Gabashin Afirka: ECA ta yi kira da a hanzarta samun haɗin gwiwar kasuwanci mai haɗa kai a ƙarƙashin AfCFTA

Afirka ta jawo hankalin jarin kai tsaye na waje (FDI) kimanin dala biliyan 70 a shekarar 2025, yayin da jarin da ke zuwa Gabashin Afirka ya karu da kashi 12%, wanda ya sanya yankin ya zama daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ake zuba jari a nahiyar, in ji Rodgers Mukwaya, jami'in harkokin tattalin arziki a Hukumar Tattalin Arziƙi ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don Afirka (ECA), yayin wani taron bita na masana da aka gudanar a ranar 16 ga Satumba, 2026 a Kigali kan kasuwanci da zuba jari masu haɗa kai a ƙarƙashin AfCFTA. Mukwaya ya jaddada tasowar kamfanonin Kenya a matsayin manyan masu zuba jari a nahiyar, yayin da yake gargadi kan dogaro da ake ƙara yi da fitar da kayan albarkatun ƙasa. Elena Acebes, masaniyar tattalin arziki a ECA, ta tunatar da cewa mata na wakiltar kashi 70 zuwa 80 na ‘yan kasuwar kan iyaka ba bisa ka'ida ba a wasu hanyoyin Afirka, amma kashi 31 ne kawai na matan nahiyar ke amfani da intanet, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 40 na maza. Ta ambaci Tsarin Biya da Daidaitawa na Fannin Afirka (PAPSS), wanda ke haɗa ƙasashe sama da 30, yana rage lokacin biya daga kwanaki da yawa zuwa daƙiƙa kaɗan tare da rage farashin ciniki da fiye da kashi 90%. Andrew Mold, darektan ECA na Gabashin Afirka, ya bayyana cewa Gabashin Afirka tana da tushe mai ƙarfi na gina tsarin kasuwanci mai haɗa kai, amma hakan zai buƙaci ɗorewar mataki a matakin ƙasa da na yankin. Wakilai daga Djibouti sun jaddada ƙaruwar amfani da e-commerce da biyan kuɗi na dijital ta wurin mata 'yan kasuwa, yayin da masu halarta daga Comoros, Seychelles, da Madagascar suka jaddada buƙatar samun ingantacciyar kayan aikin dijital, ingantattun bayanai kan kasuwancin da mata ke jagoranta, ingantacciyar hanyar haɗin gwiwa ta sufuri, da tallafi da aka fi mayar da hankali akai ga ƙananan ƙasashe tsibiri masu tasowa.