-10T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:20:09","slug":"kagame-visits-kigali-based-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-visits-kigali-based-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame visits Kigali-based Sustainable Development Goals Centre for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The office of the presidency has posted photos showing the president with the center\u2019s management though areas of discussions held during the visit were not revealed.  <\/p>\n<p>President Kagame visits the center as Rwanda awaits hosting (on 12th -14th June 2019)  a summit reflecting on five year journey since SDGs were inaugurated, and identifying together gaps,challenges and drawing measures towards achieving the goals in 12 years ahead. <\/p>\n<p>In September 2015, the United Nations ratified 17 Sustainable Development Goals after completing Millenium Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>These goals are engulfed in broad plans for economic development aimed at eradicating poverty, promoting inter-continental harmony and inclusive development. They were aligned with  Africa\u2019s Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n<p>The latter is Africa\u2019s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. <\/p>\n<p>It is the continent\u2019s strategic framework that aims to deliver on its goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance <\/p>\n<p>The Director General of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC\/A), Dr Belay Begashaw told media yesterday that  the upcoming summit will focus on three areas namely: Health, Education and Agriculture with the aim of promoting food self-sufficiency. <\/p>\n<p>The summit to be held in Rwanda on 12th-14th June 2019 will attract around 2000 participants including representatives from non-governmental organizations, Governments, entrepreneurs and researchers among others from across the World.<br \/>\nSix heads of states are expected to make a presentation on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa on the last day of the summit. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29639 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kagame1-10-1981c.jpg\" alt=\"The president with The Director General of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC\/A), Dr Belay Begashaw\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29640 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kagame3-7-b50b9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29641 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kagame2-9-edc80.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29642 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kagame4-4-d5203.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame has visited Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Centre for Africa, in Kigali\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29643 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4_-_copy-2-cb3ec.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29644 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2_-_copy-5-33e41.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29645 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-1432-f7e31.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29646 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-1242-7e402.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29647 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-863-20633.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29648 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-806-df7e2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29649 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/12-653-7e714.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29650 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/13-568-9c2bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has visited Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Centre for Africa, in Kigali, an international organization working to accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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