Seven African Heads of State will today address participants at the ongoing Transform Africa Summit in Kigali co-hosted by President Paul Kagame and Dr Hamadoun I. Toure, the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.

Kagame will be joined by Presidents Yoweri Museveni  of Uganda, Blaise Compaoré  of Burkina Faso, Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, and Ibrahim  Boubacar Keïta of Mali in an interactive panel discussion at the summit.The leaders are expected to tackle issues of interest for the advancement of the use of information and communication technologies  in Africa to boost the continent’s economic development and resource mobilisation.Also expected to be discussed today is the investment opportunities the continent can offer to the world and the role of the private sector in Africa’s economic transformation.Dr Toure said investing in ICT is a cost-saving venture for the private sector that is eager to raise profits and remit taxes right on time.More than 1,500 delegates are taking part in the summit at Kigali Serena Hotel.The Summit is organised under the theme, "The Future Delivered Today,” as leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs from across the world devise ways on how Africa can leverage broadband to transform communities, governments and the private sector.