Itekhnoloji! Icandelo elihlala lihlala liqhuba imiceli mngeni ye-e-commerce ngokuqhubekayo kwishishini ngalinye. Ukhenketho aluyongxaki kwaye ngakumbi eKenya, njengoko abachaphazelekayo besoloko beza neengcinga ezitsha kunye nobuchule obujoliswe ekuhlanganiseni iimveliso zokhenketho. UGoogle ungeno lwakutsha nje ekunyuseni icandelo, ngokuphehlelelwa kweGoogle Street View eNairobi. Itekhnoloji ibonelela ngomfanekiso we-360-degree yesitalato okanye indawo, eyenza abahambi baphonononge iimpawu zesixeko kunye nemimangaliso yendalo njengomqolo wecandelo lokhenketho kunye nelokwamkela iindwendwe.
Ngokutsho koMphathiswa wezoKhenketho neZilwanyana zaseNdle eKenya uNajib Balala obethetha ngexesha lokuphehlelelwa kweGoogle Street View, obu bugcisa “buya kwenza ukuba abaphulaphuli behlabathi bahlole phantse izixeko zaseKenya ngakumbi iNairobi, ekugqibeleni zizise ihlabathi kweli lizwe”; ngoko ke, ukomeleza abakhenkethi abafikayo bamazwe ngamazwe kunye nenkcitho. Ngo-2017, iKenya ifumene i-1.4 yezigidi zabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe kwaye yenza i-1.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika.
Impembelelo iviwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi, abakhenkethi kunye nabanikazi behotele njengomnqweno wokuziva unyanisekile phambi kotyelelo lomzimba. Oku akukho esixekweni kuphela kodwa nakwiindawo eziphezulu ze-safari zaseKenya ezifana neMasai Mara, ngenxa yendalo yendalo, izilwanyana zasendle kunye nelifa lemveli.
Eyichaza njengenguquko, uManejala welizwe leJumia Travel uCyrus Onyiego uthi “ukhenketho lunamava kakhulu, ke ngoko ukujonga kwesitrato sikaGoogle kuya kwenza ukuba iifemu zezoKhenketho zithengise iindawo zazo ngendlela ebonwayo engcono. Iza kuphucula indlela abakhenkethi abajonga ngayo imisebenzi kwiindawo zendawo, eza kuhamba umgama omde ekuziseni umhlaba wonke elizweni kungekuphela nje, kodwa nasemzimbeni ngakumbi njengoko sisiya kwixesha eliphezulu. ”
Ekuqaleni, i-Virtual Reality (VR) eKenya igxininise kakhulu kumagumbi ehotele, iinqwelomoya kunye nomlinganiselo othile wekhamera ye-smartphones ye-Giroptic iO 360 °; ngaloo nkcazelo igqibeleleyo kunye nokuboniswa kweendawo zokuhamba. Ngokwaziswa kweGoogle Street View eNairobi, akuthandabuzeki ukuba abachaphazelekayo kwezokhenketho baqhubeka belumkisa emoyeni ngezinto ezintsha ezijoliswe ekuphuhliseni ngakumbi icandelo, njengoko ababoneleli beenkonzo befuna ukunika isicwangciso esithembekileyo kunye namava omntu ngokuhamba okubonakalayo.
