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born 1971 Rwanda
Monique Nsanzabaganwa (born 1971) is a Rwandan economist, politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 6 February 2021 to 2025. She was the first woman to hold the post, and was elected by the 34th African Union Assembly.
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Africa’s time is here and capital has noticed.
You have to first of all be equipped, get educated, know as much as you can, and really perform well.
We are here to ask what Rwanda and Africa are now ready to finance.
In whatever position you stand use that to create something.
There is a lot you can do by coming together and learning from each other and inspiring each other and actually holding each other accountable.
Today’s system really puts first inclusion. And inclusion starts by including everyone, men and women.
Capital follows confidence, confidence is built by institutions, institutions are made by choices.
Gender is not just numbers — how many women, how many men –, but other things like the diversity of ideas and styles you bring on board, the minds of people and perceptions.
When human hearts and minds connect, a lot stands to happen. Never feel that investing time and money in networking is a wasteful act.
You have to admit that there is a challenge. You have to know how big the challenge is, what is your measuring data. You have to plan to have a strategy.
Investors do not require a risk-free environment. They require a risk-understandable environment.
With the availability of financial inclusion policies in Rwanda, there we need to capacitate women, with business competencies and required skills for comprehensive empowerment.
Needing equality means attaining it.
If I have this opportunity, let’s use it not for my own privilege, my own benefit, to get a nice salary, drive a nice car, and that’s it. So, I have really to see what else I can do to uplift them.
We need to tackle this issue of women running the risk of falling back behind if we push technology without consciousness about what else needs to be done for them to really embrace and grow with it.
A second learning I’ve had has been the power of networking. There is a lot of good will out there; people with ideas, experience, connections, and solutions. These are the same people ready to listen and be inspired by one’s ideas and actions as well.
The choice in this room today is whether Africa’s capital will be deployed by Africans into Africa for Africans at the scale our future demands. I believe it can be, I believe it must be, and I believe Rwanda is one of the markets where it will be.
I propose to personally represent the moral authority and
“A product does not simply circulate because a treaty has been signed. It circulates because there is a truck, a road, a scanner, a cross-border payment system, and common standards,”
"I will strive to secure an all-hands commitment to eradicate
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