Ange Kagame
# Ange Kagame

Ange Kagame Ndengeyingoma (born 8 September 1993) is the second child and only daughter of Paul Kagame, current president of Rwanda. She has been involved in causes that include women's empowerment, education, and poverty eradication, as well as mass vaccination campaigns. She is married to Bertrand Ndengeyingoma.

## Early life and education

Kagame was born 8 September 1993 in Brussels, Belgium. Her father is Paul Kagame, the fourth and current President of the Republic of Rwanda and the leader of Rwanda's majority party the Rwandan Patriotic Front. Her mother Jeannette Nyiramongi is the first lady of the Republic of Rwanda. As the first daughter of the president, she holds both formal and informal power and influence.

Kagame completed her education abroad and was absent from the public eye for most of her childhood due to security and privacy reasons. She attended Dana Hall School, a private preparatory school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts in the United States. She attended Smith College where she majored in political science with a minor in African studies. She also holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. Kagame can speak three languages, English, Kinyarwanda, and French.

## Other activities

In 2014, Kagame accompanied her father to the White House for a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. The dinner was part of the three-day-long United States–Africa Leaders Summit held in August of that year, at which the leaders of the majority of African countries met to discuss trade, investment and security of the continent.

## Personal life

Kagame is the second of four children. She is a basketball and football fan, and follows the Boston Celtics and Arsenal. Ange dated a South African businessman, Zack Nyathi, before she married Bertrand Ndengeyingoma on July 6, 2019, at the Intare Conference Centre in Kigali. In 2020, they welcomed a daughter.

