Ubu bufatanye bufite akamaro gakomeye kuko bugamije gufungura inzira nshya z’ubwikorezi bw’ibicuruzwa biva muri Nigeria biza i Kigali, Lusaka muri Zambia na Harare muri Zimbabwe, ndetse no kurushaho koroshya ingendo z’ubucuruzi zijya i Nairobi na Johannesburg binyuze mu ngendo za RwandAir.

Minisitiri w’inganda, ubucuruzi n’ishoramari wa Nigeria, Jumoke Oduwole, yatangaje ko igihugu cye gikomeje gushyira imbaraga mu guteza imbere ubucuruzi hagati y’ibihugu bya Afurika, binyuze mu gushyira mu bikorwa amasezerano y’isoko rusange rya Afurika, African Continental Free Trade Area.

Ibi yabigarutseho mu muhango wo gutangiza ku mugaragaro gahunda y’ubwikorezi bw’imizigo mu ndege binyuze mu muhora uhuza uhuza Nigeria n’Afurika y’Iburasirazuba n’iy’Amajyepfo, ku bufatanye na RwandAir.

Yagize ati: “Intego yacu ni ukoroshya no kugabanya ibiciro ku bacuruzi ba Nigeria bashaka gukorera ubucuruzi hirya no hino muri Afurika. Umwaka ushize, twatangije iyi gahunda igamije gukemura ikibazo gikomeye cyari kibangamiye abohereza ibicuruzwa hanze kubera ibiciro bihanitse byo kugeza ibicuruzwa ku masoko yo muri Afurika.”

Yakomeje asobanura ko ubu bufatanye bushya na RwandAir bugamije kwagura iyo gahunda, bugafungura inzira nshya z’ubucuruzi no kongera amahitamo ku bohereza ibicuruzwa hanze ya Nigeria.

Ati: “Ubu, dufatanyije na RwandAir, turi kwagura iyi gahunda, dufungura inzira nshya nyinshi, no guha abacuruzi bacu amahirwe menshi yo guhangana ku isoko rya Afurika.”

Iyi gahunda biteganyijwe ko izafasha koroshya ubwikorezi bw’ibicuruzwa hagati ya Nigeria n’ibindi bihugu bya Afurika, bityo igafasha kuzamura ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka no guteza imbere iterambere ry’ubukungu ku mugabane.

Umuyobozi ushinzwe serivisi z’ubwikorezi bw’imizigo muri RwandAir, Jean Bosco Gakwaya, yatangaje ko ubufatanye bushya bw’iyi sosiyete na Nigeria bugiye gufasha cyane guhuza inganda zo muri icyo gihugu n’amasoko akomeye yo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba n’iy’Amajyepfo, hifashishijwe inzira za RwandAir.

Gakwaya yavuze ko iyi ari intambwe ikomeye mu guteza imbere ubucuruzi hagati y’ibihugu bya Afurika, cyane cyane mu koroshya uburyo ibicuruzwa bitwarwa ku mugabane.

Yagize ati: “Iki ni igihe gikomeye ku bucuruzi bwo mu bihugu bya Afurika no mu buryo dukwiye koroshya itwarwa ry’ibicuruzwa ku mugabane. Ubushobozi dufite bwo guhuza neza abacuruzi n’amasoko yo mu Turere dutandukanye burushaho gushimangira uruhare rw’ubwikorezi bwo mu kirere mu iterambere ry’ubukungu bwa Afurika.”

Yakomeje asobanura ko ubu bufatanye bugaragaza uburyo umubano w’ubucuruzi hagati ya Nigeria n’u Rwanda urimo kwaguka, cyane cyane nyuma y’ibiganiro byabaye hagati ya Perezida wa Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, n’uwa Rwanda, Paul Kagame mu nama ya 13 ya CEO Forum yabereye I Kigali muri Gicurasi 2026.

Iri terambere ryitezweho kongera amahirwe ku bashoramari n’abohereza ibicuruzwa hanze, rinatange umusanzu mu gushyira mu bikorwa isoko rusange rya Afurika, rigamije kuzamura ubucuruzi n’iterambere rirambye ku mugabane.