“We talked so much about globalization, about cooperation, working with each other, but the starting point is always going to be: how you deal with your own business, whether it is a business or a country.
We emerged from terrible challenges 30 years ago. The country was not there and was completely destroyed. Those of us who survived the tragedy had to make a choice: do we go along with the destruction and disappear ourselves? Or do we do something and live again and later on connect with the rest of the world?
In the last 30 years, we have learnt to take care of our business, by holding ourselves accountable, by holding each other accountable and by making sure that we are able to measure the results we get throughout this journey we have undertaken. We don’t forget to cooperate with others across the world. We prepare the ground for other people from outside who can come and make investments with us or do trade with us, and cooperate in all kinds of ways.
We have prioritized knowing our limitations but also knowing how to go around these limitations, tapping into our own potential but also what others bring from outside.” President Kagame Speaks on a High-Level Panel at 9th Future Investment Initiative