Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

Reconciliation has taken place here in Rwanda and was successful because Rwandans reconciled themselves internally. If the tribunal had taken place in Rwanda, it might have helped. People could have watched justice being done.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.

Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days.

I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.

In Rwanda, we have a society that has experienced a very serious rupture and you can't expect all of a sudden that things will be perfect. Even so: You cannot find any more areas where any segment of the population would be afraid to go, like we used to have before. But there is always a lot more to do.

Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before.