Ubuchwepheshe! Ingxenye eqhubekayo ebhekana nezinselele kancane kancane zokuvela kwe-e-commerce kuyo yonke imboni. Ezokuvakasha azihlukile futhi ikakhulukazi eKenya, njengoba ababambiqhaza belokhu beqhamuka nemibono emisha namasu okuhloswe ngawo ukuhlukanisa imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha. I-Google ingeyokungenela kwakamuva ekuthuthukiseni lo mkhakha, ngokwethulwa kwe-Google Street View eNairobi. Ubuchwepheshe buhlinzeka ngesithombe esingu-360-degree somgwaqo noma indawo, okuvumela abahambi ukuthi bahlole izimpawu zendawo zedolobha nezimangaliso zemvelo njengomgogodla wemikhakha yezokuvakasha neyokwamukela izihambi.
NgokukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezilwane Zasendle waseKenya uNajib Balala owakhuluma ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Google Street View, lobu buchwepheshe “buzokwenza izethameli zomhlaba wonke zikwazi ukuhlola amadolobha aseKenya ikakhulukazi iNairobi, ekugcineni ilethe umhlaba ezweni”; ngaleyo ndlela, kukhuphula izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezifika kanye nezindleko. Ngo-2017, iKenya yathola izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe eziyizigidi ezingu-1.4 futhi yakhiqiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.2.
Umthelela uzwakala kakhulu kubahambi, abahloli bamazwe nabanikazi bamahhotela njengesifiso sokuzizwa ungokoqobo ngaphambi kokuvakasha ngokomzimba. Lokhu akukhona edolobheni kuphela kodwa nasezindaweni ezihamba phambili zaseKenya ezifana neMasai Mara, ngenxa yemvelo yemvelo, izilwane zasendle kanye namagugu.
Eyichaza njengenguquko, Umphathi Wezwe We-Jumia Travel u-Cyrus Onyiego uphawula ukuthi “ukuvakasha kunolwazi kakhulu, ngakho-ke ukubuka komgwaqo kwe-Google kuzokwenza izinkampani zezokuvakasha zikwazi ukumaketha izindawo eziya kuzo ngendlela engcono ebonakalayo. Izophinde ithuthukise indlela abavakashi ababuka ngayo imisebenzi ezindaweni zasendaweni, okuzosiza kakhulu ekuletheni umhlaba wonke ezweni hhayi nje kuphela, kodwa nasemzimbeni ikakhulukazi njengoba sibheke enkathini ephakeme.”
Ekuqaleni, I-Virtual Reality (VR) eKenya yayigxile kakhulu emagumbini amahhotela, izinkampani zezindiza futhi ngokwezinga elithile ikhamera yama-smartphones e-Giroptic iO 360°; kulawo magama-ncazo aphelele nokuboniswa kwezindawo zokuvakasha. Ngokwethulwa kwe-Google Street View eNairobi, akungabazeki ukuthi ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha baqhubeka bexwayisa ngomoya ngokuqanjwa okuhloselwe ukuthuthukisa umkhakha, njengoba abahlinzeki besevisi befuna ukunikeza ukuhlela okuthembekile nokuzizwisa komuntu siqu ngokuvakasha okubonakalayo.
