President Paul Kagame awarded Diane Cyuzuzo, winner of Hanga Pitchfest

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00:00 [Music]

00:13 And I'm going to be announcing the winner.

00:17 I've just received all their names.

00:22 In fifth place,

00:27 the winner is

00:30 Karisimbi Technology Solutions.

00:33 [Applause]

00:42 Please come and take a picture.

00:45 This is a good moment.

00:47 He goes home with $12,500 US dollars

00:51 to invest in his business.

00:54 In fourth place,

00:57 the winner is

01:03 BAAG.

01:05 [Applause]

01:19 He also goes home with $12,500

01:22 as an investment in his business

01:25 and a good smart solution that he pitched today.

01:28 In third place,

01:31 the winner is

01:35 AfriFarmers.

01:38 [Applause]

01:43 AfriFarmers presented a beautiful idea

01:46 and to that reason he goes home with $15,000 US dollars.

01:50 An investment in his brilliant tech solution.

01:55 In second place,

02:00 the winner is

02:03 Second Life Storage.

02:06 [Applause]

02:08 Well, I'm pretty much sure you understand what that means.

02:11 By knowing the second, you know the first.

02:16 But the second also goes home

02:20 with an amount equivalent to

02:23 $20,000 US dollars cash.

02:28 [Applause]

02:36 And now,

02:38 the moment we've all been waiting for.

02:41 We can hear your excitement.

02:44 [Applause]

02:46 To award the first place winner,

02:48 we would like to invite His Excellency Paul Kagame,

02:52 joined by the chairman of RDB,

02:58 Mr. Itzhak Fischer,

03:00 to give the first award.

03:02 And the winner is

03:04 AfriDunovo.

03:08 She walks away

03:10 with $50,000 US dollars cash

03:14 to invest in her business.

03:17 She brought a brilliant idea

03:20 of packaging our culture

03:23 with modern technology

03:25 and music.

03:27 She is the winner.

03:29 She is the crown champion

03:31 of Hunger Pitchfest 2021.

03:34 Ladies and gentlemen, one more time.

03:37 Let's give a round of applause too.

03:40 We will now invite all our winners

03:43 and esteemed awardees to take a group photo

03:46 to mark this exciting occasion,

03:48 after which we shall have the keynote remarks

03:52 from His Excellency.

03:54 [Applause]

03:57 A good evening to all of you.

04:00 [Applause]

04:06 I would have spoken without a piece of paper in my hand,

04:10 but since I'm meeting very important people,

04:18 the young people, the winners of today,

04:21 and the other people, but very important,

04:27 who are here, especially those

04:31 who made this event possible.

04:37 My job is mainly to acknowledge all of you.

04:46 And I want to mention people's names,

04:56 so I don't want to forget any names.

05:01 So that's why I have a piece of paper in my hand.

05:08 But definitely, I'm just thrilled, very pleased

05:18 to be here, joining you for this very happy moment.

05:27 And having had all you had today,

05:33 I join you in recognizing the five startups

05:45 that have received awards in this first-ever event

05:56 of Hangar Peach Fest.

06:06 So I thank the diplomats who are here,

06:14 guests from across the world.

06:20 I thank you for joining us and also for being part of

06:26 this very beautiful day.

06:38 This is a very interesting and excellent initiative.

06:47 And I commend all institutions involved,

06:53 as well as the youth who have spent the day here,

07:00 learning about entrepreneurship and innovation.

07:07 And as I said earlier, this is just the beginning.

07:10 So I think more is going to be done,

07:14 and more is going to be achieved as we go forward.

07:20 So let me acknowledge the generous sponsors

07:26 who have made this event possible.

07:31 They include Isaac Fisher,

07:37 Chairperson of the Rwanda Development Board,

07:44 UNDP, represented here by Mr. Maxwell Gomera,

07:58 the JASIRI program of the Ellen and Jill Gray Philanthropy,

08:09 KT Rwanda Networks.

08:16 I'm sure there are others probably I didn't put on my list,

08:25 but they are where they want to be added on the list

08:30 by the next event we hold here.

08:38 So I welcome them and I congratulate them in advance as well.

08:49 Numerous other associate partners have made notable contributions.

09:01 I go back to the finalists.

09:03 I congratulate you all.

09:07 I hope you are as proud as we are for you.

09:19 Technology and innovation are driving Rwanda's transformation.

09:28 Not enough yet.

09:30 So that's why I want more of it.

09:33 I want to do more.

09:40 Because if you want to drive the future based on knowledge,

09:47 which is very important,

09:50 and by the way, which is available in any part of the world you go to,

09:57 it just depends on how you are ready to tap into that.

10:05 The difference will be made by how you focus on it,

10:10 you invest in it,

10:13 and see it with that importance it holds.

10:22 The Hangar Pitchfest has equipped all those who participated

10:33 with new tools to help you grow your companies.

10:44 I want to encourage you to take full advantage of the programs and services

10:52 in our country to help start-up entrepreneurs succeed.

11:03 I want to single out an example of Norsken, East Africa,

11:17 which just launched a health tech hub,

11:24 and we offer 20 Rwandan start-ups a platform

11:30 to solve some of Africa's health challenges.

11:37 Congratulations, and we appreciate that contribution.

11:46 More public-private partnerships will be needed

11:53 to accelerate the growth of this ecosystem,

11:59 particularly in higher education and research.

12:05 The most successful start-ups are rooted in science, research, and technology.

12:21 In all advanced economies,

12:26 eventually which we want ours to be,

12:31 the linkages between universities and entrepreneurship

12:36 are deep and productive.

12:40 In Africa, it's not going to be any different.

12:51 To all the sponsors and partners here with us today,

12:58 once again I would like to take this opportunity

13:03 to thank you for your commitment and all the resources and your time

13:13 you put into this.

13:18 We still have a long way to go,

13:22 but let's continue working together to see tangible results.

13:30 I would wish for the finalists great success going forward.

13:43 You have all our full support, including those who did not succeed.

13:49 We want them to succeed next time.

13:57 So I wish you a very happy evening,

14:05 and please be and stay safe,

14:11 and let's work hard going forward.

14:14 Thank you very much.

14:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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