“Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, is the face of emerging African leadership. His reconciliation strategy, management model, empowerment of women in leadership and insistence on self-reliance are transforming a failed state into one with a bright future.” –Time Magazine, The World’s 100 Most Influential People in 2009
“(President Kagame) has come to be recognized, by his adversaries and his admirers alike, as one of the most formidable political figures of our age.” – Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker Magazine, May 4, 2009
“Two things about President Kagame are evident…First, he has accomplished something truly remarkable. The contrast between where Rwanda is today and where most people would have guessed it would be today in the wake of the 1994 genocide is astonishing. Second, Kagame is the man of the hour in modern Africa. The eyes of all who hope for a better Africa are upon him.
No other leader has made so much out of so little, and none offers such encouraging hope for the continent’s future.” – Stephen Kinzer, A Thousands Hills – Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
“(Rwanda’s) strategy relies on wealthy and powerful friends to lure private investment, train a new generation of managers, build a globally competitive economy, and wean the country off foreign aid. Just as the Asian Tigers arose as export-led, middle-income economies in the 20th century, Rwanda wants to become the African Gorilla in the 21st. It seems crazily audacious — and Rwanda’s leaders know it.” – Jeff Chu, Fast Company Magazine, March 18, 2009
What People are Saying
“Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, is the face of emerging African leadership. His reconciliation strategy, management model, empowerment of women in leadership and insistence on self-reliance are transforming a failed state into one with a bright future.”
–Time Magazine, The World’s 100 Most Influential People in 2009
“(President Kagame) has come to be recognized, by his adversaries and his admirers alike, as one of the most formidable political figures of our age.”
– Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker Magazine, May 4, 2009
“Two things about President Kagame are evident…First, he has accomplished something truly remarkable. The contrast between where Rwanda is today and where most people would have guessed it would be today in the wake of the 1994 genocide is astonishing. Second, Kagame is the man of the hour in modern Africa. The eyes of all who hope for a better Africa are upon him.
No other leader has made so much out of so little, and none offers such encouraging hope for the continent’s future.”
– Stephen Kinzer, A Thousands Hills – Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
“(Rwanda’s) strategy relies on wealthy and powerful friends to lure private investment, train a new generation of managers, build a globally competitive economy, and wean the country off foreign aid. Just as the Asian Tigers arose as export-led, middle-income economies in the 20th century, Rwanda wants to become the African Gorilla in the 21st. It seems crazily audacious — and Rwanda’s leaders know it.”
– Jeff Chu, Fast Company Magazine, March 18, 2009