$54M Pulojekiti Yopanga Ntchito Za Achinyamata ku Zanzibar Blue Economy

The Gulu la African Development Bank ndi Republic of Tanzania akhazikitsa pulojekiti ya Skills Development for Youth Employability in Blue Economy. Iyi ndi pulojekiti yomwe ithandiza achinyamata aku Zanzibar kupeza ntchito zapanyanja zolipira bwino komanso ntchito zina zachuma.

Banki ikupereka ndalama zokwana $48.65 miliyoni za pulojekitiyi, pomwe boma la Tanzania likupereka ndalama zina zokwana $5.42 miliyoni. Onse awiri adasaina mgwirizanowu pa 21 Novembara 2022, ndikukhazikitsa kwake kovomerezeka pa 17 Meyi 2023.

Ntchitoyi idzapindulitsa achinyamata pafupifupi 43,000 (40% mwa iwo ndi akazi) ndikukonzekeretsa oposa 1,500 mwa iwo kuti ayambe mabizinesi awo. Adzatha kupititsa patsogolo moyo wawo ndi kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zatsopano. Zochita zapanyanja, kuphatikiza zokopa alendo, zimathandizira kupitilira 29% yazinthu zonse zapakhomo za Zanzibar ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi 33% ya ogwira ntchito. Nthawi yomweyo, 60% ya ogwira ntchito zokopa alendo kuzilumbazi ndi akunja.

Dr. Hussein Mwinyi, Purezidenti wa Zanzibar, adayambitsa ntchitoyi pamwambo womwe unachitikira ku hotelo ya Golden Tulip pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege la Zanzibar. Nduna, alembi anthawi zonse, ndi akuluakulu ena aboma adafika pamwambowo, komanso oyimilira mabungwe azamabungwe komanso mabungwe otsogozedwa ndi achinyamata.

Pulezidenti Mwinyi anathokoza bungwe la African Development Bank Group kaamba ka thandizo lomwe lidalipo panthawi yake, zomwe zingathandize achinyamata kuti apeze ntchito komanso kupeza ntchito mu zokopa alendo ndi za m’nyanja, komanso m’mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi.

Pulojekiti ya Skills Development for Youth Employability in Blue Economy ithandiza kukulitsa kwa State University of Zanzibar pomanga makina opangira ukadaulo ndi ma incubator a bizinesi ku Unguja, chilumba chachikulu cha zisumbuzi. Chofungatirachi chidzapereka maphunziro ndi upangiri kwa amalonda achichepere, kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito mu zokopa alendo, magawo am'madzi, komanso mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi. Pafupifupi ophunzira 400 a SUZA ndi aphunzitsi adzalandira maluso atsopano ndi maphunziro.

Ntchitoyi ithandizanso kukweza Karume Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), yomwe izipereka maphunziro okhudzana ndi mafakitale amafuta ndi gasi.

Kuonjezera apo, ntchitoyi ithandiza kumanga malo asanu ophunzitsira ntchito zantchito ku chilumba cha Unguja ndi Pemba.

Mkulu wa bungwe la African Development Bank Group ku Tanzania a Patricia Laverley adavomereza pempho la boma la Zanzibar kuti lithandizire kuthana ndi vuto lalikulu la ulova ku chilumbachi, makamaka pakati pa achinyamata. Iwo ati kupezeka kwa Banki pamwambo wokhazikitsa nkhokweyi ndi umboni wa kudzipereka kwawo pakupititsa patsogolo chitukuko cha anthu ndi kuthandiza kusintha chuma cha Zanzibar.

Ntchitoyi ikugwirizana ndi mfundo za Zanzibar za 2021 Education Policy ndi Blue Economy Strategy.