{"id":51353,"date":"2024-09-02T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-on-how-africa-indonesia-can-foster-more-strategic-collaboration\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:03:33","slug":"kagame-on-how-africa-indonesia-can-foster-more-strategic-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-on-how-africa-indonesia-can-foster-more-strategic-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame on how Africa, Indonesia can foster more strategic collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kagame made these remarks on Monday, September 2, 2024, during the ongoing 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) in Bali, Indonesia. <\/p>\n

Organized by the Indonesian government, the forum, themed \u201cBandung Spirit for Africa\u2019s Agenda 2063,\u201d aims to foster cooperation and partnerships between African states and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

The Rwandan Head of State underscored that both Indonesia and Africa possess an abundance of critical raw materials essential for driving the global transition to sustainable energy. He emphasized that these resources are pivotal for advancing local industries and creating more jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to share experiences to ensure that it gains from these historic opportunities that benefit our people in the form of new jobs, our complex manufacturing value chain,\u201d President Kagame stated, adding, \u201cWe cannot accept the exploitative pattern of the past be repeated unchallenged.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, President Kagame observed that there are vast, untapped opportunities in technology, education, and innovation that remain underexplored by both Indonesian and African companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see Indonesia leading the way in technology, education and innovative business model yet relatively few Indonesian companies are active in Africa and the opportunities in Indonesia are also relatively unknown to Africa\u2019s private sector. This should change,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He extended a warm invitation to Indonesian investors and entrepreneurs to explore investment opportunities in Rwanda, noting that a new agreement would be signed on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, between Rwanda\u2019s Private Sector Federation and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to enhance this partnership.<\/p>\n

\u201cRwanda is open for business and we extend a warm welcome to investors and entrepreneurs from Indonesia. I am pleased that an agreement will be signed tomorrow by our respective business associations and I trust that it will be quickly put into action,\u201d President Kagame noted.<\/p>\n

President Kagame also called for more partnerships that would enable more African students to study science and technology in Indonesia, as well as facilitate collaboration with Indonesian startups. <\/p>\n

Additionally, the Rwandan Head of State emphasized the need for increased coordination in multi-sectoral settings, particularly in areas such as climate change and trade negotiations. <\/p>\n

He stated, \u201cWhenever our interests overlap, we should never take too long before we streamline that.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Kagame commended Indonesian President Joko Widodo for his efforts in strengthening Indonesian and African relations, notably with Rwanda. <\/p>\n

In July, Rwanda and Indonesia signed a Visa Waiver Agreement for Diplomatic and Service Passport Holders. <\/p>\n

Additionally, Rwanda has been included in Indonesia’s Visa on Arrival (VoA) list since February 2023. This arrangement exempts holders of Rwandan passports travelling to Indonesia for tourism, business, transit, or official purposes from applying for a visa prior to their travel, as they can obtain it upon arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have been a true friend. Working together, a strong foundation has been laid and I have no doubt that there are going to be concrete results that we will all be proud of,” President Kagame told his Indonesian counterpart.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame has disclosed that Africa and Asia have the potential to reap significant benefits from deepening mutual strategic collaborations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000074418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000074418,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwcny16xmaauusd.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51353","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000074418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51353"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51353"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}