Rwanda has launched its Rwandapedia
– a digital archive of cultural and historical information.
The portal was launched at the
recent Transform Africa Summit’s Cultural Gala. The African Development
Bank supported the realization of the platform.
The online archive is a free, openly
accessible platform on Rwanda’s post genocide development including Home Grown
Solutions, sustainable development programs derived from the ways Rwandans
historically dealt with various challenges, modernized to fit the 21 century
context.
Launching the platform, the Foreign
Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, said the documents, statistics, videos,
photos and audio would be useful to students, journalists and anyone who wanted
accurate information about Rwanda’s post genocide journey.
“It is a means by which Rwandans can
share the story of ourselves, our country, and especially our reconstruction
journey, our development. It is done in a very transparent way, a credible way
and it is accessible to all. It solves the problem of inconsistent and patchy
record keeping during the post-genocide critical development period,” she said.
Speaking on the occasion, the AfDB’s
Resident Representative in Rwanda, Negatu Makonnen said that the platform
would have a positive impact on Rwanda in particular and African in general.
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