Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, has said that the existing cooperation between Rwanda and South Korea is contributing a lot in the improvement of ICT, infrastructure and rural development.
He made the remarks on Thursday as he joined South Koreans living in Rwanda to celebrate the anniversary of the National Foundation Day where they celebrate the creation of the state of Gojoseon (ancient Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom in the year 2333 BC.
Minister Nsengimana noted that South Korea assists Rwanda in the areas of capacity building, education, infrastructure and rural development and that those are key areas towards beating the 2020 Vision and EDPRS targets.
He pointed to the ICT School at the National University of Rwanda and the Kicukiro Integrated Polytechnic Regional Center (IPRC), among other infrastructures, which he said are some of the results of the cooperation
South Korea has trained 627 local individuals between 2009 and 2011 in different domains.
In addition, some Korean giants including Samsung Electronics and Korea Telecom have started investing in Rwanda where Korea Telecom installed a fiber optic cable of 2,500 kilometers, he added.
“This ceremony is another occasion to deepen the bilateral cooperation between our two countries,” Nsengimana remarked.
In mid of this month South Korean Ambassador to Rwanda Hwang Soon -Taik presented his credentials to President Paul Kagame.
At the occasion, Ambassador Hwang vowed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the areas of business and investment.
He said that “Rwanda is one of our priority countries in Africa that we will promote capacity building in various sectors and increase business and cultural exchanges.”
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