Rwanda denies Appointing A 19-Year Old Genius as ICT Minister

President Kagame has not made any appointment to the ICT Ministry in recent days, at least since October 2018. The docket, which is known as the Ministry of ICT and Innovation has been occupied by Paul Ingabire, 37, since that time.

Rwanda does not have a “Ministry of New Technologies and Development”, it is rather the “Ministry of ICT and Innovation

According to the reports, The photo being used as that of Nkuriza, alongside President Kagame’s, is that of British teenage Ramarni Wilfred, British teenager Ramarni Wilfred, who is reported to have aced his IQ test, scoring higher than scientist Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and physicist Stephen Hawking at age 11.

The story has been carried by publications in southern African, while many West African Francophonie publications also fell for the fake news. Ramarni, who scored 162 on the IQ test, is considered a genius and the smartest boy in England.

A search for ‘Patrick Nkuriza’ returns images of Ramarni or Kakooza Nkuriza Charles (KNC) and Gasogi United players. If there was a ‘tech-savvy’ Patrick Nkuriza, at least he would be all over the internet.

A simple Google search would have shown that the young and vibrant Paula Ingabire remains put at the ICT and Innovation Ministry.

The source of the fake news until now is unclear but the story first appeared in West African publications.