 Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2017 here in Busan in the Republic of Korea We are very pleased to be joined in the studio today by Lea Akimane who is Miss Geek Rwanda 2017 Well done Hi, welcome to the studio Thank you so much Now tell us a little bit about what Miss Geek is Miss Geek is a competition It was initiated by Girls in ICT Rwanda Girls in ST was started by ITU It's with the M to help girls and to motivate them to be part of the solution in ICT in my country, Rwanda This year has been like abroad in Africa So this is what Miss Geek is a competition which is initiated by girls in ICT, Rwanda Now tell us a little bit about your app Bus Simulator and tell us a little bit about it and why you think it won BSS, it's a simple name, Bus System Simulator is a web and mobile space application Why did I come with this application? In my country, Kigami City, we have a lot of people who use public transportation to have their life It means 85% of them use public transportation to have their life So those people, they need more buses So they can go to the bus stop, wait for a bus Not knowing when the bus will come because there is no time system of the bus So I came up with this project idea to help the passengers knowing when the bus will come Which minutes are left to come so that Osh can go to work or everywhere at time There is no wastage of time And how long did it take to develop? I noted starting it but I think this month we started to develop it because I was doing my schools This year I graduated so I started this month In five months or one year I will be finished with it Brilliant, okay And in terms of smart technologies, everyone is talking about smart technologies nowadays What do you think has the greatest power to transform lives? About it I can say like Internet of Things This could be one of the things that can change the life of people In smart cities like smart homes For example my project is in smart cities That will help people not wasting time on the road waiting for a bus This one of the things that will improve people's lives Yes, exactly And in terms of, let's talk a little bit about gender equality I wanted to ask you, it's very much a subject which is very much something we concentrate on at ITU I wanted to find out from you why do you think there are fewer girls working in STEM careers than boys And what do you think could be done to change things? In this question I can say like in my country There have been a time where girls were prohibited to go to school They were not allowed to go to school This was because of the mindset and the culture So I think this is one of the things that just caused few girls in STM Could say like how can a girl climb a building like what is not allowed in our country So that was the mindset But for this time there is a change like in my country as me and Miss Geek They were started to help us to go in our career Every fit that you need you are allowed to go in As a girl you are allowed to study everything you need So this is one of the things that my country has done To empower girls, give them this competition and other things to help them And in terms of this event itself You've obviously been listening to the conversations that have been going on here You've been seeing all the things that have been displayed here Has anything particularly struck you? Has anything inspired you at all? Yeah, most of the things like the whole exhibition was so good More people from abroad, this was also good But the most thing that was the best one, the 5G Koryaka Drive Lezka That's one show me how advanced the technology is So that car also, wow, the Drive Lezka What does it mean to come to an event such as this for you? It's a good opportunity for me I learnt a lot about this event And like this will help me so To help other girls to empower them in my country To love ICT This will help me so to tell them how good is I.T. And just pursue that career of I.T. Well thank you very much for joining us in the studio today Congratulations for your Miss Geek Prize And of course very good luck in the future for you Yeah, welcome, thank you so much Thank you Yeah, welcome