{"id":48922,"date":"2023-09-22T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-meets-with-un-secretary-general-fifa-president\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T09:19:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:19:49","slug":"kagame-meets-with-un-secretary-general-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-meets-with-un-secretary-general-fifa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame meets with UN Secretary-General, FIFA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions with Guterres revolved around productive cooperation with various UN agencies contributing to Rwanda\u2019s progress. They also exchanged on the security situation in the region and on topics of continental and global impact.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kagame and Infantino discussed FIFA\u2019s partnership with Rwanda in football development.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino was in Rwanda early this year during the 73rd FIFA Congress at BK Arena in Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>Among others, Kagame held talks with James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Technology and Society at Google for a conversation on furthering partnerships towards harnessing the power of technology, such as Artificial Intelligence, to accelerate economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Google entered agreements with Rwanda aimed at helping the country to accelerate digital transformation. This initiative is in line with Rwanda\u2019s ambition to drive inclusive economic development leveraging technology.<\/p>\n<p>The President also met with Under-Secretary-General United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Achim Steine for a discussion on the status of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the UNDP-Rwanda partnership, including the agency\u2019s role in the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59875\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53204316953_21a024ecaf_b-3d227.jpg\" alt=\"Google and Rwanda entered agreements aimed at helping the country to accelerate digital transformation. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59874\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53204032328_e8086b1ccc_b-0d7f3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59873\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53203952055_dd768b82b9_b-b6052.jpg\" alt=\"The President also met with Under-Secretary-General United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Achim Steine.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59872\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53203614536_42ac5919b6_b-f966d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59871\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53202847977_6b07909c90_b-c7a92.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame with Gianni Infantino in New York. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59870\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53202847857_89bbc98354_b-244bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59869\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-205.jpg\" alt=\"Discussions between Kagame and Guterres revolved around productive cooperation with various UN agencies contributing to Rwanda\u2019s progress.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly has held talks with different leaders including UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000059868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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 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