Mo Ibrahim
Sudanese Businessman - Mo Ibrahim Foundation
“Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There’s a very good management of economy and resources – it’s a success story, and that’s great.”
Naomi Benaron
NA - RUNNING THE RIFT
USA
“I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.”
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Author, Poet and Playwright
Nigeria
“Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.”