Kampala - I-Uganda kulindeleke ukuthi isingathe ingqungquthela yesi-5 ye-Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF) yango-2009 ngoJuni 15-17, 2009.
Le ngqungquthela kuhloswe ngayo ukuhlanganisa izikhulu eziphezulu kanye nabamele imikhakha ezimele abavela emazweni angama-65 e-Afrika nase-Asia nasezinhlanganweni zamazwe omhlaba ukubuyekeza, ukuhlola nokuhlola amasu akhona e-Afrika kwezokuvakasha okusimeme.
Lesi sithangami sihlelwe yi-UNDP ngokubambisana nomnyango wezangaphandle waseJapan, iBhange Lomhlaba, i-UNIDO kanye ne-United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Izobuye ibhekane nokuthi izowandiswa kanjani amathuba okukhangisa kwezokuvakasha futhi ikhuthaze utshalomali lwezokuvakasha emazweni ase-Asia nase-Afrika.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha, uSerapio Rukundo utshele izintatheli ngesonto eledlule ukuthi le ngqungquthela izonikela ngesigungu senhlangano yezokuvakasha kanye nosomabhizinisi lapho bezocobelelana khona imibono ngokugqugquzela ezokuvakasha, ukuhweba nokutshalwa kwezimali phakathi kwe-Asia ne-Afrika.
Izophinde iveze ababambiqhaza olwazini ngamathuba ebhizinisi angaba khona, kanye nokwabelana ngezindlela ezinhle kakhulu nezinselelo.
“Ngokukhonjiswa kwezohwebo kwezokuvakasha engqungqutheleni, sinethemba lokuveza amandla ezokuvakasha e-Uganda. Futhi njenganoma iyiphi enye ingqungquthela yamazwe omhlaba, izothuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha e-Uganda, ”kusho uRukundo.
UMengameli we-Uganda Tourism Association, uMnu u-Amos Wekesa uthe kwinhlolokhono isithombe se-Afrika sisengcupheni futhi lesi yisikhathi sokusebenzisa lesi sithangami ukusihlenga. I-Afrika inikela kuphela ngama-4% emholweni wezokuvakasha emhlabeni.
“I-Afrika idinga ukusebenzisana. Silindele ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni nezinkampani ezizimele zisebenzise le ngqungquthela ukuxhumana nokuthola amabhizinisi, ”kusho uWekesa, ongomunye wabahleli bomcimbi.
Uthe amanethiwekhi amakhulu ezindaba afana ne-CNBC, CNN, BBC neReuters azobukisa lo mcimbi bukhoma eKampala.
AbakwaWekesa bangeze ngokuthi izinkampani ezizimele nezikahulumeni zizohlomula kakhulu kulesi sithangami ngokusebenzisa imihlangano yokuxhumana neyamabhizinisi namabhizinisi.
Ingqungquthela izoba nemisebenzi efana nombukiso wezinsuku ezintathu, ukwethula ngokuqwashisa nge-gorilla nemidanso yesintu yase-Uganda phakathi kweminye.
Le ngqungquthela okulindeleke ukuthi ihehe izithunywa zakuleli ezibalelwa ku-300 nezaphesheya kwezilwandle, okubalwa kuzo ongqongqoshe abangu-11 abavela emazweni ahlukene, izobanjelwa eSpeke Resort Munyonyo yaseKampala kanti izobe ihlelwe nguMnyango Wezohwebo, Wezimboni Nezokuvakasha. Abanye ababambiqhaza abaqinisekisile ukuba khona abavela e-Asia bavela eJapan, China naseSingapore.
