 Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2017 here in Busan in the Republic of Korea. I'm very pleased to be joined in the studio today by Major Francois Regis Gasareja, who's Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Technology and Communications for the Republic of Rwanda. Permanent Secretary, thank you very much for being with us today. Thank you, Max. Happy to be here once again. Now, I would like to talk to you about what's really on everybody's lips here at the moment, which is smart digital transformation. And I wanted to find out from you what does smart digital transformation mean to Rwanda? Well, thank you. Very simple. Smart digital transformation for Rwanda is a journey that we have started a few years ago with what we call the implementation of the national information and communication infrastructure, simply because the government of Rwanda realized that for us to reach our goal of becoming a knowledge-based economy by 2020, we needed to focus on developing technologies and making them available to all the citizens so that it can have an impact, so that technologies can have an impact, a transformative impact in the way we live, work, and the way we organize our communities. And we realized that for a knowledge-based economy to have a full meaning to have a digital economy, what we call a digital economy where data is the most valuable asset for development across all sectors of the economy of the country. And in terms of opportunities, what are the main smart opportunities and challenges in the next five years, let's say? Lots of opportunities. Like we've been seeing in different interactions here at ITU Telecom Moral 2017, opportunities that come with the use of data and extensive use of ICTs are basically related to things like Internet of Things, big data and analytics so that we can make sense out of the data that is collected from the connected communities and instrumented communities so that we can make informed decisions that are going to lead to the economic development. And can you tell us a little bit about the Smart Digital Citizen Initiative, I believe it's called? Yes, we have a smart digital citizen. In Rwanda, we have started making all the government services available online, simply because we realized that when you make government services online, you make them available to the citizen. It costs the cost for transport, people don't have to make long queues at government offices trying to request for services. They can do everything on a self-service basis, 24 by 7, and we need to have a paperless economy and also a cashless or cash-like economy. So we have a number of services that are already online and we have already started seeing how it helps the normal citizen. So it's working well. It's working very well, yes. The facts and figures seem to indicate that it's going to make a big difference in it. Absolutely, absolutely. And what have you seen here at ITU Telecom World that has excited you the most so far? Well, ITU Telecom World amazes me. Every year we come here, there's a new flavor, there's a new theme. And what I've seen is that all the themes over the last three, four years have actually been converged towards the focus on small and medium enterprises. But what I like the most here is that the small and medium enterprises that are already showcasing their products here are all geared towards smart cities and the solutions that are really going to have an impact on the social economic development of different countries. There are different ways of implementing smart cities and smart communities. But the small enterprises that we are seeing here at ITU Telecom World 2017 are actually showing that it's possible to have homegrown solutions that are digitally enabled to make that happen. And in fact, we have brought our own from Rwanda. We have about five innovators who are showcasing their products in this area. And we actually hope that they will scoop some of the awards like we used to do in the past. But we are learning a lot and I'm liking what I'm seeing. Thank you very much. And finally, I wanted to ask you, you've attended a number of these events. What's the value of attending events such as this? And what's your key message to participants here at ITU Telecom World? Attending an event such as ITU Telecom World is very important because it provides a platform for us to share ideas, to learn, to even share some solutions to some of the challenges that the first movers have had to deal with so that we can leapfrog or implement in a better way or a more cost-effective way. And the key message I want to give to everyone is that digital economy is a reality. We can no longer talk about poverty alleviation. We have to be talking about sustainable development through transformation or smart solutions. And this is the way to go. We have to learn from each other and we have to implement fast. Well, thanks again for joining us in the studio. Thanks. And we look forward to catching up with you again very soon, I hope. Thanks for having me and thanks for the opportunity to share our ideas at this ITU Telecom World 2017. It's great to see you again. Thank you.