Essay Resources
Below are the resources referenced in the 2008-2009 SEVEN Fund Essay Competition which
asks the question: “View the videos ‘The Entrepreneur President, Paul Kagame of Rwanda’
and write a 2000 word essay with policy recommendations that puts President Kagame’s vision
into practice.“
View the video
“The Entrepreneur President, Paul Kagame of Rwanda,”Parts One and Two
Part 1 | Part 2
Reference background material
Michael Fairbanks’ chapter “Changing the Mind of a Nation” from the book
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. Lawrence E. Harrison(Editor).
New York: Basic Books, 2001.
Entrepreneurs create products, services and jobs. They expand economies, improve people's lives, provide employment (high and rising wages) and bring about competition. A competitive environment, in turn, gives rise to efficiency, meritocracy and further innovations and entrepreneurial drive.
The potent combination of entrepreneurship and technological innovation can forge an environment that is conducive to further enterprise, involving even government policy in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation.