EDISON Alliance Impact Report 2024

Rwanda is privileged to be one of the founding lighthouse countries of the EDISON Alliance. Our participation in the Lighthouse Countries Network has been a great support for our ambitions to become a cashless economy with full financial inclusion and universal access to digital skills and digital technologies. Through the Lighthouse Countries Network we have been able to crowd-in resources, and expertise from the EDISON Alliance to support our digital ambitions. In November last year, we were pleased to host the first ever Lighthouse Country Spotlight, which saw participation from MTN, Airtel, Mastercard, GSMA and other EDISON champions and closed with concrete commitments to expand digital access in Rwanda. Within the space of just 12 months, we have been able to see significant impact from many of these commitments. The Lighthouse Countries Network has also given us the opportunity to benefit from several peer- to-peer exchanges with other member governments such as Bahrain and Bangladesh on best practices and case studies for achieving digital inclusion around the world, and sharing our ideas and experience on how we can work together to accelerate universal digital inclusion. Paula Ingabire Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda Read more about the lighthouse network on page 28 EDISON Alliance Impact Report January 2024 22 Contents