I-US ne-African Union: Ubambiswano olususelwa kuzintshisakalo ezifanayo namanani abiwe

Kusukela I-united states waba yizwe lokuqala elingelona elase-Afrika ukusungula umkhankaso wobumbano ozinikele ku-African Union ngo-2006, i-United States ne-African Union Commission (AUC) bakhe ubambiswano oluhlala njalo olususelwa kuzintshisekelo zombuso kanye nezindinganiso ezabiwe. Izwe laseMelika lisebenzisane ne-AUC, selokhu yethula ingxoxo esemthethweni esezingeni eliphakeme ngonyaka wezi-2013, ukuqhubekisela phambili ubambiswano lwethu ezindaweni ezine ezibucayi: ukuthula nokuphepha; intando yeningi nokubusa; ukukhula komnotho, ukuhweba kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali; nethuba nentuthuko. Izingxoxo engqungqutheleni ye-7th ye-US-African Union Commission High Dialogue ebibanjwe ngoNovemba 14 - 15, 2019 eWashington, DC zithuthukise izintshisekelo zombili ekuthuthukiseni uzinzo nokwakha amathuba ezomnotho.

Izibopho Ezomnotho Eziqinile Nezikhulayo

• Izwe laseMelika linikeze ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo kwezeluleko ze-African Union Commission Peace Support Operations Division kusukela ngo-2005.

• Izwe laseMelika selisekele amazwe angama-23 angamalungu e-AU ekuqiniseni amandla awo okulungiselela, ukuhambisa, nokusimamisa abagcini bokuthula emisebenzini yokuthula ye-UN nase-AMISOM.

Ukuvimbela kanye Nokukhuluma Ngezimbangela Zokuqina Nokuntengantenga

• Izwe laseMelika lihlele ukwesekwa kokuvumelanisa i-AU kanye Nemiphakathi Yezomnotho Yesifunda ukuze kuhlomule uHlelo Lwesixwayiso Samazwekazi ase-Afrika.

• Ukuvikela ukushisekela ubudlova, i-United States ihlinzeke ngomkhakha wezokuphepha osimeme nosizo lwentuthuko, ikakhulukazi ngobuholi be-AU kanye nokubamba iqhaza kwi-Africa Centre for Strategic Study (ACSS) yokusebenzela esifundeni mayelana nezindlela zamasu okulwa nobushokobezi obunodlame.

• Ukwesekwa kwe-US sekungaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 487 zemisebenzi ejwayelekile yokucekelwa phansi kwezikhali (i-CWD) kuyo yonke i-Afrika, kufaka phakathi ukudilizwa kwabantu ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kwabantu kanye nokwakha isisekelo sentuthuko esimeme, kanye nezinhlelo zokuphathwa kwezikhali nezinhlamvu ezivimbela ukuphambukiswa okungekho emthethweni kwezingalo ezincane, ukukhanya izikhali, nezinhlamvu kubashokobezi nezigebengu.

• Izwe laseMelika selikhiphe amadola angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10 ukusungula i-Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) nokulenza likwazi ukuvimbela, lithole, futhi libhekane nokuqubuka kwezifo ezithathelwanayo kuleli zwekazi, kubandakanya nokwabiwa kwezikhungo ezimbili zaseMelika Ochwepheshe be-Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ukwakhiwa kwe-Emergency Operation Center, kanye nokuqeqeshwa kodokotela bezifo eziphathelene nezifo nabaphathi bezehlakalo.

Ezokuphepha Emanzini kanye Nomnotho Oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka

• I-United States inikele ngokusekelwa okuqondile kwabeluleki bomsebenzi we-AUC Peace Support Operations Division ekusebenziseni ukusebenza koHlelo Oludidiyelwe Lwasolwandle lwase-2050 lwase-Afrika ngokuxhasa izingxoxo zokuxoxisana zasolwandle.

• I-United States ihlele ukwesekwa kokwakhiwa komnyango ozinikele wezomnotho wasolwandle ngaphakathi kwe-AUC ngonyaka wezi-2020.

Ukuqinisa Izikhungo Zentando Yeningi Namalungelo Abantu

• Izwe laseMelika liqhubekile nokusebenzisana ne-AU emizameni yayo yokuqinisekisa ukubamba iqhaza kwemiphakathi ebandlululwa okhethweni lowezi-2020 kanye nezinye izinqubo zepolitiki zamazwe angamalungu e-AU.

• Umklomelo wakamuva wama- $ 650,000 usekela uMkhankaso we-AU Wokuqeda Imishado Yezingane ngokuhambisana neSu Lase-US Lokuvimbela Nokubhekana Nobudlova Obusekelwe Emhlabeni Wonke.

• Izwe laseMelika liklonyeliswe ngo- $ 4.8 million ukuxhasa ukusungulwa kweNkantolo eNkulu yase-AU yaseSudan ukuqinisekisa ukuphendula ngamacala enziwe ngezingxabano.

Ukufukulwa Kwabesifazane

• I-United States ifake amathuluzi kosomabhizinisi besifazane base-Afrika ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-US Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative:

o I-United States isekele i-Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) ngama- $ 50 million ukuthuthukisa ezamabhizinisi abesifazane emnothweni jikelele. NgoMeyi 2019, i-We-Fi inikeze i-African Development Bank (AfDB) ama- $ 61.8 wezigidi ngohlelo lwayo lwe- “Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa” (i-AFAWA) ukwenza ngcono ukutholakala kwezimali kwamabhizinisi amancane aphethwe ngabesifazane / aholwa amancane (WSMEs) emazweni angama-21 ase-Afrika.

Ngaphezu kwesinyathelo se-AFAWA, i-We-Fi inikeze i-World Bank Group amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-75 ngomklamo wabo osihloko sithi "Ukudala Izimakethe Zabo Bonke." Le phrojekthi ixazulula imigoqo evimba ama-SME aphethwe ngabesifazane futhi aholele emazingeni amaningi kubandakanya ukufinyelela kwezezimali nezimakethe. Izinsizakalo ezihambisanayo ezingezona ezezimali ezinikeziwe ukubhekana nezingqinamba zabesifazane. Le phrojekthi ihlose amazwe ayi-18 emhlabeni jikelele, kubandakanya Amazwe ase-Afrika angaphansi kweSahara ayishumi.

o I-United States yethule i-Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) emazweni amaningana angamalungu e-AU ukuxhasa osomabhizinisi besifazane base-Afrika ekufezeni amandla abo kwezomnotho ngokusiza izifundo ezenziwa online, ukuxhumana nabantu, kanye nokuthola ukwelulekwa. Ukwakha empumelelweni yeqoqo lokuqala, i-AWE izokhuphuka futhi inwebe ukunikeza izinkulungwane ezengeziwe ithuba lokwakha amabhizinisi asimeme.

o I-United States yethule uhlelo lwe-US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 2X Africa, umhlahlandlela wokutshalwa kwezimali ngokobulili ukutshala ngqo amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-350 ukusiza ukuhlanganisa imali eyizigidigidi ezingama- $ 1 ukuze isekele abesifazane, abesifazane abaholwa ngabesifazane nabasekela abesifazane. amaphrojekthi e-Sub-Saharan Africa.

• I-United States yaqinisa inethiwekhi yobungcweti, ukuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi, ukuxhaswa ngezimali, kanye namathuba okwakha amakhono ezohwebo kwabahlanganyeli bohlelo lokuzivikela lwe-International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), okwaholela kwinethiwekhi yabesifazane abangosomabhizinisi abangaphezu kuka-60,000 kanye nezinhlangano zamabhizinisi ezingama-44 e-Afrika yonkana. Uhlelo lwe-African Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP) namanye ama-IVLP alumnae seludale amathuba emisebenzi angaphezu kwe-17,000 esifundeni.

• I-United States yasebenzisa inethiwekhi ye-AWEP, izinhlangano zomphakathi zaseBenin, kanye nohulumeni waseBenin, ukuze kusetshenziswe i-SHE's GREAT! IBenin, uhlelo olunikeza amantombazane amandla futhi luwaxhumanise namakhono kumasu wezolimo amasu okusimama namarobhothi, amandla avuselelekayo, namakhono wokuklama uhlelo lokusebenza ukubhekana nokunqoba izinselelo eziyinkimbinkimbi zenhlalo nezomnotho amantombazane abhekana nazo emhlabeni wonke. Ngaphezu kokunikezela ngamakhono obuchwepheshe athuthukisiwe nokuqeqeshwa kobuholi, nezinsizakusebenza zokuvimbela nokuphendula odlameni olusekelwe ebulilini (GBV), kufaka phakathi imikhuba yendabuko eyingozi, SHE's GREAT! IBenin ixhumanisa amantombazane nabafana namanethiwekhi wabeluleki nabalingani abalangazelela ukubasekela njengoba benza amaphrojekthi omphakathi futhi befunda amasu amasha okuqhubeka nemfundo yabo, kanye nokuphishekela amantombazane kwemisebenzi engeyona eyezomdabu yabesifazane.

• I-United States yabeka ama- $ 50 wezigidi ku-We-Fi yeBhange Lomhlaba ukukhulisa ukufinyelela emazweni angamalungu e-AU ezinsizakalweni zezezimali zosomabhizinisi besifazane, amabhizinisi amancane aphethwe ngabesifazane nabesifazane abahola abesifazane (ama-SME), namakhasimende abesifazane abahlinzeka ngemisebenzi.

Inkambu yokudlala ezingeni lebhizinisi lase-US

• I-United States ne-AUC basebenzisana ngokuqhubekayo, ukushintshana kwemikhuba emihle nokusekelwa kwezobuchwepheshe ku-AU ukuze kufinyelelwe ezinhlosweni zayo ze-Afrika Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) yokwehlisa izithiyo ekuhwebeni nasekutshalweni kwezimali, ukukhulisa ukuncintisana nokuheha utshalomali, ukwehlukahlukana ukuhwebelana, kanye nokusiza amazwe ukuthi anyuse uchungechunge lwenani Uhulumeni wase-US wenze izindlela zokuvuselela izindlela ezimbili zokuhweba nokutshalwa kwezimali ne-Afrika nge-Prosper Africa, okuyisinyathelo sase-US esenziwe ekuqaleni konyaka ukukhulisa ukuhweba nokutshalwa kwezimali okuphakathi kwezimbili phakathi kwe-United States. kanye ne-Afrika ngokuhlanganisa ndawonye uhla oluphelele lwezinsizakusebenza zikahulumeni wase-US. IProsper Africa inombono wokusungula ipulatifomu eyodwa, ehlanganisiwe esiza ukuthengiselana ngokuhlonza amathuba, ukusheshisa amadili, nokuphatha ubungozi ngezinhlelo ezahlukahlukene; nokusebenzisana nohulumeni base-Afrika ukwenza izinguquko ezikhuthaza izimo zebhizinisi ezisobala, eziqagekayo nezinamandla.

Ukubambisana Kwezolimo Nezokudla

• Isizelwa ukusekelwa yi-US, uHlaka lweNqubomgomo ye-AU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) lwaphothulwa nguMnyango We-AU Wezomnotho Wasemaphandleni Nezolimo, futhi lwavunywa yiKomidi Lezobuchwepheshe Elikhethekile le-AUC, ngo-Okthoba 2019.

Umnotho Wedijithali nokubambisana kwe-cyber

• Izwe laseMelika lifake uMeluleki omusha we-International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Advisor (ICHIP) eMishini yase-US eya kwi-African Union ukuqeqesha izikhulu zomthetho zamazwe angamalungu e-AU.

• I-United States inikela ngesekelo elengeziweko lehlelo e-US Telecommunications Training Institute (i-USTTI), ebandakanya ukuthuthukiswa kwamakhono weziphathimandla ze-Afrika ze-ICT. Iningi lababambiqhaza be-USTTI bavela e-Afrika.

• Imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi ehlelwe esifundeni mayelana namasu kazwelonke e-cyber ifaka phakathi umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wamasu we-cyber kazwelonke wango-Ephreli 2020 wezizwe eziyi-10 ezingamalungu e-AU kanye nomhlangano wokucobelelana ngobugebengu be-cyber namasu kazwelonke e-cyber emazweni angamalungu e-AU.

• I-United States yahlinzeka usizo emazweni angamalungu e-AU ukwenza ngcono ukusingathwa kwezigameko ze-cyber, kufaka phakathi umhlangano owawungoNovemba 2019 wamaComputer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) kanye nokushintshisana ngolwazi emazweni ayisishiyagalolunye angamalungu e-AU.