Editor, RE: “Why Rwanda’s transformation is a big deal” (The New Times, July 13). I read this article from my hotel room in Lusaka, Zambia. The experience I have got from here is that Rwanda’s success story transcends borders — people in Zambia are very impressed and following what takes place in Rwanda. Rwandans are stepping hard toward self-reliance and doing what is good for us should be the country’s emblem. Rwanda is home to brave people; it may take time for the people with negative perceptions to understand this but it shall never take forever. Let’s keep working hard the Rwandan way. Yulian ******************************** Editor, I would like to thank the author for her insightful and thought-provoking article. I’m an African in Diaspora currently studying and living in Melbourne, Australia. We are currently in the middle of winter and it’s freezing down here. I immensely enjoyed reading this article that counterbalances the sensationalist and stereotypical coverage about Africa perpetuated by the overzealous western media. I just fell off my chair with laughter when I got to the point where the writer said “98.5% of the world’s population thinks Rwanda is at war”. That was a choke I get it! Amazing! Do they even know that Rwanda is the safest country in the world and in 2025 this country is expected to become a middle income economy (and transitioning to upper class nation). Truth is that today Kigali is, by far, cleaner than New York, Amsterdam, Sydney and Paris! For the last 20 years Rwanda has experienced unprecedented economic transformation which is going to have massive implications for Africa. Zak
