I heard Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, speak at MIT on Sept 18. He described the role that technology plays in helping Rwanda and other African nations develop. He was very detailed and gave us specific examples about how people are using mobile phones as their major method of communication, and for health tracking and other things like giving farmers pricing information to help them sell their crops. He mentioned that he wants Rwanda to become a technology hub in the region. I was hoping to hear what he was doing to encourage more kids to pursue tech and science careers and what his plans are for convincing tech businesses to come to Rwanda. But even without these details, he gave a good speech.