Skip to content

Technology can, and already does, play a huge role in Africa’s development,” she explains. “As is often said in Rwanda, it is cross cutting – in other words, it can come into play in all the other sectors of the economy. Technology is a tool and when used well, it improves the efficiency and impact of other development initiatives.

— Akaliza Keza Gara

Another quote →

More quotes by Akaliza Keza Gara

But there is still hope that newer developments in the field of IT can now [see] women [working] alongside men

I beat several other bidders to the tender. That’s when I realised that in Rwanda people don’t offer you a job based on your gender, age or financial muscle of your company.

Besides that, I wanted to give opportunity to others since I was given chance to realize my dream at the start.

Many women do use technology, but we also need to be more involved in its development

ICT is full of so many opportunities for everyone. If you have an analytical mind, go for programming, if you have a creative mind, go for graphic designing; find where you belong and go for it.

All Akaliza Keza Gara quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Akaliza Keza Gara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.