Anne-Marie Kantengwa
Rwandan politician
Anne-Marie Kantengwa is a Rwandan businesswoman and a former Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR) deputy in the Parliament of Rwanda. She is a Rwandan genocide survivor in 1994, she lost her parents, husband, relatives and children.
Quotes
edit- The prize will motivate us by adding value to what we do, but also it should be the pride to all Rwandan women and the nation at large
- "The award is coming to add value to what they do, Kantengwa told to Global Economic Prize Scoops" ("allafrica.com" 7 July 2021)
- During my time at the hotel, I have managed to renovate the building, improve service and be friendly to my employees, but of course we still have a lot to achieve
- resurrecting Chez Lando is a way of honoring the dead. But it is also a means of perpetuating life
- "it gave me a reason to live after the genocide, Kantengwa said" (jeuneafrique, 21 June 2018)
- I started working with whoever would do business to me regardless of who they were or where they were from. I did this because I realised that this of negative thinking would impact the country’s development.
- Testimony: The memories of our loved ones should be the engine that makes us work hard. The NewTimes (April 11, 2012).
- When you become a leader at any level, you look beyond the borders of your problems and become a role model to the public.
- Testimony: The memories of our loved ones should be the engine that makes us work hard. The NewTimes (April 11, 2012).
- If the people who carried out genocide realise what they did and they stand in solidarity with the victims, showing them the remains of their beloved ones and joining them during the commemoration time, it will speed up the healing process.
- Testimony: The memories of our loved ones should be the engine that makes us work hard. The NewTimes (April 11, 2012).