ST. LOUIS – Mentioning Rwanda rewinds the mind to 1994 and one of the worst genocides in history. Many of the more than 800,000 people killed during the 100-day massacre are remembered inside the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali.

30 years later, reconciling the atrocities that occurred—with a focus on unity and progress—has turned Kigali into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

“Some of the things they were doing there were so advanced I couldn’t believe it,” founder and partner at St. Louis Nexus Group Rodney Boyd said