Mlembi wamkulu wa bungwe la Gulu la East Africa Community (EAC), Dr. Peter Mathuki, adanena sabata ino kuti ndi nthawi yoti Africa iyambe kufufuza momwe ziletso zimayendera poyang'ana zovuta zomwe zimasokoneza chikhalidwe ndi zachuma.
"African Union yachitapo kanthu kuti thambo likhale lotseguka kudzera mu Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) yomwe idapangidwa kuti ifulumizitse kukwaniritsidwa kwathunthu kwa Chigamulo cha Yamoussoukro," adatero Dr. Mathuki.
M'mawu ake atolankhani a Chaka Chatsopano cha 2022, Mlembi Wamkulu wa EAC adanena kuti ikadzagwira ntchito mokwanira, kulumikizana kwakukulu kwa Africa kudzachepetsa nthawi ndi ndalama zoyendera ndege, zomwe zimathandizira kukula kwa malonda ndi zokopa alendo.
Mliri wa COVID-19 wasokoneza madera ndi chuma cha ku Africa, ndipo ukupitiliza kukonzanso dziko lapansi ndi kutuluka kwa mitundu yatsopano.
Vutoli lapangitsa kuti ntchito zokopa alendo kudera la East Africa ziyambe, zomwe zidathandizira kwambiri kukula kwachuma kwa bloc.
Mu 2019, gawo la zokopa alendo lidathandizira pafupifupi 8.1 peresenti pazachuma zonse zamayiko omwe amagwirizana ndi East African Community (EAC) ndipo zidabweretsa chiwonjezeko cha 17.2 peresenti pazogulitsa zonse.
"Zokopa alendo zimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pazachuma chochuluka kudzera mu ndalama zachindunji za ndege, oyendera maulendo, mahotela, masitolo, malo odyera, ndi malo ena oyendera alendo," adatero Dr. Mathuki.
Tourism imathandizanso kuti pakhale vuto lazachuma chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito ndalama pazaulimi, zinthu zopangidwa, mayendedwe, zosangalatsa, ndi ntchito zamanja, adatero.
Kuletsa kuyenda kuti athetse mliriwu kudapangitsa mayiko omwe agwirizana ndi EAC kutaya 92 peresenti ya ndalama zokopa alendo. Ofika adatsika kuchoka pa 7 miliyoni mu 2019 kufika pa 2.25 miliyoni mu 2020 monga momwe zasonyezedwera mu Sixth EAC Development Strategy.
Kafukufuku waposachedwa akuwonetsa kuti kuchepetsa kufala kwa anthu ammudzi kumatha kukhala kothandiza kwambiri pakufalitsa kachilomboka kuposa kutseka malire, adatero.
Kuti ayambitse kufunikira kwa maulendo komanso kuti malire adziko lonse akhale otseguka, maboma aku Africa akuyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti pali mwayi wopeza katemera, kugwirizanitsa njira zapaulendo wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndikukumbatira ukadaulo wotsimikizira ziphaso zoyezetsa ndi katemera.
Mofanana ndi dziko lonse lapansi, kuyambiranso kwa maulendo ndi zokopa alendo ku Africa kudzadalira kwambiri momwe mayiko angakhalire oletsa maulendo, ndondomeko za chitetezo ndi ukhondo, komanso kulankhulana kothandiza kuti athandize kubwezeretsa chidaliro cha ogula.
"Komabe, tiyenera kuzindikira kuti zovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi zathanzi komanso zolepheretsa kuyenda zitha kutenga nthawi kuti zichepe. Momwemo, dziko la Africa liyenera kudziwonetsera lokha, ndikulimbikitsa zokopa alendo zapakhomo ndi mkati mwa continental kuti zitheke bwino, "adatero Dr. Mathuki.
Africa iyenera kuthana ndi zoyendetsa mpikisano wokopa alendo, kuti ilimbikitse zokopa alendo.
Pamwamba pa ndandanda ya kontinenti iyenera kukhala yotseguka kwa visa.
Zotsatira za "The Africa Visa Openness Report of 2020" zikuwonetsa kuti nzika zaku Africa zimafunikirabe ma visa kuti apite ku 46 peresenti ya mayiko ena aku Africa, pomwe 28 peresenti yokha ingapeze ziphaso zikafika.
"Zofunikira za visa zolemetsa komanso zovuta izi zimachepetsa chidwi cha alendo kuti aziyenda komanso kuchepetsa kupezeka kwa ntchito zofunika kwambiri. Dziko la Africa likuyenera kuyika patsogolo ntchito zomwe zikupitilira kupititsa patsogolo kumasuka kwa visa,” adatero Dr. Mathuki.
Mzati wina wofunikira womwe uyenera kuthana nawo ndi kumasulidwa kwa mlengalenga waku Africa kuti apititse patsogolo kulumikizana kwapakati pa continent. Kuti muwuluke kuchokera ku likulu lililonse la Kum’maŵa kwa Afirika kupita kumpoto kwa Afirika, munthu adzapeza mwamsanga mmene Afirika aliri osagwirizana m’kontinentiyo.
Ulendo umene suyenera kutenga maola oposa asanu ndi theka nthawi zina umatenga maola 12 mpaka 25, chifukwa munthu amayenera kukwera ndege zolumikiza ku Ulaya kapena Middle East. Ulendo wa pandege wachindunji mwina ungawononge ndalama pafupifupi US$600; Komabe, munthu adzakhala mwayi kupeza ndege zosakwana US$850.
Bungwe la African Union latengapo kanthu kuti Open Skies likwaniritsidwe kudzera mu Msika wa Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) wopangidwa kuti afulumizitse kukwaniritsidwa kwathunthu kwa Chigamulo cha Yamoussoukro.
Mavuto omwe alipo pano a COVID-19 komanso kufalikira kwa matenda am'mbuyomu zawonetsa kukonzekera kwa Africa kuthana ndi miliri. Njira zochenjezeratu komanso kusungitsa ndalama mosalekeza pazaumoyo wa anthu zapangitsa kuti kontinentiyi ithane ndi miliri yabwinoko.
Komabe, ngakhale ndi zolinga zabwino, zofunikira zoyezetsa asananyamuke, kuyesa kotsimikizira pofika, komanso nthawi zina kukhala kwaokha, ndizokwera mtengo komanso zosokoneza, motero zimalepheretsa kuyenda, makamaka pazosangalatsa.
PanaBIOS yothandizidwa ndi African Union yakhala yofunika kwambiri pakufalitsa zotsatira za mayeso a COVID-19 papulatifomu yotetezedwa ya digito yomwe mayiko onse ali mamembala.
EAC yapanganso EAC Pass yomwe imaphatikizira ndikutsimikizira mayeso a EAC omwe amagwirizana ndi mayiko a EAC 'COVID-19 ndi ziphaso za katemera kuti athe kulowa mosavuta m'dera lonselo.
Ikangotulutsidwa, EAC Pass iphatikizana ndi nsanja zina zama digito zamagawo ndi makontinenti kuti zithandizire kuwonekera ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ziphaso ndizowona.
Kontinentiyo ikhoza kupindula ndikuchita nawo kampeni yolimbikitsa zokopa alendo pamsika waku Africa. Kampeni ya EAC ya “Tembea Nyumbani” yomwe yakhazikitsidwa posachedwapa ndi gawo lofunikira pakukweza ntchito zokopa alendo m'zigawo.
Njira yofanana ndi imeneyi m'madera onse azachuma a m'maderawa ingathe kusintha kwambiri ntchito zokopa alendo ku kontinentiyi ndi kuchepetsa kudalira kwathu anthu obwera kumayiko ena, monga zakhala zikuchitika ku Ulaya kwa zaka zambiri, kumene alendo a m'madera apakati amakhala ndi 80 peresenti ya ofika alendo.
“Pomaliza, ndiloleni nditchule mwambi wina wa ku Africa kuti: Mpaka mkango utaphunzira kulemba, nkhani iliyonse idzalemekeza mlenje,” adatero Dr. Mathuki.
Kwa zaka zambiri, zoulutsira nkhani zapadziko lonse lapansi zakhala zikupanga malingaliro oyipa ndi mafotokozedwe okhudza Africa. Zithunzi za nkhondo zapachiŵeniŵeni, njala, ziphuphu, umbombo, matenda, ndi umphaŵi zachititsa kuti anthu a mu Afirika asinthe.
"Mwina ndi nthawi yoti tiyambe kufunsa mafunso athu m'nkhani zawo, koma chofunika kwambiri, kufotokozera Africa tokha," adatero Mlembi Wamkulu wa EAC.
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