I am proposing a new kind of innovation hub that could be built in Gisozi (Gakinjiro).
Introducing CREATE: an innovation & entrepreneurship center built to tackle unemployment by tapping into the “hands economy.”
This hub will support young people to develop practical, job-creating skills like metalwork, woodworking, textiles, plumbing, crafts, etc.
Why? This week, The National Institute of Statistics published its quarterly report, indicating that more than 800,000 Rwandans do not have a source of income, yet they are actively looking and capable to serve.
Skilled trades are essential, offer stable income, and are often overlooked in favor of digital jobs like the ones i championed at Norrsken hub.
By giving youth access to world-class, yet practical training, equipment, and business resources, we’re unlocking pathways for self-employment and job creation in sectors that every community needs—think furniture makers, artisans, repair services, and designers.
This hub will especially benefit disadvantaged groups who may lack digital access but have the potential for hands-on skills.
It’s about creating dignified jobs, supporting small businesses, and building a stronger local economy from the ground up.
Thoughts?
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“Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who actually do” - Steve Jobs
Today CEO of @RwandaMinesB Alice Uwase shared Rwanda’s mining capacity with a select group of American investors during the US-Africa investment forum on critical minerals. Specific focus was on Rwanda’s potential around the 3Ts with particular interest on Tungsten! Today, Rwanda is Africa’s leading producer of Tungsten, a strategic mineral critical for modern technology.
@EmmanuelMacron Thank you, your excellency. This means a lot to us as Rwandans and to humanity. Your commitment to preserve the true and protect the historical moments will forever be appreciated.
“The memorial before us is powerful because it sets the truth in stone and protects it from the heartlessness of time by instructing the living. It's not a validation because none is needed”
Watch President Kagame's speech delivered during the unveiling of a memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in Paris today.
#Kwibuka32
As we continue reflecting on Kwibuka 32, we invite you to watch this short video capturing moments from the U.S. National Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. @IbukaUsa@RwandaInUSA#Kwibuka32
Rwanda Development Board (@RDBrwanda), in collaboration with @RwandaInUSA, is seeking experienced firms to support Rwanda’s tourism representation across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Interested firms are invited to submit their proposals by June 22, 2026.
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://t.co/cAfVqVgCA1
Happening now: unveiling of a monument honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi at California State University, Sacramento. In attendance are Sacramento State University President Dr. Luke Wood, a delegation from Rwanda led by Hon. Minister @JoNsengimana, the Rwandan community, and friends of Rwanda.
🎙️ @PaulKagame took the Africa CEO Forum stage and spoke plainly about what much of the world still finds difficult to name.
🗣️ His charge was clear. The same global powers that lecture Africa on democracy and human rights are, with the other hand, stripping the continent of what it owns. Sanctions, he reminded the room, are not always the instruments of principle they claim to be; more often they reward the highest bidder, falling on whoever offers less and sparing whoever extracts more. The cynicism, he noted, is not new. In an older century, kings handed territories to their in-laws and children to administer as they pleased, and today the same logic operates under different vocabulary, with a foreign power simply telling a chosen proxy to go and take whatever it wants from a given region.
💎 The deeper point landed hardest. For too long, Africa has played the role of a continent waiting to be ripped off by anyone shrewd enough and powerful enough to arrive at its door, and that posture has to end. "We must be able to say no," the Rwandan President insisted, before urging African leaders, public and private, to begin assigning their own value to their own assets rather than accepting whatever value others choose to recognise.
🌍 It is the question this year's ACF places at the very centre of its programme. Pan-African ownership, resource sovereignty, and the refusal to mistake openness for vulnerability are no longer aspirational language. They are the operating conditions for whatever African economic future emerges from the next decade. Kagame's intervention was not a lament about the world as it is, but a call to the continent's leadership to stop negotiating from a position of permanent disadvantage.
Kigali, 14–15 May 2026.
➡️ Follow our live: https://t.co/oOz8if7sPy
#ACF2026 #AfricaCEOForum
At @scsp_ai’s #AIExpoDC, hosted by @AtlanticCouncil, @AmbMukantabana joined U.S., UAE & Chilean ministers in discussing the future of AI. She highlighted Rwanda’s vision: building domestic capability, investing in talent, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring AI delivers practical value for citizens.
@kongoecho And that’s how you know these corrupt Germany government and their institutions! They cares more about what they get out of conflicts in our region.
Maybe we should start thinking on how we can sue this so called international organizations? Why? Because you are the very problem our region has! With all the efforts US, Qatar, Suisse now you are here talking nonsense?? Have also visited 6 camps of Congolese refugees in Rwanda who has been there for 31 years? Have you visited Uganda Nyakivala, Kenya is filled by Congolese refugees, have you?? YOU ARE THE PROBLEM and MUST BE DEALT ACCORDINGLY.
It makes us proud to be Rwandan. Over 2K visitors, a continuous flow, and queues outside throughout the day during the #PassportDC open house at the Embassy drew strong interest in Rwanda’s culture, cuisine, and experience
We didn’t disappoint, as heard from visitors.@RwandaInUSA
À l’invitation de S.E.M. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Président de la République du #Gabon, la Secrétaire générale de la #Francophonie, @Mushikiwabo, a pris part à la cérémonie d’inauguration du Palais des Congrès « Omar Bongo Ondimba » à Libreville.
Aux côtés de plusieurs chefs d’État et de représentants d’organisations internationales, la Secrétaire générale a eu l’occasion d’apprécier cette initiative, qui s’inscrit dans une dynamique de modernisation des infrastructures au service du développement du pays.
We’re delighted to welcome you to the Embassy today, Saturday starting at 10:00 AM. Our doors will be open to the public until 4:30 PM.
#PassportDC#PassportDC2026 @TheEventsDC
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Kigali Enforces Bus-Only Lane Rule
The City of Kigali has officially enforced a new traffic directive reserving the right lane strictly for buses during peak hours (6–9 AM and 5–9 PM).
The move is already transforming traffic flow in Kigali, with authorities reporting faster, more reliable public transport and reduced congestion on major roads.
« Ce que les jeunes nous disent est très clair : ils ne veulent pas seulement être évoqués ; ils veulent voir des mesures concrètes mais également entreprendre, co-construire, être des architectes et non des spectateurs de nos sociétés. »
-@LMushikiwabo, Secrétaire générale de la #Francophonie