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Solange Uwituze is a Rwandan politician who has served as a board member of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) since 2020. She has also been the deputy director-general in charge of animal resources research and technology transfer at the Rwanda Agriculture Board since 2018, along with being a founding fellow of the Rwanda Academy of Sciences.
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Refuse to be a victim of your circumstances, believe in your strengths, work hard, and seize every opportunity.
The lived realities of women remind us that empowerment must go beyond words—it must translate into access to resources, knowledge, and leadership opportunities.
The future of a resilient Africa lies in the ability to anticipate, prepare and innovate.
I challenge you to ensure that the women who work here truly enjoy what they do.
Technology will only transform agriculture if it reaches the ordinary farmer.
Women are not only participants in food systems; they are leaders, innovators, and drivers of resilience from farm to table.
Our approach is therefore not to introduce technology for its own sake.
We must put women at the centre to achieve food security.
The commodities exchange plays a critical role in food security by expanding market access, raising farmers’ incomes, and reducing post-harvest losses.
Women remain key players in agricultural production, food security, nutrition, and household welfare.
Access to financial services does not automatically translate into access to productive agricultural finance.
Rwanda is committed to moving from traditional agriculture towards professional, technology-based agriculture.
We want to move from commitments to investment, from investment to implementation, and from implementation to measurable results.
The strategy seeks to complement existing interventions by connecting agriculture, technology, research, regulation and investment.
We encourage financial institutions to move beyond conventional lending models and develop innovative financial products that respond to the realities of women farmers and agripreneurs.
Women are biologically and socially complex; our policies must embody both equity and equality.
For us, empowering women farmers through finance is therefore not only a gender issue but also a strategic investment in national food security and agricultural transformation.
We recognise that achieving these commitments and ambitions will not be possible without unlocking the full potential of women and youth, who constitute the backbone of Rwanda’s agricultural sector.
If we are serious about sustainable development, we must ensure that women’s voices are not only heard, but actively shape policies and decisions in agriculture.
The greatest financing needs are found in women-led enterprises across agricultural value chains.
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