Izinkulungwane zezithunywa zihlangana eNgqungqutheleni yesishiyagalombili ye-Sullivan eTanzania

E-ARUSHA, Tanzania (eTN) – Izithunywa ezivela emazweni ase-Afrika angaba ngu-42 kanye ne-United States zihlangene lapha edolobheni laseTanzania elisenyakatho ye-Arusha emhlanganweni wesishiyagalombili we-Leon H. Sullivan Summit, obuye waheha omongameli base-Afrika abayisikhombisa kanye nowayeyinhloko yezwe laseNigeria uMnu. Olusegun Obasanjo.

Le ngqungquthela yezinsuku ezinhlanu, ezoba se-Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC), izogxila emathubeni otshalomali nentuthuko e-Afrika njengezokuvakasha nengqalasizinda.

UMongameli weTanzania uJakaya Kikwete uthe umhlangano weSullivan uyinkundla lapho ama-Afrika ezwekazini lawo kanye nalabo abavela emazweni ase-Afrika asemazweni angaphandle bezodingida izindaba ezithinta izithakazelo zombili.

Izithunywa zase-Afrika bezivela e-Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, iRwanda, iSeychelles, iNingizimu Afrika, iSudan, iSwaziland, iTanzania, iTunisia, i-Uganda, iZambia neZimbabwe.

Ezinye izihambeli bezivela eBahamas, eBarbados, eBrazil, eFrance, eJalimane, eJamaica nase-United States zizobamba iqhaza engqungqutheleni enesihloko esithi, “The Summit of Life Time,” futhi eyokuqala yaba seMpumalanga Afrika.

UMengameli uKikwete, ongumethuli walo mhlangano, uthe ukwamukele ukusingatha uhlelo lwesishiyagalombili lwale ngqungquthela eMpumalanga Afrika okokuqala ngqa hhayi ngenjongo yokuhlonipha kodwa njengomsebenzi ofanele.

Umongameli waseMelika uGeorge Bush uqoke ithimba lakhe ukuthi liyomela uhulumeni waseMelika emhlanganweni weSullivan lapha eTanzania. Inxusa laseMelika eTanzania uMark Green uqokwe njengenhloko yethimba likamongameli wase-US engqungqutheleni ye-Sullivan.

Abanye abasethimba likaBush nguNobhala Wezangaphakathi waseMelika uDirk Kempthorne, iPhini likaNobhala waseMelika obhekelele e-Afrika uJendayi Frazer, iphini likamengameli we-Overseas Private Investment Corporation uJohn A. Simon kanye nowayenguLieutenant Governor waseMaryland, uMichael S. Steele, ophinde abe ngusihlalo wenhlangano. I-GOPAC.

Ithimba laseMelika lihlanganisa nosihlalo omkhulu we-USADF, u-Edward Brehm, ophinde abe ngumsunguli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu kanye nosihlalo wezinkampani ezimbili ezibonisana nomshwalense ezinze eMinnesota-iBrehm Group kanye neCapstone Advisors.

UMnu. Brehm useneminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ebambe iqhaza ezindabeni zokuthuthukiswa kwe-Afrika, njengesakhamuzi esizimele futhi eyilungu lezithunywa ezimbili zeCongress yaseMelika. Intshisekelo yakhe e-Afrika yaqala ngo-1992, lapho ebambe iqhaza ohambweni lweWorld Vision International ezindaweni ezihlaselwe indlala empumalanga ye-Afrika.

Esinye isithunywa saseMelika esivelele kule ngqungquthela nguMelinda Marie Doolittle, isihlabani somculo esiwine indawo yesithathu ngesizini yesithupha yomdlalo kamabonakude odumile othi “American Idol.” Waya eZambia neNkosazana Yokuqala u-Laura Bush ngoJulayi 2007 ukuyobheka imisebenzi eyenziwa ngaphansi kwe-US President's Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Yavulwa ngo-1991, i-Leon Sullivan Summit ibigxile ekuqedweni kobubha ngentuthuko emikhakheni eyahlukene. Zonke izingqungquthela eziyisikhombisa ezedlule bezibanjelwe emazweni asentshonalanga naseNingizimu Afrika e-Cote d'Ivoire (1991), Gabon (1993), Senegal (1995), Zimbabwe (1997), Ghana (1999) kanye neNigeria ngo-2003 nango-2006 ngokulandelana.