IGIHE.com CEO Meilleur Murindabigwi has been shortlisted among the top 10 innovators in the world by JCI international.
He and his nine other nominees are expected to receive their awards at JCI’s general assembly at Brussels in Belgium on 2 November.
Reacting to the news, Murindabigwi, “I’m overly happy because we’ve worked hard to perform and deliver better news and I’m happy that our work is recognized.”
He further added,” I never thought that I’ll be given such a ranking. This is an identification that the good things we do are recognised internationally. I also appreciate my colleagues that assisted me to achieve my dream. Such nominations should encourage us to deliver even better services,” he remarked.
Normally, JCI annually awards young innovators that have made major progress in various developmental sectors like health, entrepreneurship, politics, law, culture etc.
Selected people are also identified as Ten Outstanding Young People in the World (TOYP) meaning they have unique ideas and activities.
The IGIHE.com CEO becomes the second TOYP Rwandan after Dr. Joseph Nkurunziza who was acknowledged with fighting for the rights of children under the category of (Contribution to children, world peace and/or human rights) 2010.
On his part Murindabigwi has been acknowledged on his news website which he formed in 2009 together with his friends. It is believed that he formed the website after realizing that there was some online information that misrepresented Rwanda’s progress.
Hence, he came up with a IGIHE.com which strived to report the reality about what was happening in the country especially in areas of economy, politics, entertainment sport among others.
JCI judges who represent exemplary institutions like the UN, showed their appreciation to Murindabigwi’s effort to change the history of how media was used negatively to incite killings in the 1994 genocide.
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