- Ingu-2.1 million imisebenzi elahlekile ngenxa yomqedazwe we-COVID-19 e-East African Community.
- Ukulahlekelwa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokwamukela izihambi kubikwe ku-$4.8 billion.
- Izivakashi ezivakashela amapaki ezilwane zehle kakhulu ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-65, okubangele umthelela omubi ekongiweni kwezilwane zasendle esifundeni.
I-East African Business Council (EABC) ithumele umbiko oshaqisayo okhombise ukulahleka kwemisebenzi engu-2.1 million kwezokuvakasha emazweni ayisi-6 angamalungu e-East African Community (EAC) ngesikhathi umhlaba wonke ugubha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwabasebenzi. Amazwe angamalungu e-EAC yiTanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, neSouth Sudan.
Ucwaningo lwe-EABC lubike ukulahleka kwezigidigidi ezingama-US $4.8 embonini yezokuvakasha neyokwamukela izihambi okubangelwe imithelela yokugqashuka kwe-COVID-19, ikakhulukazi ezimakethe ezibalulekile zemithombo yezokuvakasha eYurophu, eNyakatho Melika, naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.
“Lesi sikhathi sibone ukwenyuka kwemisebenzi ebalelwa ezigidini ezi-2, isuka emisebenzini ebalelwa ezigidini ezi-4.1 eyaqoshwa ngo-2019 yaya kwengu-2.2 million ekupheleni kuka-2020,” kusho ucwaningo.