How Rwanda is Becoming the Singapore of Africa
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2019
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Rwanda Umuganda photo courtesy Rwanda Environment Management Agency
References available at this link: goo.gl/5KDmvB
I know that this topic, like most geopolitics topics, has more potential than most to be contentious so I think it's extra important for you to know where the information comes from. Nothing said in this video is new and you can find all the sources at this link: goo.gl/5KDmvB
Normally the sources go the description but there were too many this time to fit.
One small note, at 11:14 it seems like some of the footage we used was mislabeled so these two clips are not actually of Rwanda. My apologies for that slip-up.
As a policy, if there's anything more that I feel needs correcting or clarifying I'll update this top comment to include it.
Do it for the memes
0:57 Latvia with Lithuanian flag
You used Lithuanian flag instead of Latvia's in least corruption rank
Your videos are the best.
In the video ( 0:58 No. 41 on the list) Latvia's flag is wrong. That flag belongs to Lithuania. Either you switched up the countries or thier flags.
I hope Africa turns into a place where Africans can live in peace.
A United Africa
I hope white people can live there in peace too
Don't hold your breath!
@Rocco.......you've got a chance if the yanks don't destroy the place while pillaging it for the sake of 'democracy'.....
Hope that white ppl leave Africa to be that place of peace...
It is so heart warming to see comments from people all around the world who wish great things for Africa.
its really amazed to our continent brother!@!
*I'm amazed to see Africans doing well , sadly my nation ( Bangladesh) will never develop. Our nation is filled with corruption, religious violence, bribery, no true free speech and government being useless. I honestly hate my people and I feel like we just need a good leader*
My country will never develop but I hope the best for Rwanda
Proger13 11 Bangladesh is having big problems right now, but there’s still a lot of hope
@@Proger-sj8cj Bangladesh before covid has a lot of Economic development
Sir Knight Errant that hurts 😢 I’m from libya
:(
There's a HUGE aspect that you missed in this video: abandoning French. France has always been in the way of African development, and has weaponised the French language to enforce its interests. By no longer using French and switching to English, Rwanda was able to integrate into the global economy, which paved the way for its later successes.
Which again, mirrors Singapore's policy of making English the default working language despite having a chinese majority and Malay as its "national language"
@@Suyihai0 Singapore (and Malaysia, for that matter) is a former British colony, so it's not so much adopting English as it is continuing to use it.
Almost all Rwandans speak French tho
@@radocchi_yt9084 and that number is rapidly dropping thanks to Kagame's Pro independence policies
@@radocchi_yt9084 not anymore.
I'm from Kazakhstan and I love traveling. I love Africa. Been to Egypt, Tunis, Morocco, Senegal and Rwanda is one of my dream destinations for the future.
What I know about Rwanda now:
- the sad historic events at 1994.
- it is one of the cleanest and safest African countries.
- the nature in Rwanda is breathtaking.
- Rwanda has the best coffee and masala tea.😀
I wish all the Rwandans bright future.
Peace, huge prosperity and strong developments to this beautiful land.
I believe we meet someday. Very soon.
Love from Kazakhstan.🇰🇿
S
Hope you go to Cape Town someday 🇿🇦
You welcome Brother
Rwanda's also the place where they manufacture Africa's first smartphone: Mara Phones and they also manufacture motorcycles. This is what I hope the future will be in Africa, instead of just being a source of raw materials for Europe, America and China, they'll do their own manufacturing and trade with each other, similar to the EU. I really hope that Rwanda and other African nations can achieve their goal of reaching wealth and prosperity.
Thanks for your good heart and good wishes
We have African Continental Free Trade area now which will reduce trade barriers and increase intra trade in Africa. All countries signed except Eritrea
I had to respond to your positive print. Do you think South Africa, DRC, Zambia, Swaziland etc stand a chance of ever processing their mineral resources in Africa minding the fact that these companies are owned by Anglo-American and French Companies? And the White people in these countries don't seem to like the idea of Afrika being self sufficient especially those in South Africa. Why? Because they distaste most or everything the EFF stands for which embodies such beliefs. They seem to enjoy the West taking raw material and bringing it back as expensive and unaffordable to The African. Such moves like one currency bolster a continent's economic strength. Why are African states reluctant to unite. They're all a jealous lot, thieves as has been seen. The Swazi King for instance is mining gold and diamonds for himself in the guise of understudying and selling to overseas countries. He also mined Iron Ore to sell to Japan. I can't say about DRC, France is looting the gold and diamonds there while supplying guns to rebels. If Afrika could unite, but then it won't coz we are a greedy, jealous', murderers, conniving filthy people. I congratulate Paul Kagame for being a true African Hero. Swaziland could have easily attained this status if the king had a vision, but look what he's doing now, destroying what his father left and doning $6m wrist watches while some of our relatives still dig dry riverbeds for water to appear, wait for it to clear up then put in their buckets, him and his children as can be seen on Instagram. All this taken from the country's state owned companies started by his late father by taking cows from every homestead. What nonsense is this! We're only 1,3m citizens including those working overseas. Roads are not tarred, tenders flouted for his gain, his kids given top govt positions illeterate as they are, siphoning of state funds left and right. Sometimes i wish i was born in Rwanda you know. African Leaders are deplorable, unprincipled self enriching pigs 🐷🐖
And they are Killing Congolese people for this
Gaddafi tried doing that. He had this ideology of creating a united Africa, within which African countries could help build each other, trade, and thrive.
But again, westerners being themselves, what did they do? They portrayed him as the enemy, created false stories about him, and then got him killed, because they knew that they'd suffer if a united Africa was created. Africa has all the resources we are just dumbfounded by the elite Westerners to think that they are the only ones that can turn the raw materials we have into guns, smartphones, etc.
Dear citizens of Rwanda, keep at it! You guys are doing great!
Cheers from Singapore.
Thank you
Awwww you're like the big brother cheering on his little sibling
@@youcannotspeaktomeanyhow more like a little brother who got success first cheering the older brother up
@@AngryFloatingCow no I like mine
@みさきめい Huh? Imaginary safety? Quota? What quota? Wait, are you talking about Singapore or something else?
Out of context.
But i always love the country name "RWANDA". It sounds so expensive and elegant. Greetings from Malaysia to Rwanda people. Hope your country will thrive and prosper ❤🇷🇼
I’ve never considered this aspect as a Rwandan myself. Thanks for the insight
I wish Rwanda, and all African nations great success in our generation. Too long have they been oppressed by effects of colonialism, war, poverty, disease and corruption.
They have been oppressed by geography chiefly above all else, and that is where all the other symptoms other than colonialism stem from.
@@fatalalchemy602 True. People overlook how horrible Africa's geography is.
Colonialism sometimes helped a lot.
@@amiralcookie3221 nah
@@magnus2225 yes it helped for infrastructures, economic development, it also helped us for winning ww1 and ww2, which without them we wouldn't have. So colonialism is sometimes bad and sometimes good
May Rwanda have abundant success ! .......... wishes from Singapore.
Beautifull message i send love to you from serbia.
Looks like I ain't the only Singaporean viewer here
I am sgporean as well
Delhi is becoming India's Singapore!
Ye i came cos of the title
This country literally went through a genocide and now is the safest country in Africa
Edit: I didn't mean by the "safest" country in Africa, just almost the safest
Well europe faced many genocides too , and WW2 is not that old...
Tbh, Asia face the most and worst genocide in history, more than Europe
Dragon_ Nite
What about the Native Americans?
safest country in Africa is not a particularly high bar, but you gotta start somewhere
What about the whole world genocide combine besides the Native American?
The way they promoted their tourism is impressive. No one actually knew about Rwanda, not even me till 2018. Then, they were introduced as sponsor for Arsenal football club. People then came to knew that there is a country called Rwanda and they invited players to Rwanda for promoting tourism.
I lived there for 3 years. It is growing that fast it’s not a lie. They are developing the country side as well. Most of the complaints mentioned in this video have only limited validity. For example, it is correct begging is not tolerated. They pick up young men on the street who do not work and send them to an island where they are educated in a trade and taught to be disciplined. I wish we could do that in America. Rwandans are proud of their country and the changes that are happening are real. Even walking on the lawn in Kigali will get you corrected by someone. And by the way the weather is perfect.
Where is the island? Does anyone know what happens there..?
@@LowestofheDead Here it is & this is what happens there -> /watch?v=XooG3Xve6Gg
Community cleaning at last Saturday of each month is freaking genius!
I read your comment at the start of the video and I thought you were referencing genocide...then I watched the video and upvoted lol
I think the bad side that people are pointing out about this is that its probably mandatory and people are not doing It for enviromental conscienceness but for fear
@@thalesfreitas1361 Its called Umuganda. It is required, and it may have started out of fear, but it was created to cause unity in a country divided. Many people actually do it today and enjoy Umuganda, but many people dont participate. Its required by law, but the punishment is just a fine and its usually really relaxed whether or not you actually get the fine. I suppose I could compare it like wearing your seatbelt (?), but really, that can cause even more fear than of participating in Umuganda. Part of the reason that people do it is almost self serving; if people help one neighbor build an irrigation system, then likely, they will be able to have help when they need to do something else. There are meetings at the end of the event where people discuss community issues, plan projects, and talk about town issues. It still brings towns together.
Its quite genius really. Not having the financial resources to support small community infrastructure, like taxes, Umuganda fills in the gaps by building roads and infrastructure through voluntary. In that sense, all Rwandans are part of the building of their country.
@@kurtisdennison6816 This is very interesting and inspiring. I bet Rwandan society will build a strong identity. I know it's a personal subject but how do you know these things? Do you live in Rwanda? If so, how is the day to day lifestyle in terms of commute, workplace and leisure activities? How should an immigrant adapt? Are there any mosquito pests or water issues like in other african cuntries? Sorry for the interview, I hope you have a good day and are staying healthy wherever you are.
I am from Germany, went to Rwanda in 2014 and was impressed about the countries development. The airport is modern even with smart gates at that time, passport control on open desks. It was so clean in Kigali and at the supermarket I did not get a plastic bag!!! To open a business you need one afternoon in the municipality. Many countries all over the world are not that far. The people have been polite and so friendly. I am sure Africa will raise above other continents within the next decades, the key is stability and education. Keep it up!
@@bigmoniesponge Well I think Chicago is a very impressing metropolis with lots of things to do and see. Talking about rapid economic growth and economic history in this Rwanda video, what Chicago did in 1875-1900 was absolutely insane. Similar to China today.
Southern Illinois has St Louis just across the river which was like the capital of German America (with a German speaking majority at some point in history) so as a German visitor i would be curious to see this :)
You guys even have Cahokia, the largest pre-colonial city in the US. Great videos about it here on youtube ;)
@Johann Wagner I thought berlin was awesome when I visited as an american.
I experienced the same thing In 2019 and last June, I went to Singapore. They were both amazingly developed!
Recently flew through there, in 2020 and it was still extremely clean.. with staff often cleaning the airport while sitting there. I often travel to Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya, and I can say happily that Rwanda is a much nicer place as a foreigner....and that is saying a lot as Kenya is extremely welcoming (though not as clean..)
@@freddywalter8605 don’t mind him, Berlin is a great city like many other cities in Germany, but obviously it has its flaws like every place does.
Greetings from Düsseldorf
I took a vacation to Rwanda last year. I stayed at the Bisate Lodge, which is a luxury villa that sits on top of an extinct volcano. Man, what a freakin awesome place that was. Rwandan architecture is really unique, and the view from the lodge is insane. I'll never forget that experience.
I’m from Colorado, USA. I’m white as it gets and of German ancestry. I just wanted to say even I am rooting for Africa and I shed a tear for Rwanda! I’m so proud of them! They literally beat the odds. How many countries that have a civil war can put that aside and move foreword. Not even the USA could do that… and Rwanda had the worst genocide I can think of and over came it….. crazy. Crazy. SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!
Unfortunately it lacks 1 very important thing that Singapore has though: Ocean access for container shipping.
Edit: typos "lacks", "container"
conainers are impornant
Them conainers man. Gotta love them conainers.
Dem conainers
economic growth relies heavily on conainers
Los Angeles has a higher population than their entire country... so people too.
I bet Rwanda’s president used Skillshare to do all this
he also uses grammly for writing
😂😂😂 stop it 😂😂
And Nord VPN
And he uses Dashlane to store his passwords
No, Brilliant!
Rwanda, my country. I love you.
I pray for your growth Rwanda
from Malaysia
Rwanda has implemented some of the largest habitat restoration programs in the world, they have learned how to properly manage their forests and waterways, which has helped the economy and brought electricity to cities.
@Amr Elnokrashi welcome to Malaysia... hope one day i can go to Rwanda...
This message has been brought to you by "Communications Inc." paid for by the Tony Blair crooked dictator promotion fund.
@@bhangrafan4480 refreshing.
That is good to hear. When will they clean up their population and elminate the rest of the Tutsis? Toot-toot-Tutsi, Good Bye!
Until there's a coup and he's overthrown. It's black Africa. Get real.
in 10 years i wanna see the next CRA
Crazy Rich Africans
edit: yes guys. rich people exists in every corner of the world and you can make a film about them. but the setting may not be synonymous with wealth like a monaco or singapore or malibu like in the CRA movie
terence w yuh
They already exist, they're all Nigerian princes, and they're all stuck in an airport and need your help
stephan cooper oh hey, I’m one of them
Watch out for us by God's grace 😊🙌🏽
terence w I already see that now. I’ll save you the story, they’re bastards.
As a European, living in the United States of America, I can't wait to visit Rwanda. I had been meaning to do it but Covid hit ... Hard work is the answer for a better life for all, even for those in more remote places. The wealthy(/ier) class of people will pull the majority behind. And Rwandans, please continue with your positive attitude towards nature and to your own people. No more wars!
It's the biggest continent of them all, and I think we'd all benefit from them doing well. Godspeed Africa, Godspeed Rwanda.
I'm from Kenya East Africa and we Kenyans love Rwanda. They are setting a good example for us. Viva Rwanda
@orionh3000 never the less, we love Rwanda. Backwards, forwards, left, right and centre.. We don't care where we are in relation to any country. We know where we are.
@jameswwindsor shut up american
Heart of Africa
TSAR [VK] You can’t randomly come at him and call him a rapist especially if America weren’t part of the genocide in Rwanda and didn’t stop it.
@orionh3000 Not true
Whoever named the Rwandan national airline RwandAir deserves a goddamn medal.
Very smooth and so cool compared to "Rwanda air" lol that would have been lame
Should have been Airwanda
@@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f yeah i think Rwanda is just a really good country name if you wanna have an airline
Bang on brilliant name, RwandAir; Soon Singapore will be the Rwanda of Asia.
@@irippiri2847 that's literally impossible, Singapore is the one who did it first, so it can't be the opposite, and also, you think that even if they become developed country, they will be better than Singapore?
impressed on how Rwanda is setting its goals and actually taking it to the reality
Rwanda, love from Bangladesh.
We too remember in the 70s when the powers of the world encouraged Pakistan to comb through our country, genociding the opposition. And our hearts are with you for going through the same, but today Bangladesh is far more stable and even has a higher GDP than other south asian countries, and it is encouraging to see that Rwanda too has improved likewise.
Huh he's not mentioning anything about planes anymore...
"One of Singapore's largest companies is Singapore Airlines..."
Oh there it is.
Thanks a lot you spoiled it for me
Its temasek holding... SIA was own by temasek holding...
@@chrischin5454 which basically means it is owned by the Singapore government
As soon as I saw Singapore airlines, I knew I had to pause and go to the comments :D
@@croloxblech4092 that's why you should watch full video before reading comments
I hope one day Africans can enjoy what they have missed for so long.
Yea, the Africans suffered more than us South East Asians (Well, atleast on my viewpoint)
I don't know what this comment means. There have always been rich Africans, so there's always been some Africans enjoying the same things as everybody else. The question is whether or not Africa will be able to bring its poorest people out of extreme poverty.
*Fast Internet*
They haven’t missed, they were missed by white.
Yeah
Just this last August 2022 the Singapore police signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rwandan police. God bless and hope to see success ahead!
GOD BLESS RWANDA.
Love from Pakistan.
I really really want the African countries to rise.
Me too, but I think it will be hard when other countries like the U.K., US and France are constantly interfering behind the scenes, probably to purposely keep African countries down. I say this as a white british person, but I wish Africa, as a whole, the best.
@@leea8706 quite the contrary. Colonialism was unquestionably beneficial for those african nations that enjoyed it. Similarly, investment from the west and now the east (China) is what props up many an african economy.
@S E P south Africa is decaying,don't know what will happen in the future
@@leea8706 Africa will always remain behind the pack if people continue to blame others for their shortcomings. Africans are responsible for African success or lack thereof, no-one else is.
Nero ok that’s not even close to being slightly scientifically accurate. So far the leading theory as to why the worlds leading countries are further north in colder climates is because those societies were forced to work together by necessity. It warmer climates there tends to be an abundance of food and other things that makes life a bit more easy. In colder climates people had to pull together and work together for the benefit of society as a whole, they had build things to find food ect.
However, it’s a flawed theory in and of itself, because the most advanced societies of the past were never the Nordic countries, Egypt, Persia, Greece ect, were all the most advanced civilisations on earth for a long long time, and they are bloody hot countries.
I’m doing a degree in history, so, I’m not talking out my arse.
This happened in Korea as well. It's hard to turn a third world country into a first-world country without control.
Third world is an antiquated term. Also s. Korea had massive help from the u.s.
Korea's economy is based on chabeols (company giants like samsung,lg,hyundai) which account to a large number of today's Korea's riches. This companies brought Korea to a massive fortune
Id rather be controlled and prosperous with little crazy than be absolutely free with antifa nutcases and feminism
Third world was a Cold War term. Countries that couldn’t ally with China nor the USA were called third world countries.
Evolving from a Developing world country into a developed world country is very difficult if not impossible.
I watched a documentary on how they rehabilitate prisoners, especially those arrested for drug use, particularly addicts. They monitor them closely and work hard on getting those addicted off of drugs . instead of just throwing them into regular prison for awhile, and them throwing them back on the street. I think that this can go a long way to change a country, and if Rwanda is following their example, that maybe part of the success. Now, we just need someone to get us off our electronic addiction !
One day my school had a call with another school at rwanda 🇷🇼. As a Brazilian, I can see it is a pretty good place, they all were using computers, such a thing we don’t use on my school 😅
Legend has it that Rwanda's secret is _Skillshare_
Brilliant
@@mohammedsarker5756 yes and Brilliant
Curiosity stream*
@@pranavmoghe3192 yes Curiosity Stream too
And their privacy is guaranteed by NordVPN
*How Rwanda Is Becoming the Toyota Corolla of Wendover Productions*
Whats this, a crossover episode?
sing
_Loved by Bendover Productions_
@@navnoorsingh8792 nice one! Hahaha
@@leg10n68 Someone needs to invent a flying Toyota Corolla for that to happen.
"In the end, Rwanda is the country of Rwandans and they are the only ones that matter with these questions" I really like you.
Ppl realizing dat their countrymen matter in their own country is rare in many leaders of modern times. Look at America, how it funds and creates channels to harm its own ppl. That is the best example I can see of a nation that works hard to harm its own ppl. 😊
Happy to see a new development hub raising in Africa. Take care to integrate with your neighbors and East Africa becomes the showcase of whole Subsahara Africa. One more step to a better world.
At 0:57, the 41st country of Latvia has a Lithuanian flag. Just a note.
Yeah that kind of pissed me off
Thank you
This
damn it, this always happens with the Baltic states. Poor you - I mean yes, you're all fairly close to each other but still :(
@@somerandomedgyguy1723 No the Baltic states are unique to each other
5:40 Not gonna be a Wendover Production video if there aren’t mentions of planes
Lol
It's always a Sam that's obsessed with planes
Planes make the world round
@Archibald Deng 炜耀 are you from Singapore?
LOL 9/11
My grandpa lives in Singapore. He was born in 1933 when it was really poor and he watched himself and the country becoming richer and richer and now he is very happy in 🇸🇬
Rwanda is an underrated country...not many people is aware of it. But after seeing this video i'll say how good it is to know about Rwanda. Thank you for this informative video.
Sometimes a good dictator is better than a bad democracy.
That's right, good governance is what's important, regardless of the ideology. Accept good democracy and good authoritarianism, likewise reject bad democracy and bad authoritarianism. Simple as that.
Yeah, but democracies are more politically stable. Let me put it this way:
When a non-autocratic society is bad, it's bearable. When an autocractic one is, its horrible.
@earaza Same with democracy, people can continue voting for poor governance over and over again. Its usually a spiral like what has happened in most democratic countries. For the record, there has never been a country that become democratic before the completion of industrialization and modernization. Democracy is the result of prosperity, not the cause of it. This follows the theory of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Enlightened democracy is of higher needs that can only be achieve and sustained when basic needs are secured, not the other way around. When basic needs are not secured, democracy can degrade to populism or hijacked by plutocracy, which is what has happened in America.
h3ckNo
I don't think democracy means political stability. There are arguments that democracy brings political divide where parties rally to bring each other down, politicians fighting each other(literally). Autocratic countries usually are politically stable as there are no challenge to the rule. The only time it can be politically unstable is when there is a revolution. Then again, political stability does not guarantee good governance.
I say good governance is the most important regardless of the ideology. Don't settle for a particular model based on ideological preference, its why many 3rd world countries remained poor even after become democratic and also why democracy in big countries like USA is also failing. The best way is to assess, analyse and calculate the advantage and disadvantage of all available governing models and try to come up with your own model that suits the circumstance for your country. For example, Singapore's policies may not have worked if the country was located in an unaccessable isolated location or if its people were of difference race and culture.
Again, its not about downplaying or supporting a particular governing ideology. Its about achieving good governance.
The general public is impulsive, irrational. But some still naively believe that giving every one the equal political rights is the best system, hilarious.
@@skychaos87 America was a third world country that failed to elect a leader and was going into spiralling debt that was like a thousand times more than its GDP. It then elected a leader and a new treasurer named Alexander Hamilton kicked the debts ass for those 8 years. America spiraled a bit harder in the 1800s albeit due to a major divide in which the civil war happened. As time progressed, politics became stabled, the country industrialized, and in the mid 1800s it finally modernized. It was not at all politically stable in fact many states had a couple thousand people, wisconsin had 250 people for a year straight. When WWII happened America finally became what we know it now, and let me tell you despite the times I've been assaulted for being conservative it's quickly becoming much much less polarized meaning this political instability might come to a close soon. America isn't failing nor are many big countries, most are succeeding. Russia is a case in which democracy got hijacked, Putin has been a leader for such a long time despite less and less people liking him by the day, yet somehow he is still president.
Africa must become stable for the world to grow
Rwanda is the beacon of hope for it
Love from India
SCP 1471 What?
Hopefully Rwanda keeps on growing well and Kagame doesnt suffer the same fate as Muammar Gaddafi. Kagame might follow his steps in improving his country and Africa but the west might see him as a dictator and might try to remove him. Libya was doing well too, even better than Rwanda but now that Gaddafis gone, Libya is in ruins.
@@moncef3650 excuse me?
HN YS You are honest to realize the West is a problem, is that correct?
@@JimmyCrackCorn_ Yes. Africa has been the most wronged nation on earth.
I visited this country… very very beautiful place
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Arsenal: *Visit Rwanda*
No matter how much they try, Singapore nor Rwanda will never have a nation as supreme and glorious as our nation. We're just simply built different
Please gib food dear wonderful leader.
So Mr Kim, you wanna explain the selfie of you and our leaders back during the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore. Seems like you thoroughly enjoyed yourself.
I go to Rwanda, specifically Kigali a lot, and it really does feel like an authoritarian, police state where you are constantly being surveilled. Honestly though, I feel so much safer there than I do in Uganda where I live or Kenya where I sometimes go as well. That kind of feeling of safety, stability security means so much when you're talking about economic development - westerners and outside firms value these indicators so much more in a developing country than levels of social freedom and creativity
Many of these "observers" keep bitching about Rwanda and other countries because that's how these organisations earn their living. They produce a lot of hot air, with little actual substance. The current Rwandan political system probably isn't very good, but it's the best system they have, especially if it prevents the country from descending into genocide.
as time passes... the people of the country might become more used to and appreciative of this stability, especially with education levels rising and in the future start fighting for their freedom and rights and progress naturally.
Hey man, I've created a discord server where we have one person from every country in the world. If you're interested in jjoining let me know!
I'm not setting up shop there until they give free speech.
@@tompeled6193 that is a wise choice
Please do an update video, Rwanda has made so many improvements since 2019. They are not leaving the poor behind as suggested here. Kagame's government is building modern villages for low-income/unemployed citizens for free. The houses have all the basic necessities; water, electricity, proper sewer systems and schools, hospitals, shops, communal halls can be found in each village. They are working really hard to create employment opportunities for those in urban areas and agricultural projects for those in rural. I hope more African nations are watching and emulating. ....we can do this!
Yes! I would love an updated video.
Love to hear that!
These are amazing news iamaku09, thank you for sharing. To help the poor you first need to become rich yourself - so it makes full sense the government first focused on making proper conditiont for businesses to prosper.
I first came to rwanda in 2019 and have been here off and on since, the neighborhood I live is already extremely different even with the economic hit from covid. It's really crazy seeing how fast this country is changing.
Meanwhile US lets people die in streets. If this poor country can do these for it's people, why can't we do it? I will never understand.
Its a great pity that the south african government does not learn from what is happening in Rwanda as it has the potential to become another Singapore as well !!!!!!!
No way
Very true. If only they can fight corruption
@@gelokakabu9473 they are multipl racial state
Why are people celebrating a dictatorship? Shit's fucking creepy
@@mansoorahmed1256 go home racist
Aye the 'Visit Rwanda" on Arsenal's kits worked lol
Girl: Bae come over
Wendover: I can't im making a video
Girl: I have airplanes
Wendover: *R U N S*
cunning and irritating spy *flies
Wendover: To the corolla!
WendoveRrr:* Do You KnoW What Is ImpOrTanT too about airPlaNeS? bRILLiaNt [...]*
@Tan Meng Yeah man, I was about to comment on that too. 11:13 to 11:19 is Malaysia. Thanks a lot Wendy. Pffft
Wendover: *takes a flight
As a Singaporean, this video definitely made me more interested in Rwanda!
I live in Malaysia as well and honestly, I really admire Singapore. You guys are doing well, keep it up.
Singapore is a dictatorship and I still can’t understand why people admire it so much
@@tornation5609 Dictatorship but have you seen how successful their country is? It is one of the richest (GDP per capita) countries in the world, one of the most politically stable, one of the longest living countries, one of the most developed countries, one of the smartest countries, one of the countries with the best quality of life, and one of the countries with the lowest crime rates. This dictatorship definitely brought them somewhere.
The harsh fines for petty crimes are slightly above the top though.
@@tka3 just get rid of lazy politicians with big mouth and corruption and I can see our country prosper.
@@tornation5609
Doesn't mean it can't be successful
Proud to see the improvement in Africa! It is what should be done! Keep up the same work! Best of luck and bless you!!
Nice to see rwanda becoming like singapore. Cheers and love to rwanda from zambia 🇿🇲❤️🇷🇼
Best wishes, Rwanda, from a Singaporean who has closely followed your history since the tragedies of 1994!
Thanks our singorean teachers
@@kylexy9408,
The credit is Yours and all like-minded Rwandans like you!
@@stchew49 the day we started to learn and implement Singaporean model is the period we started to be like this,we are still further from you,still poor country but we will make it.we will raise our country in near future to be Singapore of Africa and I mean it we will make it and God is with us.we had enough,we were laughing material for the whole planet,we were good example of where a devil can live.now we are going to make our country where every one wishes to live, and I give credit to you since you were our role model.when I watch the videos of Singapore it drives in me ambitious and power to support my leaders especially our president who want to make us another Singapore down here.love so much Singapore
@@kylexy9408 As a Singaporean, I'm proud that there are people who look up to us this much. A few decades ago, no one even took us seriously. It really speaks volume as to how far we've come. So all the best to you guys. We've made it, so can you. Lots of love!
You took H2 history I’m guessing? UN history right
Education is the key. Singapore has no natural resources. All she has are people, who worked harder than many other nations because of the no natural resources. All the best to Rwanda.
Education can certainly play a role. The most important is the economy. If the country does well and the average citizen has a decent job, you solve 90% of the country’s problems.
Geographic is the only thing make Singapore success! He didn't mention 1/3 of world's trade have to stop by Singapore since 1800s. That's why Rwanda can't grow as rich as Singapore! If Rwanda was locate in the middle of the world trade, surely they'll do better job than Singapore!👍🏻
Rwanda and Singapore share a lot of similarity. Most important among all is that they are surrounded by rich but corrupted country. Corrupted politician and military general all save their money in Rwanda and Singapore. All of this possible because they are the most politically stable country in their region. Rwanda has Kagame and Singapore has Lee Kuan Yew. Democracy is overrated. Behind the success story of a third world country, there will always be a dictator. Political stability is the most important factor of all. You can see this by looking at India and Indonesia. They are one of the richest country in the continent in term of natural resources and located very strategically at the centre of the globe but they are not at the top.
@@gl4re outstanding analysis! Political stability & public order. All the average bloke needs is physical & economic security. Put food on the table, $ave some in a bank account, never be hassled by cops/traffic officers or gov't workers for bribes! When you have this, citizens wouldn't have to gallop to white majority countries. Fool stop.
She? since when do countries have genders
I was expecting Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, or Botswana to be better candidates for the Singapore or Africa, but I hope Rwanda pulls it off. Africa doesn’t want aid, it wants to do business.
Moving there from America in two years. Mother land here i come.
I have traveled in Rwanda .very safe and beautiful country to relax away from City pollution and noise
Yes the government imprisons all the beggars and street pedlars so they don't offend the international community. Unfortunately for them they can't make a living.
Are you white or black ?
@@augustinefaithdefender I am brown 😁
Pls child abuse freaking scary so it's just a sand castle
Srinidhi Ramaprasad Which country are you from?
Rwanda is investing heavily in infrastructure (even if many people are poor) its because it is the root of all future development.
Gosh, you are so absolutely correct.
jay fawn libtards? What are you 7?
ninglumKS - Amen. It is incredible to me that anyone would not see that, in the context of 3rd world countries trying to improve living standards! There is not enough money in the world to attempt to improve a poor country’s living standards by simply create social welfare programs, or attempt to redistribute wealth to individuals directly in some fashion, and expect that to have a lasting effect. The sincere, and corruption-free
(as is reasonably possible) plan to improve infrastructure, with the money and support of a strong central government, is the only path to legitimate, long-lasting improvement.
Great to know that the development is taking place in Africa. Keep the good work up. Best wishes from Germany!
Africa has so much potential to grow into a massive financial continent
I sense that the next video will be on the Boeing 737 Max 8
I sense that it will be sponsored by skillshare
He could make a great video about it's ancient design etc.
his computer crashed while editing it :/
Isn't it amazing that the 737 MAX's design goes back to the original 737-100 of 1967?
this Video is full of BS. And not accurate info
Btw, *really* looking forward to the Wendover video on the whole Boeing 737 MAX mess...
The 737 MESS 8?
Wendy, take notes!
Have you watched any of his videos? It really doesn't match in any way
He is Boeing spokesperson on YT, he won't make a video trashing 737MAX
Nooo Wendover loves Boeing, he would never trash talk it!
I went to Rwanda in early 2018. The people seamed happy and I was astonished how clean the city of Kigali was. Keep it up Rwanda 🇷🇼 👍
Great to see Rwanda Grow, love from India
Kagame is largely credited with Rwanda’s economic rise. The president has attributed the success to Singapore’s model of governance under the late Lee Kuan Yew
Seriously
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Considering the terrible genocide that took place there in the 90's, Rwanda has gone incredibly far in a very short time. Fantastic!
Exactly! It is becoming a miracle !!👍
Yep. Seems like they got rid of the people weighing them down.
Wait, what.
@@antoy384 That genocide was targeting the Tutsi, take a guess which group president Kagame belongs to. Given that you just proclaimed they were the ones weighing the country down I'll give you a hint for the mentally challenged: He's a Tutsi.
@@antoy384 .
So did many countries in the past.!
Lets hope nobody will notice the trend and try to follow this recipe..!
This man did a lot to his country his a role model of many in our country I dream to work for him one day😊
It shows that with good leadership, every nation, no matter what's the starting point, can see amazing results
love from Singapore Rwanda YOU CAN DO IT!!!
Hi, I'm another Singaporean, sad to see that our cases have spiked so much
@@wongijen9167 Hi from Chile and the most infected city per capita in latin america, you will be fine, dudes!!
@@dieglhix Yup, hope you are fine too
@@wongijen9167 yup, its all the migrant workers, our local transmitted cases are decreasing though
I'm a waffle from Singapore (no offense to Belgium waffles)
Africa has suffered enough and given enough , time to give back to them. Love from India
Asia and Africa are rising... A new era has come
@@kwameeugene2502 amen brother
You people are delusional... lol
@@sandwichninja this is what they always say
@@sofuno863 They always say it because it's been manifestly true throughout history. Now Africa's being exploited by the Chinese but no one will say anything because they've been programmed to only criticize whites for these types of infractions.
Follow a strong, sensible, visionary leader, navigate with a clear plan, ignore the criticisms, pursue your goals with grit, reason and sensibility, and your people will have a much better life than you currently have. Best wishes from Singapore.
loving this story
respect from Jamaica
I am Vietnamese but I traveled many times to Africa and I love Africa. Always Ghana in my heart. I wish you guys nothing but the best and peace and strong developments.
Who asked man?
@@witchclub stfu!
@@witchclub GTFO
@@witchclub your name is who and you asked
I wrote a report about Ghana in the 7th grade. Pretty sure I contributed to their success. 😎
"Ban on single-use plastics and plastic bags." God bless 'em.
@@FamiliarGecko India has implemented it too. Complete ban on plastic bags.
Here as everywhere, you just do not understand about it. What is single-use plastics? It is defined by thickness. So the plastic spoons, forks knives and bags are made a little bit thicker and then those are allowed again. You just make 51 microns plastic bag and it is allowed. So if you ban single-use plastics, it even can make the problem bigger because the person who throw bag to nature, will throw the thicker bag too. The real problem is not the plastic itself but problem is that people do trow the plastics to nature and that the waste collection/handling system do not work. Not even single plastic piece do not find it's way to nature if somebody do not throw it there!!!
Best way is:
1) give fines if trashing
2) develop good recycling system
3) give advantages (tax etc) for nature friendly products
4) education
5) invest to research of recycling and development of new better materials
Yet Singapore is nowhere NEAR a plastics ban. Ridiculous and backwards.
In Peru stores are banning plastic bags and plastic straws!! 😃😃😃
Good luck if you don't have a car (or have to walk home in the rain)
I hope Rwanda will become the Singapore of Africa. Africa needs it.
Botswana need it more lol
Fantastic for them. They are doing great. Nice video. Keep up the good work.
I spent 30 days in Kigali the capital of Rwanda and it's a very beautiful cool n safest place
Don't go outside the city borders.
@Vlad the guru idiot
Aoi Kemono you’re white stfu. You’ve probably never traveled outside your own country
@ I fucking live in south africa, and see the inequality on a daily basis.
Check out these list of world's most dangerours countries.
Believe it or not, I was almost in tears when watching this video.
I was a child when on tv, in Italy, there were news and images of the hutu / tutsi genocyde, and from that moment they remained stuck in my mind.
Now I see images of very clean cities, with people peacefully cooperating in working and cleaning the city. And you ask me if it is acceptable to have a not 100% democratic regime for this? I mean... what regime in the world is acyually 100% democratic? The US? Japan? China???
Bravo to Rwandans for their hard work, and let's hope the power transition will run smoothly!
The west is majority democratic. At no point do the leaders of western democratic nations retain office after their term has expired, unless re-elected. And we have agencies that ensure the voting is fair. There will probably always be a little corruption on the side, because people are greedy, but we crack down on it when it’s detected. Rwanda is shaping up to be a dictatorship, meaning that this clean, powerful nation could seek to assert dominance over the rest of Africa, making them an enemy of democracy.
@@papgooner9875 LOL.I must admit that there is good democracy in some western countries with smaller populations.
But in countries like the US, politicians tied to capitalist groups use capitalist media to brainwash large parts of the population and divide them along racial, gender, etc. They ended up electing shit presidents like Biden and Trump (BOTH)
Is the so-called democracy in the United States electing one of the less smelly two turds instead of electing people who are actually qualified to be president?
Rwanda was not originally dressed in Tutsi and Hutu. They are actually a kind of people. Only in order to facilitate their rule, Westerners divided them into Tutsi and Hutu to divide them and make them fight inside.
@@user-cb1vl9nc4r Who would be qualified to be president? Some random bum off the street who moved to the US 8 years ago? Not many people qualify as president anyway, nor do they even want to be president.
I don't know if democracy is the best way to go. I live in Czech republic, we battled for democracy in the past, and 30 years ago, after 41 years of totalist regime under communist (and soviet) rule. Democracy is definitely much better than what the totality we experienced here (about 5% people here would disagree with me though).
But is democracy the best regime? Is there any universally best regime? I don't know. In democracy mainstream media have great power, as they influence strongly with public opinion. Populists with good PR get more votes. People generally do not care much about the future and tend to vote for somebody who'll raise social benefits, pensions etc and people do not care if said populist party creates huge national debts. And this is natural issue of democracy, as you cannot expect majority of population being visionairies or people who care about nations long-term well being over their own short term-well being, as they just don't see the connection - which is to be expected, as they are not educated to. Most people would prefer to buy cheap food than fairly and ecologically produced one. You could change it via education towards healthy, self-and-nation responsible citizens who do what they love and bring great economical and scientific benefit to it's country. But until you get there, you're still in vicious loop. There is only one way to break out of this loop, or to get any progress in that matter.
And that way is through exceptional persons, great leaders. Overall I'd say any progres is about people and about great leaders. If a person with great vision, good heart and strong leadership gets to power, the development in such country gets almost miraclously forward. And they do not have to be in politics - e.g. you can see that on example of Elon Musk. These people inspire others, inspire the change. Without visionairies among - and within - us, we just complain and repeat the same old all over again and again and again :)
Have a great day everybody!
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Great job 👍👍🥰 keep continuing
It was truly a blessing to visit Rwanda for the very 1st time this year and it was truly an epic visit. Rwanda is very serious about keeping their streets & environment clean as I witnessed that 1st hand. While at the border of Uganda and Rwanda everyone is required to discard their plastic bags as they exchange it for paper bags. Their streets are impeccably clean!
Wow
I’m RWANDA’S and I’m proud to be 💪🏾❤️✊🏽
😟👀
Deplorable Covfefe it means you are German
@@svengonsalves8538 Prussia Is largely in poland
Wosterc 1 Prussia is the old name for Germany
@@svengonsalves8538 nope , prussia is a state that annex other state popolated by German and has born the Germany emperor
A splendid profile. Repressive or not, the results are impressive. I love your channel (and Curiosity)!
Great Video with a LINK to all references ! So rare today !
"What more could a country want?"
... A port?
A seaport is sooo last century thinking. A seaport only helps if the country has something viable to export in super large quantity, such as oil or finished manufactured goods.
Short List of landlocked countries and their GDP ranking among all countries in the world:
Luxembourg - #1 GDP (Nominal) per capita Ranking 2018
Switzerland - #2 GDP (Nominal) per capita Ranking 2018
Austria - #14 GDP (Nominal) per capita Ranking 2018
Czech Republic - #40 GDP (Nominal) per capita Ranking 2018
Slovakia - #44 GDP (Nominal) per capita Ranking 2018
@@shotelco it also is good for imports as well, it's cheaper than plane and more extense than road. also faster than road.
@@shotelco those are nominal PER CAPITA rankings lol, basically just a measure of a small, rich population, says nothing about the country and its infrastructre or how it got there.
@@shawn5809 You are correct. I was responding to the OP by illustrating the fact that sea ports are not necessarily required to achieve economic growth and prosperity, especially for a country with a small population. However to your point, a better instrument in comparing the (waning or waxing) standards of living of a Country is purchasing power parity (PPP). This is best examined for moving 10 year periods or longer.
Rwanda's GDP based on PPP valuation has gone from just $2.5 Billion (post genocide/civil war) in 1995, to $25 Billion in 2017. For perspective, let's compare that to...say...Singapore for the same time period; 1995 = $115B and in 2017 = $453B. [Source: IMF/indexmundi]
At it's current growth rate, it would take about 7 more years for Rwanda to be where Singapore was in 1995. To be realistic, that would be an unprecedented and epic feat to pull off. It would be going from the 2nd poorest Country in the world, to inside the top 100 wealthiest within less than 35 years. My heart is totally with them, but something like that would be simply incredible.
shotelco well, I’m pretty sure you already realize this, but all of these countries your listed are in Central Europe. Luxemburg doesn’t really count, because it’s tiny, so a per capita number is inflated. The other four are all valid examples in not having ports, but also all have stable neighbors with ports they heavily trade with. Italy, the Netherlands and Germany probably being the most used ports for these countries. Access to a port is still very important.
I hope they become triple as well as Singapore and that it spreads all through out Africa and that no external countries interfere. They deserve so much more than that.
I also hope Singapore prospers.
🙏🏾🙏🏾
Steven Lee - that’s really simplistic and quite silly
As long as they can keep western medias (fake news) out of their country.
Greetings fro India, keep doing the good work, most importantly let peace, unity and respect for humanity be with you all !
2:13
4:55 Singapore's success as a business hub can be attributed to 3 factors: geographical centrality, political stability and ease of doing business
5:09 Geographic centrality - it's actually important to have airlines companies that can take you to that country (it's good to establish a good business hub and makes you competitive).
6:29 Political stability and absence of violence and terrorism. This is valuable factor for a CEO who's considering implanting a firm or new business in a foreign country
8:34 Ease of doing business
Respect !
I hope to see African nations rise one day. They have a huge potential.
PolinGuira *the west as a whole
Yes and then they won't need to flock to the West in their millions.
In before the racist troll comments.
Exactly Denise G. Hill!The better Africa does on it's own,the less refugees!If anything I should see more people celebrating these news rather than just blindly racist troll for no reason.🤔
Joseph Turner maybe the 22nd century
I agree, I'm from the USA, and I feel safe when I visit each year, in fact I often feel safer in Rwanda than in the USA.
Yeah, niggas in America be crazy.
sure
Safest country I have been to
@Amr Elnokrashi In the USA or Rwanda?
Not want to sound racism but I do find that real Africans have more proud and dignity than African Americans.
a brief mention of the rwandan revolution caused me to go down this huge rabbit hole, thanks for bringing it to my attention, fascinating stuff.
Rwanda is one of the safest country in African.
Every individuals in Rwanda should be thinking of how to make good betterment of he or her self, by investing, such as Bitcoin trading, it's a lifetime development in once life.
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Hi, I'm from Singapore! I want to take this chance to talk about our government...
...
But I can't.. Thanks for listening! :-)
Lmao
Funny!
I'm sure we all understand Y you can't.
@听取蛙声一片 You lying, go Google "Tiananmen square protest"? and you see that go can't find any information about that topic in your country. Your are NOT free.
Lol
Incredible video... Talking about Singapore wealth's and talking about advantageous geographical position without mentioning once the Straits of Malacca is just crazy. The first lever of growth for Singapore was the fact that the country is the point that gives control over the straits where 25 % of the world's trade passes. The port of Singapore is the second busiest one. It's incredible that you are talking about geographical position without mentioning this. Rwanda however is landlocked in the middle of a deeply troubled zone with a 90 % of the population farming for 32 % of the GDP.
Just throwing indicators at something doesn't get the job of an analysis done. I have the deep feeling that you did not understand what made Singapore successful neither do you understand what all does indicators you are quoting represents.
So true!
I believe that he knows his subject, having myself been a viewer for a few years, and I think the reason he does not talk about the Malacca's straits is because what Rwanda is trying to achieve here is to go beyond that first push and build on the other aspects that helped with the subsequent growth of Singapore. Far from being a detail, the Malacca straits are not relevant in this context i think, because all the factors that Rwanda is trying to leverage, do not have a direct link with the harbour or the transport of goods, only people. That is particularly true since transportation of people is exclusively done by planes nowadays.
I think that the omission is voluntary, and was done as a way to compare apples to apples, without adding an extra, irrelevant to Rwanda, layer of complexity to this video.
Al Àtienne !
@Lol Haha ain’t shit funny that is bs propaganda put out by the Rwandese government.
Well said al cauliq! Stunning that this major fact is ignored. This is not an authoritative video ...
Yes singapore have the straits of malacca but we dont rely on it because we know that malaysia can easily build a port to steal traffic from us. Its not as strategic as you thought. And the video is right, in not mentioning it.
am proud to be a #Rwandan I cheers to every who love my nation