Ukwanda okumangazayo kwe-Ethiopia njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nendawo yokudlulisa uhambo olude oluya e-Sub-Saharan Africa kudalulwe kokutholakele kwakamuva okuvela kuForwardKeys okubikezela izindlela zokuhamba zesikhathi esizayo ngokuhlaziya ukuthengiselana kokubhuka izindiza okuyizigidi eziyi-17 ngosuku.
Imininingwane ikhombisa ukuthi i-Addis Ababa (inhlokodolobha yase-Ethiopia) ikhuphule umthamo wayo wabagibeli abadlulisela emazweni angaphandle baya eSub-Saharan Africa, iminyaka emihlanu ilandelana (2013-17). Kuqhakambisa nokuthi isikhumulo sezindiza i-Addis Ababa iBole, okwamanje esithuthukiswa nge-terminal entsha, ngemali engu- $ 345m, sesifikile eDubai njengesango elihola phambili esifundeni, ngokususelwa kulesilinganiso.
Lokhu kukhishwa kukhishwe yiForwardKeys engqungqutheleni yabaholi be-Africa Travel and Tourism Council e-Africa Leaders Forum eStellenbosch, eNingizimu Afrika.
Okungenani okunye ukwanda kwe-Ethiopia ekubhukweni kwezindiza emazweni omhlaba kubangelwe ukuzethemba okusha ngemuva kwezinguquko ezenziwe uNdunankulu u-Abiy Ahmed selokhu angena esikhundleni ngo-Ephreli. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukusayina isivumelwano sokuthula ne-Eritrea ngoJulayi, inqubomgomo entsha ye-e-visa eyethulwe ngoJuni, evumela bonke abavakashi bamazwe aphesheya ukuthi bafake isicelo se-visa kulayini kanye nesithembiso sokuvula izimakethe zase-Ethiopia kutshalomali oluzimele.
Ukubhukwa kwamazwe omhlaba e-Ethiopia, kusukela kulenyanga kaNovemba kuya kuJanuwari wonyaka ozayo, kungaphambili ngaphezu kwama-40% ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2017 - ngaphambi kwazo zonke ezinye izindawo ezise-Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ngenkathi izivakashi zase-Ethiopia nakwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika eseNingizimu yeSahara zivela emhlabeni wonke, iYurophu ibusa njengemakethe engumthombo, ngokusho kokutholakele; ikhule ngo-4% selokhu kuqale unyaka. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ukukhula kwezivakashi ezivela esifundeni sase-Asia Pacific kuyavilapha, kukhuphuka nje ngo-1% selokhu kuqale unyaka.
IForewardKeys iveza ukuthi elinye lamathuba amakhulu okuhambela izindawo esifundeni ukuphumula imibuso yama-visa yabahambi bamazwe aphesheya. Isibonelo sinikezwa ngemakethe yaseChina, manje eseqine kakhulu emhlabeni ngezinombolo zabantu nangezindleko. Ngokwedatha ye-ForwardKeys, izinqubomgomo zama-visa ezikhululekile zibe nomthelela oguqukayo kwezokuvakasha zase-China eziya eMorocco naseTunisia eminyakeni yamuva, zaphakamisa kakhulu izinombolo zezivakashi.
ENingizimu Afrika, unyaka we-2018 kube unyaka oyinselele - inkinga yamanzi, futhi umphathi wezwe obhekene nesikhathi esinzima sebhizinisi. Kepha amandla esihlalo manje akhombisa izimpawu ezikhuthazayo, ezilungele ukungena okusha kwezivakashi.
U-Olivier Ponti, VP Insights, ForwardKeys, uthe: “I-Afrika eseNingizimu yeSahara iyimakethe yamathuba. Esifundeni sonke, abathwali bakhulisa amandla esihlalo ezindizeni zomhlaba wonke ngamaphesenti ayisithupha ngokwesilinganiso; lokho kuyisibonakaliso esikhuthazayo. Uma ohulumeni abaningi belandela isibonelo sokuqhubeka esibekwe yi-Ethiopia, kufaka phakathi ukunciphisa ukungqubuzana nokusizakala ngezinzuzo ezingavela ezinkambisweni ze-visa ezikhululekile, ngingalindela ukubona ukukhula okunempilo kwezokuvakasha ngo-2019. ”
