I-Kenya, iZambia, i-Angola Iqinisa iNtsebenziswano yoKhenketho lwase-Afrika kwi-ZATEX yowama-2025

NgoLwesibini, Juni 10, 2025

IKenya ikuqinisekisile ukuzibophelela kwayo ekukhuleni kokhenketho lwengingqi eAfrika ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwayo Zambia Travel Expo (ZATEX) 2025, ebibanjwe ngoJuni 5 ukuya kuJuni 7, 2025, kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laMazwe ngaMazwe le-Mulungushi e Lusaka, Zambiya. Olu thatho-nxaxheba lugxininisa injongo yeKenya yokwenza nzulu ubudlelwane bayo phakathi kwenkqubo yezokhenketho yaseAfrika. Kumsitho, iKenya yabonisa i Umlingo waseKenya uphawu, ngelixa ikhuthaza iminikelo yayo yokhenketho eyahlukeneyo ebandakanya i-safaris, iilwandle, iindawo zelifa lenkcubeko, kunye nokunye. Lo mboniso unike iKenya iqonga lokuthethathethana namanye amazwe ase-Afrika ukukhuthaza intsebenziswano kunye nokukhuthaza urhwebo phakathi kwe-Afrika, into ebalulekileyo ekuvuseleleni ukhenketho kweli lizwekazi.

I-ZATEX 2025 isingathe ababonisi abangaphezu kwama-50, kuquka iingcali zokhenketho, ii-arhente zikarhulumente, iMibutho yoKhenketho yeSizwe (i-NTOs), amaqela olondolozo, kunye namashishini amancinci kwicandelo lezokhenketho. Lo msitho usebenze njengethuba lokuba abathathi-nxaxheba baxoxe ngezicwangciso eziliqili zokukhula kokhenketho lwengingqi kunye nokuphonononga ukuba amazwe ase-Afrika anokusebenzisana njani ukunyusa uhambo olunqumla imida. Ukubandakanyeka kweKenya kuqaqambisa ukubaluleka kobuhlakani phakathi kweendawo ezisingwayo zase-Afrika, ezijolise ekwenzeni eli lizwekazi libe lelona lizwe liphezulu labakhenkethi behlabathi.

Indima yeQhinga laseKenya kwiNtsebenziswano yoKhenketho lwangaphakathi kweAfrika

The IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseKenya (KTB), ekhokele ukuthatha inxaxheba kweKenya kwiZATEX, yagxininisa indima ebalulekileyo yentsebenziswano ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho ngaphakathi eAfrika. I-CEO ye-KTB uJuni Chepkemei ivakalise ukuzibophelela kwebhodi ekukhuthazeni ubudlelwane obuqinileyo namanye amazwe ase-Afrika, isithi, “Siyawazi amandla amakhulu axhomekeke kwintsebenziswano, kwaye ukuthatha kwethu inxaxheba kwi-ZATEX yinxalenye yememorandam yokuqondana (MOU) eqhubekayo phakathi kweZambia neKenya.”

U-Chepkemei wachaza ukuba intsebenziswano enjalo inokunceda ukuvala izikhewu ezikhoyo kwiziseko ezingundoqo kunye neenkonzo, ngokukodwa phakathi kweenqwelo-moya, ii-arhente zezokhenketho zelizwe, kunye necandelo labucala. Ukwaveze ukuba intsebenziswano phakathi I-Kenya Airways kwaye Zambia Airways inokwenza intsebenziswano enokwenza uhambo phakathi kwala mazwe mabini lungabinamthungo, ngaloo ndlela kukhuthaze abakhenkethi abaninzi ukuba batyelele omabini la mazwe. Ukholelwa ukuba oku kubalulekile ekudaleni inkqubo yokhenketho ekhulayo enceda wonke umntu kulo mmandla.

Icandelo lezokhenketho laseZambia, elijamelene nocelomngeni olufanayo nelaseKenya, linokuninzi elinokukuzuza kwiintsebenziswano ezinjalo. Le ntsebenziswano inamandla okwandisa ukhenketho phakathi kwala mazwe mabini ngokuphuhlisa amaphulo okuthengisa adibeneyo kunye neepakethi zokhenketho eziza kubonelela ngamava amaninzi kubahambi abawela imida. Ngokukhuthaza ukukhula kokhenketho kulo mmandla, la mazwe anethemba lokudala imarike yokhenketho yase-Afrika enxibeleleneyo nezinzileyo.

Ukomeleza iNdawo ye-Afrika kwiMaphu yoKhenketho lweHlabathi

Ukubaluleka kokhenketho lwangaphakathi kweAfrika kwagxininiswa UMphathiswa weNkcubeko, uKhenketho kunye nokusiNgqongileyo e-Angola, UMárcio de Jesus Lopes Daniel, naye owayekho kulo msitho. Ugxininise ukuba intsebenziswano phakathi kwamazwe ase-Afrika ibalulekile ekwandiseni isabelo selizwekazi labakhenkethi behlabathi jikelele. UDaniel ugxininise ukuba iintlanga zaseAfrika kufuneka zisebenzisane ukuze ziphucule uxhulumaniso, ukwandisa ukubonakala, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba abakhenkethi abavakashela ilizwe elinye laseAfrika bakhuthazwa ukuba bahlolisise ezinye iindawo ezikufutshane.

UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseZambia, oHloniphekileyo. Rodney Sikumba, emele uMongameli HE Hakainde Hichilema, iphinde yazisa idilesi engundoqo e-ZATEX. Uthethe ngesidingo sokumisa ukhenketho kukhenketho lwangaphakathi ngelixa ekwakhawulezisa namathuba okhenketho lwangaphakathi kweAfrika. USukumba uvakalise inkolelo yokuba “amandla eAfrika akwiyantlukwano yethu,” kwanokuba ngokusebenzisana phakathi kwemida, amazwe aseAfrika anokunika abahambi amava awodwa adibanisa ezona ndawo zokusingwa zihamba phambili. Amagqabaza akhe ahambelana noluvo olukhulayo kwi-Afrika iphela lokuba ukhenketho sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokukhulisa uqoqosho nokudala iindlela zokuphila ezizinzileyo.

I-KTB's UkuZibophelela okuQhubekayo ekwandiseni uKhenketho lweNgingqi

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kweKenya kwiZATEX yinxalenye yesicwangciso esibanzi sokwandisa ubambiswano lommandla nolwamazwe ngamazwe. Ngokusebenzisa i Umlingo waseKenya uphawu, i-KTB ithengise ngempumelelo iKenya njengendawo ephezulu yokufikela yase-Afrika eyaziwa ngeminikelo yayo eyahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwi-safaris eyaziwayo kwihlabathi UMaasai Mara, Amboseli National Park, yaye IPaki yeSizwe yase Tsavo, ukuya kwiidolophu ezintle ezingaselunxwemeni zase Mombasa kwaye Iilwandle zaseDiani. Yelizwe inkcubeko elilifa lethu, Kubandakanywa Lamu Archipelago kwaye Imyuziyam yaseKaren Blixen yaseNairobi, ikwatsala umdla obalulekileyo kubakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe.

Ngexesha lomsitho, i-KTB nayo yathatha ithuba lokukhuthaza okuzayo Umlingo waseKenya weExp Expo 2025, eya kuqhubeka ukususela ngo-Oktobha 1 ukuya ku-Oktobha 3. Esi siganeko siya kuqokelela iingcali zokhenketho zamazwe ngamazwe nezengingqi, ngenjongo yokuphakamisa ngakumbi iKenya njengendawo ehamba phambili eAfrika. Lo mboniso uza kubonelela ngeqonga lokwakha uthungelwano oluluqilima lwamashishini ukuya kushishino (B2B) nokwandisa intsebenziswano yaseKenya nezinye iindawo eAfrika nangaphaya kwayo.

I-KTB izibekele amabhongo ekujoliswe kuko kwicandelo lezokhenketho, ejonge ukufikelela kuyo izigidi ezihlanu zabakhenkethi abafikayo ngo-2027. Ukuphumeza oku, le bhodi iza kuqhubeka nokwandisa amalinge entengiso edibeneyo, iqinise uthungelwano lwe-B2B, kwaye ikhuthaze intsebenziswano ngemiboniso yorhwebo, intsebenziswano ecwangcisiweyo, kunye namaphulo entengiso yentsebenziswano namanye amazwe ase-Afrika. Le njongo ayikokunyusa nje amanani okhenketho eKenya kodwa ikwakhuthaza inkcubeko yentsebenziswano ezuzisa lonke ushishino lokhenketho lwaseAfrika.

I-ZATEX 2025: Iqonga lothungelwano kunye neNtsebenziswano

I-ZATEX 2025 ibonakalise ukuba lelona thuba libalaseleyo lothungelwano kwiingcali zokhenketho kwi-Afrika iphela. Lo msitho udibanise abadlali beshishini abavela kumazwe ahlukeneyo ukuze babelane ngezimvo, bajonge iimarike ezintsha, kwaye baphuhlise amaqhinga okomeleza icandelo lezokhenketho. Ikwasebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba amandla okhenketho e-Afrika anokuphunyezwa ngokupheleleyo kuphela xa ilizwekazi lisebenzisana.

kunye Khenya, Zambiya, yaye Angola ekhokela indlela, intsebenziswano e-ZATEX kulindeleke ukuba ivule indlela yobudlelwane obutsha kunye namanyathelo azakuba neempembelelo ezihlala ixesha elide kukhenketho kwilizwekazi liphela. Ngokusebenza kunye, amazwe ase-Afrika anokunyusa amandla awo ngokudibeneyo ukudala iipakethi zokuhamba ezikhethekileyo, ezinomtsalane, ukwandisa utyelelo olunqumla imida, kwaye ekugqibeleni anyuse isikhundla selizwekazi kwinqanaba lokhenketho lwehlabathi.

Isiphelo: Ukwakha ikamva loKhenketho lwaseAfrika

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kweKenya kwi-ZATEX 2025 kugxininisa ukuzinikela kwelizwe ekuqhubeleni phambili ukhenketho lwangaphakathi kwe-Afrika kunye nokomeleza intsebenziswano yengingqi. Ubudlelwane obuphuhliswe kwesi siganeko buya kukhokelela kubudlelwane obuluqilima ngakumbi phakathi kweKenya namanye amazwe ase-Afrika, nto leyo enegalelo kuhlumo lulonke lweshishini lezokhenketho lelizwekazi. Ngentsebenziswano eqhubekayo, amaphulo entengiso adibeneyo, kunye nobuhlakani obucwangcisiweyo, iAfrika inokuphucula ukubonakala kwayo njengendawo yokhenketho yehlabathi, ibonelela ngamava ahlukeneyo atsala abatyeleli abavela kwihlabathi liphela.

Njengoko amazwe aseAfrika esebenza kunye ukukhulisa ukhenketho, injongo ihlala icacile: ukudala inkqubo yokhenketho eqhagamshelweyo, echumayo engaxhamliyo kuphela amashishini okhenketho kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe kodwa noqoqosho lwamazwe abandakanyekayo. Ubunkokeli beKenya kweli phulo, kunye neZambia ne-Angola, buya kuba ngundoqo ekubumbeni ikamva lokhenketho lwase-Afrika, ukuqinisekisa ukukhula kwalo kunye nokhuphiswano lwehlabathi kwiminyaka ezayo.