NGUGI: Rwanda shows continent what it takes to rise from the ashes, own the future
African Media Initiative and African Media Leaders Forum Senior Advisor Sarwat Hussain was among the panellists who discussed ‘Feeding the billions: Growing the food, paying for it, and who will or won’t eat’ during Kusi Ideas Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The recently-concluded Kusi Ideas Festival organised by Nation Media Group brought together leading politicians, bureaucrats, corporate heads and academics from Africa. The choice of Kigali to host the conference was not a coincidence. Rwanda has come to represent the new Africa.
In a few years, the tiny country with a bloody history has come out on top in almost every category — healthcare, education, IT, agriculture, security, order, among others. These achievements could not have come about without a paradigm shift in the way Rwandans think of themselves.
