“I know many of you have come from so far away, and you did that because you had conviction toward what was going to happen here, that FIA has put together.

So, FIA I want to thank you. Mohammed, I want to thank you very much. And Rwandans appreciate that you are all here.

But it’s not just for Rwanda. I want you to understand that through your presence here, and actions that you’ve carried out, go as far as the boundaries of this continent. Its for Africa.

It’s long overdue for many things to be happening here in Africa. Yet Africa produces enormous talent. Young people everywhere on the continent, in different fields of sports, show up in large numbers but they are limited by access to opportunity, and your presence here I know, is writing a story about how that opportunity can come to our continent.

So, I appreciate that the message is loud and clear, that instead of Africa exporting talent all the time to other places, it can also be bred, grow, and be seen to stay in Africa.” President Kagame | FIA Host Country Cocktail