{{Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philibert Nsengimana has urged Rwandans to be active on Social media due because it promotes accountability, transparency, participation and inclusion which are the goals of Governance of Rwanda.}}
The Minister was yesterday speaking to this website shortly after meeting a group of young people who have decided to promote Rwanda’s image via social media especially on Twitter.
“In Rwanda, things are changing very fast, people are using social media in Business, in governance, etc…This shows the development of ICT in Rwanda”. The Minister said currently a big number of Rwandans are joining social media.
People around the world are embracing social media as a powerful way to communicate. Many Rwandans are using platforms like Twitter to share, be informed and connect with others.
Twitter allows everyone who has access – from a teenage student to a rising politician – to have an open discussion on a global scale.
The #RWOT hashtag was started on the 20th of June 2012 specifically to create a community for Rwandans on Twitter where they could connect with other Rwandans around the world as well as to encourage more Rwandans to start using Twitter.
In an interview with Innocent Ninsiima, the CEO of Think Africa, said that since the introduction of #RWOT, about 400 people are using it daily to communicate about the image of Rwanda.
He said that Rwandans who want to know or share information about Rwanda may use the #RWOT hashtag.
Ninsiima revealed that a number of Rwandans using #RWOT hashtag are expected to increase to about 1 Million twitter users by the next year.
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