Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eKenya uNajib Balala unguNgqongqoshe Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha e-Afrika ka-2009.
UBalala uphume phambili kongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abayisikhombisa abasohlwini lwabazongenela lo mklomelo ngesikhathi se-Africa Tourism Investors Summit and Award Gala ebibanjwe ngoMgqibelo eJoachim Chissano Conference Centre eMaputo, eMozambique.
Lo mcimbi ubuhlelwe yiqembu le-International Pan-African Investment, Africa
Umtshalizimali (Ai) ngokubambisana noHulumeni waseMozambique, i-International
Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) I-International Finance Corporation (Iqembu Lebhange Lomhlaba) kanye ne-NEPAD.
Inhloso yawo wukubona impumelelo yabantu, ohulumeni, amabhizinisi nezinhlangano ezibambe iqhaza elincomekayo ekukhuleni kotshalomali olusimeme kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika.
UBalala uqokwe yithimba lamajaji amahlanu aholwa nguSolwazi Geoffrey Lipman, onguMeluleki Okhethekile weWorld Tourism Organisation.
Abanye kwakunguNkz. Irene Visser, uMphathi Wohlelo Lwezokuvakasha e-International Finance Corporation, uMnu Trevor Ward, uMqondisi Ophethe we-W Hospitality Group kanye noNkz Kate Rivett-Carnac we-Development Bank of Southern Africa.
UNgqongqoshe waqashelwa ngemizamo yakhe yokuhola uhlelo lokuvuselela ezokuvakasha eKenya ngowezi-2008 kanye nokuphakamisa igama leKenya kwezokuvakasha njengomholi womhlaba kwezokuvakasha okusimeme.
Uphinde waklonyeliswa ngokuhola ukuqaliswa kwenqubomgomo kahulumeni yokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha ezisimeme.
IKenya neGabon ibalwe njengamazwe agxilise izinsiza zawo ekukhangiseni amazwe awo njengendawo yokuvakasha elungele imvelo.
Ingqungquthela yabatshalizimali bezokuvakasha kanye nemiklomelo yakhelwe ukukhombisa ngamathuba e-Afrika nempumelelo ye-Afrika emhlabeni wonke, ngokuhlanganyela ukuqwashisa nge-Afrika njengendawo yokuvakasha kanye nokuklomelisa amaqembu athuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika njengendlela yokuthuthukisa ukukhula komnotho okusimeme.
Umklomelo Wonyaka Wezokuvakasha e-Afrika yiwona oqhudelana kakhulu emikhakheni engu-14 yezindondo.
Kulo nyaka, bekungenele ongqongqoshe abahamba phambili base-Afrika okubalwa kubo uNajib Balala (Kenya), Shamsa Mwangunga (Tanzania), Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia), Fernando Sumbana Jr (Mozambique), Mohammed Boussaid (Morocco), Khelil Lajimi (Tunisia), Charles U-Xavier Luc Duval (e-Mauritius) kanye no-Marthinus Van Schalkwyk waseNingizimu Afrika owawina lo mklomelo ngo-2008.
Ezinye izinhlangano ezinhlanu zaseKenya zihlungelwe izindondo ezahlukene kodwa zangawina.
Bafake Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha laseKenya esigabeni seTourism Promotion Agency of the Year kanye neTourism Trust (TTF) ngaphansi kweBest Initiative in Facilitating SME Tourism Investment.
Abanye abangenele iKenya Airways (Inkampani Yezindiza Engcono Kakhulu), Eagle Africa Insurance Brokers (Business Travel Insurer), Ol Malo Eco-Lodge and Trust (Sustainable Tourism Investment) kanye neNairobi City (Tourism Investor City of the Year).
“Ukunqoba kwami kanye nokuhlonishwa kwamanye amazwe ayisikhombisa aseKenya emklomelweni kukhombisa ukuthi iKenya ibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha e-Afrika nasemhlabeni. Lo mklomelo uwukuhlonishwa kwawo wonke umkhakha wezokuvakasha eKenya,” kusho uBalala.
