{"id":19061,"date":"2022-08-18T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=19061"},"modified":"2022-09-07T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:09:45","slug":"his-excellency-president-paul-kagame-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-mwc-africa-2022-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/his-excellency-president-paul-kagame-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-mwc-africa-2022-in-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"His Excellency President Paul Kagame to Deliver Opening Keynote at MWC Africa 2022 in Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, to Attend the First In-Person Mobile World Congress Africa (MWC Africa)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>18 August, London: <\/strong>The GSMA is pleased to announce that His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, will attend and deliver the opening keynote of the first in-person MWC Africa in Kigali on 25 October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honoured that His Excellency Paul Kagame will open our first in-person MWC Africa. His attendance reiterates the important role the mobile industry has to play in driving economic growth and prosperity across the African continent. I look forward to an engaging and inspiring conversation on the stage in Kigali,\u201d said Mr Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Partners <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MWC Africa\u2019s industry-leading agenda is enabled by the partners of our event. We are proud to have the support of leading global and regional companies including our founding partners Mastercard, MTN, Orange, ZTE and our supporting partners ASVL Summit 2022 and Smart Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at MWC Africa in Kigali, 25 &#8211; 27 October 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwc-africa.com\/register-your-interest\">clicking here to pre-register<\/a>. Media may please register their interest at: <a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p><strong>About GSMA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach. This activity includes advancing policy, tackling today\u2019s biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the world\u2019s largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to find out more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/\">gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, to Attend the First In-Person Mobile World Congress Africa (MWC Africa) 18 August, London: The GSMA is pleased to announce that His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, will attend and deliver the opening keynote of the first in-person MWC Africa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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