Ngokombiko omusha okhishwe ngabakwa Ibhange Lomhlaba NgoLwesithathu, ubumpofu obudlulele buzoba yisimo sase-Afrika kuphela, kanti amaphesenti angama-90 abampofu emhlabeni kulindeleke ukuthi aphile ezwenikazi ngo-2030.
Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-416 abantu base-Afrika - u-40% wabantu bezwekazi, baphila ngemali engaphansi kuka-$1.90 ngosuku ngo-2015, kusho umbiko. Lokho kuzokwenyuka ngamaphesenti angama-55 ngo-2030 ngaphandle uma kuthathwa izinyathelo ezinqala, kuxwayise ibhange.
Izinga lokuncishiswa kobumpofu ku Africa “yehle kakhulu” ngemva kokuwa kwentengo yempahla eqale ngo-2014. Kubangele ukukhula okungekuhle kwesamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya ngokwesisekelo somuntu ngamunye.
“Njengoba amazwe akwezinye izifunda eqhubeka nokuthuthuka ekunciphiseni ubumpofu, izibikezelo zisikisela ukuthi maduze ubumpofu buzoba isenzakalo esivame kakhulu e-Afrika.”
Idatha ikhombise ukuthi isikweletu sikahulumeni sikhuphuke safinyelela kumaphesenti angama-55 we-GDP ngo-2018, sisuka kumaphesenti angama-36 ngo-2013 ngenxa yokushoda kwezimali ezihlanganisiwe ngemuva kokuba amazwe ezame ukulwisana nemithelela yenkinga yezimali emhlabeni wonke ngokukhuphula ukusetshenziswa kwemali. Cishe amaphesenti angama-46 amazwe ase-Afrika abecwile ezikweletini noma athathwa njengasengozini enkulu ngo-2018 uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angama-22 eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
“Uma kubhekwa indawo elinganiselwe yokwabiwa kabusha nokudluliswa kwemali ukuze kukhushulwe imali engenayo yabampofu emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika, kufanele kugxilwe ngokuphelele ekukhuphuleni umkhiqizo wabo wezisebenzi, yilokho okuzodingeka ukukhulisa umholo wabo ekuzisebenzeleni noma ekuqasheleni amaholo, ” kusho iWorld Bank.
Sesehlise isibikezelo sokukhula komnotho e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara safinyelela kumaphesenti angu-2.6, sehle sisuka esilinganisweni sango-April esingamaphesenti angu-2.8.
Ngokombiko, ukungaqiniseki emhlabeni wonke kunomthelela ekukhuleni ngale kwe-Afrika, kanti ukukhula kwangempela kwe-GDP nakho kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle kakhulu kwezinye izifunda ezisafufusa nezithuthukayo. Izifunda zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi, eNyakatho Afrika, e-Latin America, e-Caribbean, nase-South Asia kulindeleke ukuthi zibone ukuthuthukiswa okukhulu kwezibikezelo zazo zokukhula kunase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara ngo-2019.
