President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame October 5,welcome President Bongo Ondimba and First Lady Sylvia Bongo.
Earlier this week, media reported that President Ali Bongo will visit Rwanda from Friday to Saturday to study at first hand its experience with bilingualism.
Gabon is considering switching to the use of English language following Rwanda’s success.
Bongo’s visit takes place a week before the Francophonie summit in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 12, which French President Francois Hollande will attend.
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo wants to boost the use of English in his country, a former colony of France where French is widely spoken.
Earlier this week Gabon spokesperson Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nzesai told media that “Gabon wants to look closely at Rwanda’s experience with the introduction of bilingualism.”
The vast majority of Gabon’s 1.5 million people speak French.
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