"I ended up being a science instructor in secondary school and currently at university level. Being the first PhD female holder in physics made me realize that having a dream at a young age shapes your future."

"You too can be a part of this legacy of discovery and innovation."

"I see CIFOR-ICRAF as a critical institution, poised to accelerate its research and impact, leading the way to achieving the 2030 goals by harnessing the potential of forestry and agroforestry to create ecosystems that generate prosperity, sustainably ."

"I am grateful for the partnership between Yale and the University of Rwanda and the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali and the global health program at Yale,”Through them I have been able to come here and learn. When I go back I will be able to help Rwandans and offer a standard of care in nephrology.”"

"Treatment for these diseases is expensive not just in Rwanda but across the world. You will need more than Rwf25 million for a kidney transplant, and this is a very high amount.”"

"Even when a patient is on dialysis, they don’t have a lot of options, they will need to visit a treatment centre at least three times a week. For that service alone, you need over Rwf85,000.”"

"Most insurance don’t cover this, leaving health authorities with only one campaign; how do I prevent myself from kidney disease?, when is the right time to go for check-up?, this is what we are going to focus on mainly.”"

"I needed more training to lead that service. It is my obligation to give back what I have been given."

"While the treatment of kidney disease is expensive, out of reach for many patients and requires a lot of resources especially renal replacement therapy, prevention remains the major weapon we can use to fight chronic kidney disease."

"When Yale came on board it became easier for residents to learn because we had more physicians. You need a mentor who is there day to day to help train you in clinical reasoning and see how you examine patients.”"

"Teaching science for a woman is as normal as it is for men, since we both have the capacity."

"it took time, but if you have the passion and the perseverance to stick around,you make it for sure , girls need help, they need to be pushed, they need to be supported , we need more role model, we need more successful women to reach back to these young women."

"Do not let anybody tell you that it is impossible, you can achieve anything."

"It took time, but if you have the passion, and the perseverance to stick around, you make it for sure."

"For anyone in science or not in science, doing what you love is the key, it is the first thing."

"The woman of today is courageous, willing to follow their dream."

"Girls need help, they need to be pushed, they need to be supported, we need more role models, we need more successful women to reach back to these young women."

"What make some other girls succeed in sciences is having the mentality that they are not that difficult."

"Recognising the work we do is encouraging and it is also a reminder that we are not doing anything in vain. It pushes us to greater heights."

"It was a lot of experimenting for us – we tried out so many ideas and at the end of it all we learned how to build mobile information systems – basically endless databases of relevant information, and build applications on top of that ."

"But they face many challenges such as high cost of production, lack of access to energy and poor infrastructure. Technology can help reduce their costs and enable them to operate more efficiently."

"As young people we want to be inventors," she told the onlooking heads of state ."

"It is a great honour for the entire team working tirelessly to realise the dreams that we have ."

"I was raised by a teacher and entrepreneur, who encouraged my siblings and I to be ambitious and pursue meaningful careers. After every school year, mom and dad would ask us what we wanted to do with our lives, and this put a lot of pressure on us to always ask ourselves why we were doing whatever we were doing."