The fourth edition of the ICT Literacy and Awareness campaign organised by Rwanda’s Ministry of Youth and ICT in the Eastern Province has been launched in a bid to strengthen the use of technology in the region.
The governor of Eastern Province, Odette Uwamariya, said residents should embrace technology in all parts of their life, while Jean Philbert Nsengimana, minister of youth and ICT, said: “In the last years people used to say that the profession is to cultivate and others come by chance, now the profession is the use of ICT…, our future is the use of ICT, if you want to invest, invest in the ICT.
“Our wealth is based on agriculture; ICT is one of the key pillars to achieve the country’s Vision 2020, our wealth will be based on the ICT.
“If you used to drink two banana wine bottles, take one and save to get the ICT facility. ICT must be in whatever you do; in medicine we use ICT, now the bank cannot work without ICT.”
Eric Munyaneza, a resident in Rwimiyaga Sector, Nyagatare District, is one example of a person benefiting from ICT, by contacting his brother who lives abroad and using the web to apply for essential documents.
Munyaneza said: “Now we’re able to file cases electronically from anywhere as long as we are connected and this saves our time and transport.
