"At the beginning of the film Hotel Rwanda, one scene illustrates this climate of fear that my parents faced. My father and my mother go to the Hotel des Diplomates to see Paul Rusesabagina. It must have been April 5. They had heard reports that, if a signal was triggered, Tutsis living inside Rwanda could be exterminated. They wanted to flee the country, together with Taciana Rusesabagina, my biological father’s sister."

"When I arrived at the Oslo Freedom Forum and saw a Bitcoin area, I was very, very confused"

"That’s the main idea so that we can help the women in the village, the women who are less fortunate."

"If we can grow all the raw materials in Rwanda, that means I can go to the village and the women will be growing the ingredients, and from there we can really see the impact."

"Every situation and comment was filtered through the lens of ‘I am not enough’, ‘I am a failure’, and ‘I am a burden’, leading to a distorted self-image and a sense of being unloved unless I performed perfectly, Even when I graduated and secured a good job, it did not come with happiness as I thought."

"I hid in my mother’s legs. We could hear screaming outside"

"I especially want to promote ICT among girls and women because many think that it is a man’s world—and it still is. But if you look at the history of computing you will find that women played an integral role as well."

"But there is still hope that newer developments in the field of IT can now [see] women [working] alongside men,"

"For my first job I even used my client’s laptop; they were only interested in my skills... It was an exciting experience"

"Besides that, I wanted to give opportunity to others since I was given chance to realize my dream at the start."

"Technology can, and already does, play a huge role in Africa’s development,” she explains. “As is often said in Rwanda, it is cross cutting – in other words, it can come into play in all the other sectors of the economy. Technology is a tool and when used well, it improves the efficiency and impact of other development initiatives."

"ICT is full of so many opportunities for everyone. If you have an analytical mind, go for programming, if you have a creative mind, go for graphic designing; find where you belong and go for it."

"This is one of the many reasons I think it is important for both women and men to be involved in using ICT to find new approaches to tackling our nation’s challenges. I would encourage girls and women of any age to take some short ICT courses online or offline which can help build their confidence."

"Yes, ICT has certainly played a role in my career through a number of ways, it has allowed me gain clients outside the country and helped promote my business ideas through social media and other platforms"

"“I struggled with understanding the tax system. I made a lot of expensive mistakes,”"

"Many women do use technology, but we also need to be more involved in its development"

"Seeing my name in the credits [of the cartoon series] was a big moment for me and I am so thankful I had that opportunity,"

"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) not only affects the way we do business on the continent, but also plays a role in supporting services including education, health, disaster management and resource management.("Itumanaho n’ikoranabuhanga (ICT) ntibigira uruhare mu buryo dukora ibijyanye n’ubucuruzi ku mugabane, ahubwo biri no kugira uruhare mu gushyigikira serivisi zirimo uburezi, ubuzima, kurwanya ibiza no mu icungamutungo.")"

"Innovation has become a buzzword that entrepreneurs and policy makers are fond of using. It is not enough to create something new as a business person, it needs to be valuable to your market. Therefore, at least for entrepreneurs, innovation should be focused and targeted"

"My commitment is to encourage more girls and women to join the ICT sector, but I also get the feeling that by establishing an animation studio this will showcase my innovations to help Rwandan children, by creating characters and settings that they can relate to and stories to entertain and inspire them"

""As a child there were hardly any cartoons that were representative of my culture and I want to be part of changing that for the children growing up today,”"

"If women are part of and can make up a huge part of the market for ICT products, they can also enjoy the available opportunities alongside men in the ICT industry from both developer and end-user perspective,"

"I beat several other bidders to the tender. That’s when I realised that in Rwanda people don’t offer you a job based on your gender, age or financial muscle of your company."

"(fr) L’humanité a été remplacée par une valeur marchande et Rwanda a été abandonné parce qu’il n’avait pas de valeur marchande."

"Human compassion has been replaced by commercial value, and Rwanda was abandoned because the country had no commercial value."

"As human beings, we [Rwandans] are not worth much, because we have under our soil no great wealth that the great powers covet, so we do not have commercial value."

"Please, don’t forget the Rwandans who are left behind."

"(fr) Quand les événements au Rwanda en avril 1994 se sont précipités vers le génocide, j’étais vraiment découragée, désespérée, parce que je trouvais que l’universalité des droits c’était une topique réelle."

"(fr) En tant qu’humains, nous ne valons pas grand-chose, car nous n’avons pas de grandes richesses au sous-sol que les grandes puissances convoitent, qu’on n’a pas réellement une valeur marchande."

"When the events in Rwanda in April 1994 plunged toward genocide, I was really discouraged and despairing, because I found that universal rights were a real issue."

"(fr) Concernant Rwanda, je me suis rendu compte que quand on vient d’un pays pauvre, on n’a aucun droit au point de vue de l’humanité, de la société, de la communauté internationale, parce que toutes les interventions, tous les espoirs d’être aidé sont guidés par des intérêts, mais pas par l’humanité."

"Concerning Rwanda, I realized that someone who comes from a poor country has no rights, from the point of view of humanity, of society, of the international community, because all the interventions, all hopes of aid were based on [national] interests, not on human compassion."

"She put on hold education because the only high learning institution was the National University of Rwanda which was not open to everyone on merit."

"I prepared the case file for my mother and this was my first attempt to advocate for women."

"It is a challenge for women to access jobs, particularly to access high level positions in the private sector."

"With the help of parliaments in the region, it will put pressure on governments to abide by and implement agreements ."

"If anyone did not do their given duties, all the others will be affected ."

""Tolerance is an appropriate way to promote democracy." As Speaker, she emphasized the importance of tolerance in fostering democratic values."

"The majority of women were victims of the situation and stayed at home.""

"The suggestion is to clearly define the rights and responsibilities of both the person receiving the surrogacy service and the one providing it. These should be clarified further than they currently are in the bill ."

"The objective of these police is to develop the country but most importantly is to ensure that the girl child is part and parcel of this process. Girls should have their full rights to education and everything else, and be part of the decision making process ."

"In opening remarks at the Forum for Rwanda Women Parliamentarians (FRWP) in Kigali, she said that economically empowering women can play a vital role in checking violence against women."

"She called for tolerance as being important in the promotion of democracy, when speaking at the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York."

"She urged residents of Huye district to be more active in community work, saying that the country’s development depends on their efforts."

"“As members of parliament we should be proud that the man Rwandans put in power has delivered which has ensured development of our country,"

"President Paul Kagame effectively executed his duties in the past seven year and stated that he deserves to be re-elected."

"My assessment indicates that we performed to the expectation and we should all be happy for our success. I have no doubt our performance will continue to improve."

"Do you study to become a village chief, a burgomaster or lawmaker?"

"during the consultative session, MPs and the ministers concluded that the biggest challenge was the role played dissidents in influencing international opinion against Rwanda."

"od examples, they ignore family responsibilities and are not strict enough with their children the way parents were in the past."