Umuherwe ukomoka muri Nigeria, Aliko Dangote, yatangije umushinga w'ishoramari ufite agaciro ka miliyari 2.5 z'amadolari ya Amerika, ugamije kubaka ububiko bunini bw'ibikomoka kuri peteroli n'umuyoboro uzajya ubigeza mu bihugu bitandukanye byo muri Afurika y'Amajyepfo.

Uyu mushinga watangijwe ku wa 4 Ugushyingo 2026, mu mujyi wa Walvis Bay muri Namibia, mu muhango witabiriwe na Perezida w'icyo gihugu, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

Umushinga uteganya kubaka ububiko buzajya bubika litiro miliyoni 600 z'ibikomoka kuri peteroli, zirimo miliyoni 360 za mazutu na miliyoni 240 za lisansi. Ubu bubiko buzaba bufite ubushobozi bukubye inshuro umunani ubw'ububiko bwa Namibia busanzweho.

Ikindi gice cy'uyu mushinga ni umuyoboro wa kilometero zigera ku 1,700 uzahuza Namibia n'ibindi bihugu byo mu karere birimo Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi na Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC).

Uyu muyoboro uteganyijwe gufasha kugeza ibikomoka kuri peteroli mu bihugu bidakora ku nyanja, bityo bikagabanya zimwe mu mbogamizi zijyanye n'ubwikorezi n'ikiguzi cyo kugeza ibyo bicuruzwa ku masoko.

Aliko Dangote yavuze ko uyu mushinga ugamije gufasha ibihugu byo muri Afurika kongera umutekano w'ibikomoka kuri peteroli no kugabanya kwishingikiriza ku masoko yo hanze y'umugabane.

Biteganyijwe ko kubaka ubu bubiko n'ibikorwa bijyanye na bwo bizatwara hagati y'amezi 18 na 20. Icyakora, umushinga ukiri mu cyiciro cyo gutegurwa no gushyirwa mu bikorwa, bityo ubushobozi bwawo nyakuri buzagaragara nyuma yo kurangira.

Minisitiri w'Intebe wa Namibia, Elijah Ngurare, yashimye uyu mushinga, avuga ko ushobora kugira uruhare mu guteza imbere ubukungu bw'igihugu, kongera ibikorwa by'inganda no guhanga imirimo mishya.

Uyu mushinga wa Aliko Dangote uje mu gihe ibihugu byinshi bya Afurika bikomeje gushaka uburyo byakongera ubushobozi bwo kubika no gukwirakwiza ibikomoka kuri peteroli, hagamijwe koroshya ubucuruzi no kongera umutekano w'ingufu ku mugabane.

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