Current information has indicated that President Paul Kagame’s participation in the Aid effectiveness forum in S.Korea may also benefit Rwanda to partner with by the summit hosting country in Internet security.
This followed President Kagame’s visit to the Global electronic company SamSung and Korea Internet security Agency (KISA).
According to Paulkagame.com, Partick Nyirishema, Head of Rwanda Development Board Information Technology department, president’s visit to these technological giants was very instrumental for Rwanda an aspiring ICT hub in the region.
Nyirishema believes a country cannot invest in the use of the internet if security in ICT cannot be secured which would lead to loss of trust and credibility.
“KISA is indeed a strategic partner, and they are going to be helping us to build cyber security capability so that as we strive to fast track out technological capabilities in ICT, we do that with security in mind and putting the right measure in place,”Nyirishema said.
“We are going to be partnering with them to put the right measures in place and build our own capacity for cyber security.”He added.
He also said that bSamSung electronic giant will partner with Rwanda in skills development in ICT excellence.
“To have Samsung as a partner would be strategic because they have very high levels of expertise and competence. We are looking at partnering in the area of skills development, to help us build skills in certain areas we have discussed,”Nyirishema noted.
“We will continue to discuss the details on how they will help us as a country, to build skills in electronics as well as software application development. There are some tangible things that they are going to help us which will be very instrumental for ICT development in Rwanda.”
KISA is a government agency established in 2009 to focus on the national Korean information security, national internet development and international cooperation in the area of ICT and broadcasting.
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