Sophia, the famous humanoid robot featured in the opening session of the 5^th Transform Africa Summit underway at Kigali Convention Centre.

The robot made remarks during the opening ceremony alongside President Paul Kagame and International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Houlin Zhao, among others.

Designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics, Sophia was during the summit programmed to speak English, French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda, exiting participants.