Isikhungo se-Afreximbank sika- $ 3-billion sokuvikela umthelela we-COVID-19 emazweni ase-Afrika

I-African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) isimemezele isikhungo esibiza izigidigidi ezintathu zamarandi, esibizwa ngePandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA), ukusiza amazwe ase-Afrika ukubhekana nemithelela yezomnotho nezempilo. Covid-19 ubhubhane.

I-PATIMFA, egunyazwe yiBhodi Labaqondisi BeBhange ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwayo ngomhla zingama-20 kuNdasa, izohlinzeka ngezimali ukusiza amazwe angamalungu e-Afreximbank ukuthi alungise ngendlela ehlelekile ukushaqeka kwezinsizakalo zezezimali, ezomnotho kanye nezempilo okubangelwe wubhubhane lwe-COVID-19, ngokusho kolwazi. ekhishwe yiBhange.

Izokweseka amabhange amakhulu angamalungu ezwe, kanye nezinye izikhungo zezezimali ukuze zihlangabezane nezinkokhelo zezikweletu zohwebo okufanele zikhokhelwe futhi kugwenywe ukwehluleka kwezinkokhelo zohwebo, kusho. Afreximbank. Izophinde ibe khona ukuze isekele futhi isimamise izinsiza zokushintshisana ngemali yangaphandle yamabhange amakhulu amazwe angamalungu, okuwenza akwazi ukusekela ukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngaphansi kwezimo eziphuthumayo.

Ukwengeza, i-PATIMFA izosiza amazwe angamalungu imali yawo engenayo yezimali iboshelwe emalini etholwayo yokuthekelisa ethile, njengemali ye-mineral royalties, ukuze alawule noma yikuphi ukwehla kwemali engenayo yezimali kungazelelwe ngenxa yokwehliswa kwemali etholwayo yokuthekelisa ngaphandle. Izophinde ihlinzeke ngezinsiza zezimali zokuhweba eziphuthumayo zokungenisa izidingo eziphuthumayo ukulwa nalolu bhubhane, okuhlanganisa imithi, imishini yezokwelapha, ukulungiswa kabusha kwesibhedlela, njll.

Lesi sikhungo sizotholakala ngoxhaso lwezimali oluqondile, imigqa yezikweletu, iziqinisekiso, ukushintshaniswa kwemali nezinye izinto ezifanayo, ngokusho kwe-Afreximbank.

Echaza isizathu salesi sikhungo, uProf. Benedict Oramah, uMongameli we-Afreximbank, waphawula ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwaletha ukuhlupheka okukhulu kanye nokuphazamiseka okukhulu komnotho.

“Ngaphandle komphumela waso okhathazayo empilweni yomuntu, lo bhubhane kulindeleke ukuthi ubize umnotho womhlaba ufinyelele ku- $ 1 trillion futhi ubangele ukwehla okukhulu ngamaphesenti angama-0.4 ekukhuleni kwe-GDP yomhlaba wonke, okulindeleke ukuthi kwehle kusuka ku-2.9% ngo-2019 kuya ku-2.5%. ngo-2020,” usho kanje.

"Impendulo yezezimali esheshayo nenomthelela iyadingeka ukuze kugwenywe inkinga enkulu e-Afrika," esho, eveza ukuthi "i-Afrika ivezwe emikhakheni eminingi, okubandakanya ukwehla okukhulu kweholo lezokuvakasha, imali ethunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, amanani entengo kanye nokuphazamiseka kwamaketanga okukhiqiza. .”

I-Afreximbank isivele ibone ukwehla okukhulu kwentengo yempahla okubangelwa ubhubhane, ukwehla okukhulu okungazelelwe kweholo lezokuvakasha, ukuphazamiseka kwamaketanga, nokuvalwa kwezindawo zokukhiqiza izinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, kusho uMongameli. Umthelela ezintweni zezokwelapha nasezinhlelweni zezokwelapha ezimakethe eziningi nakho bekungakaze kube khona ngaphambili.

Uthe i-Afreximbank izosebenzisana namabhange entuthuko ezizwe ngezizwe asebeke izinhlelo zokusiza ngezimali ukuze athole ukwesekwa ukusiza amazwe ase-Afrika abhekane nezingqinamba eziqhamuka ngaphandle kanye nezingqinamba eziqubuka ngenxa yalolu bhubhane.