President Kagame opens Giants of Africa Camp 2018 in Kigali

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00:32 It's been such a pleasure coming and working with kids,

00:54 being from the continent of Africa, being a young player,

01:00 and a youth that grew up on the continent in Nigeria.

01:04 It is an obligation for me and my colleagues here and coaches

01:12 to always come back and give the best effort that we can

01:18 to develop youth and create a path for youth

01:22 through the game of basketball.

01:24 I really want to give thanks to His Excellency.

01:29 We can't-- you can't ask for any better support than this,

01:35 coming from the president of the country.

01:38 And I'm proud that he's a friend, he's a mentor,

01:43 he's a leader, as I said, not only in this country,

01:49 but on the continent and in the world.

01:53 A shining example for us Africans

01:56 in what we have to do to continue to develop.

02:01 And we really appreciate Giants of Africa.

02:05 And me, personally, I appreciate the friendship,

02:09 some of the good things that these kids are doing

02:12 and aspiring and how they inspire us.

02:17 It's our 15th year with Giants of Africa,

02:20 traveling around the continent, fourth year in Rwanda.

02:24 It's a privilege to go around the continent of Africa

02:28 and meet more great Africans through the game of basketball.

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04:05 Masai has been teaching me how to play basketball.

04:11 That's why I got the other shirt right.

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04:16 And Amadou Fall, the coaching team, all of you,

04:30 we are grateful that you have identified,

04:36 you have spotted our country's young talent

04:40 and are doing this good work with them of developing them.

04:50 I hope they won't disappoint.

04:53 And to all of the young people, we look up to you, actually,

05:00 for what is coming in the future,

05:02 for you to be what you want to be, among other things,

05:10 as a developed talent in basketball or other sports.

05:19 Now, there is a good name, I think,

05:24 the friends here who are supporting this development

05:30 process have coined.

05:35 That is the Giants of Africa.

05:38 Are you ready to become giants?

05:42 I mean, you and the other young people.

05:45 You just don't become giants anyhow.

05:48 You've got to invest a lot of your time and energy

05:52 and everything else.

05:54 So this is the process now.

05:57 You are in those who work hard, put a lot of hours into it,

06:03 and a lot of thinking into it.

06:05 And passion may under--

06:09 actually being giants as such, meaning high level talent

06:16 in basketball or something else.

06:19 The good thing is with this development,

06:25 it's not confined to just basketball.

06:29 In addition, you may benefit from the inputs of training you

06:39 as basketball players.

06:41 But in the process, you benefit many other things

06:45 that go into it.

06:48 As competitors, as leaders, as people

06:54 who really have passion for what they want to do,

06:58 and a purpose even for your life.

07:02 So on your behalf, I want to say thank you once again

07:07 to the people who have put their hearts and resources

07:16 and their time into this kind of work for the whole continent,

07:23 not just Rwanda.

07:25 But I'm grateful that Rwanda is part of that group that

07:31 is benefiting.

07:32 So I wanted to say thank you on your behalf

07:36 and to the team that is here.

07:40 And I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity

07:45 and do your best.

07:48 And again, in the end, be your best.

07:51 So thank you very much.

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