Three KIST students namely MUNEZA Derrick M, CYAMANI Aziza, and MUGENZI Emma of the Creative Design department, FAED won the NISR Infographic Competition, 2012.
The competition was one of the week long events organised by The National Institute of Statics of Rwanda (NISR) to celebrate the African Statistics Day (ASD) that takes place every November, 18th. These students who made up the FLAMINGO team topped all the other 56 graduate and postgraduate students that participated from other higher learning Institutions in Rwanda. In a ceremony that took place on November 16th, 2012 at Umubano Hotel, Kigali, Muneza, Cyamani and Mugenzi were each awarded a laptop for having produced the best static infographics. The first and second runner ups were from Carnegie Mellon University, Rwanda and Ruhengeri Institute of Higher Education, INES respectively.
The NISR Director General, Mr.Yusuf Murangwa appreciated Rwanda’s universities for having contributed to promotion of statics in Rwanda by training a number of strong students in the area. Mr. Arthur JOASH, HoD KIST Creative Design department congratulated the FLAMINGO Team upon their success and also thanked them for having represented KIST so well.
The African Statistics Day (ASD) of every November 18th was adopted in May 1990 by the Twenty-fifth Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Sixteenth Meeting of the African Ministers responsible for Economic Planning and Development to be celebrated each year with an objective of increasing public awareness about the important role which statistics play in all aspects of social and economic life on our countries and the continent.
This year’s theme, “Making every woman and man count: Engendering Statistics for better Development Outcomes”, was chosen in order to highlight the importance of Women and Men in the development of a nation.
Source: http://www.kist.ac.rw/index.php/component/content/article?id=405
The African Statistics Day (ASD) of every November 18th was adopted in May 1990 by the Twenty-fifth Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Sixteenth Meeting of the African Ministers responsible for Economic Planning and Development to be celebrated each year with an objective of increasing public awareness about the important role which statistics play in all aspects of social and economic life on our countries and the continent.
This year’s theme, “Making every woman and man count: Engendering Statistics for better Development Outcomes”, was chosen in order to highlight the importance of Women and Men in the development of a nation.
Source: http://www.kist.ac.rw/index.php/component/content/article?id=405
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