Rwanda has received international praise for its rapid development and is said to be undergoing a ‘technology revolution’ at the hands of President Paul Kagame who has been described as a ‘Digital President’. This quantitative content analysis of Kagame’s official Twitter account analysed the first ten years of his tweets and found that he primarily tweets in English, with a positive sentiment about cross-government and cross-border interactions and, in doing so, presents Rwanda as a progressive, democratic player that is connected multilaterally to both African and global affairs. Throughout the decade, Kagame’s tweets evolved from being domestically focused on self-promotion to more globally focused on foreign engagement. While these findings could be indicative of a semi-authoritarian state, they also point to the presence of ‘Twitter diplomacy’ and the use of soft power tactics, which become stronger and clearer in the latter part of the decade.

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Tweeter-in-chief：卢旺达总统保罗卡加梅使用推特

卢旺达因其快速发展而受到国际赞誉，据说正在经历被称为“数字总统”的总统保罗卡加梅手中的“技术革命”。对 Kagame 官方 Twitter 账户的定量内容分析分析了他前十年的推文，发现他主要用英语发推文，对跨政府和跨境互动持积极态度，并以此将卢旺达呈现为一个进步的国家，与非洲和全球事务多边联系的民主参与者。在这十年中，卡加梅的推文从国内关注自我推销发展为全球关注对外参与。虽然这些发现可能表明一个半威权国家，