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“AI solutions as advanced agents will run every SME in the business side in the years to come.” - @rickard Hoover, small business owners don’t know how to build useful AI agents; no time to learn agentic workflows. New/Better solutions for operators are needed in the market!

African startups are ‘over-mentored, over-trained.’ Rwanda wants to fix that. techcabal.com/2026/03/20/inn…

Great products aren’t built from bursts of effort. They come from sustained, focused execution. If you can’t focus on one task for hours at a time, you won’t build anything meaningful. If you can’t stay locked on one problem for days, you won’t build anything great. Get to work

#Rwanda has launched a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) strategy aimed at strengthening data sharing between public and private institutions and enhancing public service delivery. READ: newtimes.co.rw/article/34011/…

POV: you’re a developer in 2026 💀

This is incredibly important; we preach this strategy as consultants/mentors. Hire 'partners' and people for the roles and stages your startup is now at. It's what you can afford, and it's possible they are more loyal and can grow into the rank needed later.

@sailaunderscore @signulll 'The Builder Role' has always existed - great product people are those who not only understand product and market, and the 'tasetmakers,' but also know how to build it. Check out @Rickard at @RwandaBuild as an example.

@signulll signull rediscovers the idea guy

the most underrated hire right now is a great product person. when i say product person i'm def not talking about a product manager. perhaps i think there has to be somewhat of a new role. i don't have a good name for it yet but maybe something like "product thinker".. someone with an intuitive grasp of the product as it exists, where it's soft, where it sings, & how to iterate it toward something even sharper. in some sense, this person has to cohesively hold in their head where this product should be 2 years from now & work backwards from that. i say this cuz when building was hard, engineering was the bottleneck & the status hierarchy often reflected that. building is no longer hard. which means the variance in outcomes has shifted almost entirely to judgment on what to build, how to sequence it, & how to talk about it. & the story matters as much as the thing. internally, it organizes the team around a shared model of why. externally, it shapes the interpretive frame users bring to their first experience. you can't retrofit narrative onto a product & expect it to land, it has to be load bearing from the start. the rarest version of this person sits at the intersection of culture & deep technology. someone genuinely bilingual. they know what's technically possible & they know which cultural currents are real vs. ephemeral. that combo is what separates products that feel inevitable from products that feel assembled. before ppl clap back with this person has always been valuable, i know.. i am just saying now they might be the most *important* person in the room. their value compounds like never before.

“When we talk talent, jobs, and opportunity, we think Google, Microsoft, banks, etc. But how many people can they really employ? SMEs are where most jobs are created. Time to link entrepreneurship to talent and opportunity, and change the narrative.” Mr. Dongye Yang #IFF2026

This is HUGE! Are "Made in Africa" ready for China's super large market, also the world's second-largest import market? From May 1st,🇨🇳China will grant ZERO tariff on ALL products from ALL 53 African countries that have diplomatic ties with China.

@Rickard @ThibautMntwari @RwandaBuild #Bromance x.com/ThibautMntwari…

It was a fun chat with @ThibautMntwari - and many thanks to the Voices Podcast for recording this version of ‘Founders Talk’ at @RwandaBuild Program. Often at RWBuild we have unscripted chats like this. This day we opened up in the fun of making crazy predictions (and record it 😳😱). For those of us who get the privilege to build the future, we need to innovate - and predicting the future is just part of that! Products we talked about: - Grammarly (started using it around 2010 - writing improved) - Conversion.ai (rebranded into Jasper) - 2021/2 used it for marketing projects and events at RWBuild (it was not very useful or good) - copy.ai - also not very useful - chatGPT - used it from first day of launch. it was ok for writing and research, but only became impactful in 2024. Powers our investing research and email/ letter writing. - Perplextiy - currently, best tool for lookup facts and research. - Claud - by far has been and is the best for aiding software development and productivity. None of these tools really write for us at RWBuild, but they do clean our copy writing and fortmat writing well. For me, I can loose as much time as what I save, as AI often writes or correct something to be ‘wrong’. The future is moving fast and every year these products x2. It’s clear that these tools for most will completely do the work in documents, sheets, and design. It’s already replacing coding tasks. Our own products we talked about: Guhemba Ltd. - Guhemba.rw Murugo.Cloud AI EventsBash.RW

Cabinet has approved a draft law to regulate virtual assets. This is a major step toward creating a clear and safe framework for crypto and digital assets in the country. The law will: ✅ Provide clear rules for the sector ✅ Boost innovation & safety ✅ Position Rwanda as a forward-thinking digital hub tinyurl.com/mss5sumv #VirtualAssets #Innovation

@ThibautMntwari 😉 yeah!

This one will fail

@RwandaBuild @Rickard We are seeing this in the states, and @Rickard has been mapping out the blueprint for this future for some time. Rob has a history of consulting and guiding organizations in their future tech next steps.

Recently, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs, and the tech world reacted as if it were a shocking prediction. In Kigali, @Rickard has been saying the same thing for two years.

At our Feb 2026 'Founders Talk' event, our director and CEO of @guhemba, @Rickard took the stage for an off-the-cuff conversation with @ThibautMntwari on future predictions in our tech industry. The hot topic: how AI is impacting roles - jobs will decline massively (thread)

U.S.-based AI firm Anthropic bags first multi-sector government deal in Africa despite policy pressures at home In a striking display of strategic contrast, U.S.-based AI company Anthropic has secured a major government partnership with the Government of Rwanda even as it faces intense scrutiny and policy pressure from the United States federal government over its AI safety policies.

It is always a pleasure and honor to host the US Embassy at our offices and to include our international partners. There are many opportunities in Kigali between Rwanda and US investments and organizations. We are proud to have been an active leader in the tech ecosystem, pushing innovation and deals forward.

It was an honor to have a second visit from the @USAmbRwanda at our RWBuild offices. We showcased solutions in HealthTech (912Rwanda.rw) and FinTech (@Guhemba guhemba.rw) We also talked about the future of RWBuild and deeper partnerships with the US.

In this episode, tech entrepreneur Mr. Rob delivers bold predictions about the future of technology and business. He argues that AI could significantly disrupt the legal profession..@Rickard @guhemba @RwandaBuild #Rwanda #TechNews youtu.be/bRPm1nQim68?si…

The words of @Rickard Don’t just plan your future out - plan your next actions. Those actions build that future. #founders #startups #leadership #RWBuild @RwandaBuild