Kagame operates like a company CEO

Kagame operates like a company CEO – book

By Ivan R. Mugisha

President Paul Kagame presided over the launch of Rwanda, Inc., a new book that showcases the country’s journey towards becoming an economic model for the developing world.

President Kagame and Minister Louise Mushikiwabo chats with Rwanda Inc. authors, Andrea Redmond and Patricia Crisafulli – Kigali, 18 January 2013

Authored by New York Times bestselling author, Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond, the 256-page book was published on November 13 2012; it mainly focuses on Kagame’s leadership style, describing him more as a company CEO than a political leader.

The book’s launch in Kigali Friday evening at Serena Hotel attracted over 100 notable dignitaries from both the government and the corporate world.

Rwanda, Inc. received uttermost praise from Kagame, who described it as a “true and real account of economic issues in Rwanda.”

“This story in Rwanda, Inc. is real – it is the story of Rwanda’s transformation. It is no longer an issue of whether this or that will happen – the only question that people worry about now and want to keep working at, is the pace of development,” Kagame said in his address to the guests.

“The problems of poverty and democracy go hand-in-hand and must be treated at the same time. The only medicine you will ever find for them is business, entrepreneurship and innovation. If you create a climate for functioning businesses and markets, then you treat the sickness of poverty and democracy.”

Copies of Rwanda, Inc. books on display at the launch

The President further praised the book for shifting from the usual rhetoric represented from writers in the developed world who describe Africa as a failed continent.

“Many people in the West believe that Africa is a place of poverty, disease, conflict and all kinds of things – yet the truth is that Africa is of immense potential. All Africa needs is to get a few things right, by especially improving its potential for business and entrepreneurship,” Kagame said.

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