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Tech Entrepreneur Encourages Rwanda’s Young Women to Venture into ICT

by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali)
Inter Press Service

KIGALI, Aug 07 (IPS) - Akaliza Keza Gara is only 27, but she's achieved much for women in Rwanda's technology sector in just a short space of time.

She is the founder and managing director of Shaking Sun, a multimedia business specialising in website development, graphic design and computer animation.

She has a list of accolades to her name, including being one of four Rwandan women entrepreneurs recognised in 2012 for their exceptional efforts in Information Communication Technology (ICT) by the International Telecommunication Union, and being appointed as a member of the 4Afrika advisory council for Microsoft this year.3

But Gara considers her main achievement as being part of a team of animators who worked on African Tales, the first ever cartoon series produced in Rwanda.

"Seeing my name in the credits was a big moment for me and I am so thankful I