I-Kampala - I-Uganda imiselwe ukusingatha i-5th Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF) inkomfa ye-2009 ngoJuni 15-17, i-2009.
Le nkomfa ijonge ukuhlanganisa amagosa aphezulu kunye nabameli becandelo labucala abavela kumazwe angama-65 e-Afrika nase-Asia kunye nemibutho yamazwe ngamazwe ukuba bahlole, bahlole kwaye bahlole izicwangciso ezikhoyo e-Afrika zokhenketho oluzinzileyo.
Eli qonga liququzelelwa yi-UNDP ngokusebenzisana nesebe lemicimbi yangaphandle laseJapan, iBhanki yeHlabathi, i-UNIDO kunye noMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo woKhenketho weHlabathi. Iza kuxoxa ngendlela yokwandisa amathuba entengiso kukhenketho kunye nokukhuthaza utyalo-mali kwezokhenketho phakathi kwamazwe ase-Asiya nase-Afrika.
Umphathiswa wezokhenketho, uSerapio Rukundo, uxelele iintatheli kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba le nkomfa iza kunika iqonga lezokhenketho kunye nabezoshishino batshintshiselane ngeembono malunga nokukhuthazwa kokhenketho, urhwebo notyalo-mali phakathi kwe-Asiya ne-Afrika.
Iza kubhentsisa abathathi-nxaxheba kulwazi lwamathuba oshishino anokubakho, kunye nokwabelana ngezona ndlela zingcono zokusebenza kunye nemingeni.
“Ngomboniso worhwebo lokhenketho kule nkomfa, sinethemba lokubonisa amandla okhenketho lwase-Uganda. Njengayo nayiphi na enye inkomfa yamazwe ngamazwe, izakulikhulisa ishishini lezokhenketho eUganda,” utshilo uRukundo.
Umongameli weUganda Tourism Association, umnumzana Amos Wekesa uthe kudliwano-ndlebe ukuba inkangeleko yeAfrika isesichengeni kwaye eli lixesha lokusebenzisa eli qonga lengxoxo ukuyikhulula. I-Afrika igalela kuphela i-4% yengeniso yezokhenketho yehlabathi.
“IAfrika idinga intsebenziswano. Silindele ukuba amagosa karhulumente nabecandelo labucala asebenzise le nkomfa ukunxibelelana afumane ushishino,” utshilo uWekesa ongomnye wabaququzeleli balo msitho.
Uthe amanethiwekhi amakhulu eendaba afana ne-CNBC, i-CNN, i-BBC kunye neReuters yayiza kubonisa umcimbi ngqo eKampala.
UWekesa wongeze ngelithi, icandelo labucala kunye nelikarhulumente liza kuxhamla kakhulu kweli qonga leengxoxo ngothungelwano kunye neentlanganiso zoshishino noshishino.
Le nkomfa iza kuba nemisebenzi efana nomboniso weentsuku ezintathu, intetho yokwazisa ngeegorila kunye nemidaniso yesintu yase-Uganda phakathi kwezinye.
Le nkomfa, nekulindeleke ukuba itsale abathunywa balapha ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe abamalunga namakhulu amathathu, kuquka nabaphathiswa abalishumi elinanye abaphuma kumazwe ahlukeneyo, iza kubanjelwa eKampala kwiSpeke Resort Munyonyo kwaye izakuququzelelwa liSebe lezoRhwebo, iShishini noKhenketho. Abanye abathathi-nxaxheba abathe baqinisekisa ukuba baya e-Asiya basuka eJapan, eTshayina naseSingapore.
