I Kigali hari kubera inama ya mbere yiga ku mujyi mushya wa Afurika, ni inama yatangiye ejo kuwa 16-18 Ugushyingo, yahuje impuguke mu nganda, mu rwego rwo kuzamura ubufatanye muri Afurika no gukemura ibibazo by’imijyi yihuse ku mugabane wa Afurika.
Ibi byabaye kubwo gushaka gukora nk’ihuriro ry’ibiganiro, iyi nama yari igamije kuganira, ku gutegura ibisubizo, no gukoresha amahirwe menshi ajyanye n’imijyi.
Iyi nama yateguwe n’ikigo cya Charter Cities Institute ku bufatanye n’ikigo cy’iterambere ry’u Rwanda (RDB) n’ishyirahamwe ry’iterambere ry’ibikorwa remezo muri Afurika (AfIDA), iyi nama ikurura impuguke ku isi ziturutse mu nzego zinyuranye z’umuryango mpuzamahanga w’iterambere.
Abitabiriye amahugurwa barimo abiteza imbere, abubatsi, abahagarariye guverinoma, n’abashakashatsi baturutse mu Budage, Karayibe, Tanzaniya, Nijeriya, Amerika, Zambiya, n’ibindi.
Nyuma y’imihango yo gutangiza iyi nama hamwe n’ijambo ry’ikaze ryatanzwe na Kurtis Lockhart, Umuyobozi mukuru w’ikigo cya Charter Cities Institute, na Nelly Mukazayire, umuyobozi wungirije w’ikigo cy’iterambere ry’u Rwanda.
Umuyobozi mukuru wa Banki ya Kigali, Dr Diane Karusisi, na Kingsley Mbah, Umujyanama mukuru ushinzwe imiyoborere n’inzobere mu masoko y’imari muri AfrEximBank, bari mu itsinda ry’abacamanza. Oliver Schaper, Umuyobozi w’ibishushanyo n’Imijyi akaba n’umuyobozi ushinzwe igishushanyo mbonera cy’imijyi muri Gensler, na Preston Mendenhall, Visi Perezida n’Umuyobozi mukuru w’igihugu, Kenya, i Rendeavour.
Mu biganiro byatanzwe harimo Milan Heilmann, umuyobozi w’umushinga wa CPS Africa, watanze ibisobanuro ku iterambere ry’Umujyi wa Fumba muri Zanzibar, muri Tanzaniya.
Heilmann yatangiye ikiganiro cye ashimangira ko byihutirwa gukemura ikibazo cy’imijyi yihuse muri Afurika. “Mu mpera z’ikinyejana, Afurika igiye kwakira imigi itatu minini ku isi: Lagos, Nijeriya; Dar es Salaam, Tanzaniya; na Kinshasa, Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo ”, Heilmann. Ati: “Iyi mijyi iteganijwe ko buri wese yakira abantu barenga miliyoni 60 mu 2100, bishimangira ko hakenewe ibisubizo by’amazu.”
Umushinga wamamaye wa CPS Afrika, Umujyi wa Fumba muri Zanzibar, ugamije gukemura iki kibazo utanga amazu ahendutse kandi yubahwa. Uyu mushinga umaze gutera intambwe nini, hamwe n’amazu arenga 600 yubatswe mu mujyi wa Hobart ku nkombe y’iburengerazuba bwa Zanzibari. Iyi gahunda yatanze imirimo irenga 500, ikurura miliyoni zisaga 85 z’amadolari mu ishoramari, kandi inashimisha abakiriya mu bihugu birenga 60 ku isi. Icyerekezo kizaza cyumujyi wa Fumba kirimo kubaka amazu 5000 yo guturamo bitarenze 2032, guhanga imirimo 4000 ihoraho, no kugera kumushinga rusange wa miliyoni 500.
Umujyi w’ubukungu wa Enyimba uhagaze nk’uruhare runini mu bikorwa byo gutandukanya ubukungu bwa Nijeriya, ugamije gukoresha isoko rinini ry’igihugu, ibikoresho fatizo byinshi, hamwe n’abakozi bato kandi bize. Umujyi wubukungu uherereye mubikorwa byo kuba ihuriro ryinganda, ubuvuzi, uburezi, imyidagaduro, ibikorwa byubuzima, nindege.
Niyonkuru Florentine
