Amathuba amakhulu alindele abatshalizimali abaqondile bakwamanye amazwe, kodwa izinkinga zezwe, imikhuba yokubolekisa yaseShayina kanye nokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kungase kuvimbe amandla lawo.

"Imizamo yokwakha indawo evumayo kanye nokukhuthazwa okusebenzayo kunemiphumela emihle ekuheheni i-FDI," kusho u-Ratnakar Adhikari, umqondisi omkhulu we-Enhanced Integrated Framework e-World Trade Organization.

Emazweni angama-54 aleli zwekazi, iNingizimu Afrika isazigcinile isikhundla sayo njengezwe elisingatha i-FDI elikhulu kunawo wonke, nokutshalwa kwezimali okubiza ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-$40.Izivumelwano zakamuva kuleli lizwe zihlanganisa iphrojekthi ka-$4.6 billion yokukhiqiza amandla ahlanzekile exhaswe yi-Hive Energy ezinze e-UK, kanye nomklamo wokwakha isikhungo sedatha esingu-$1 billion e-Waterfall City yaseGoli eholwa yi-Vantage Data Centers ezinze e-Denver.

I-Egypt neMozambique zilandela iNingizimu Afrika, ngayinye inezigidigidi ezi-5.1 zamaRandi ku-FDI.IMozambique yona, ikhule ngamaphesenti angama-68 ngenxa yokwenyuka kwamaphrojekthi okuthiwa yi-greenfield—ukwakhiwa ezindaweni ezingenamuntu ngokuphelele.Inkampani eyodwa ezinze e-UK, i-Globeleq Generation, iqinisekise izinhlelo zokwakha izimboni eziningi zamandla kagesi endaweni eluhlaza ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili.

I-Nigeria, eqophe amabhiliyoni angu-4.8 ku-FDI, ithinta umkhakha okhulayo kawoyela negesi, kanye nezivumelwano zezimali zephrojekthi yamazwe ngamazwe njengesakhiwo sezimboni esiyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.9 - esibizwa ngokuthi iphrojekthi ye-Escravos Seaport - okwamanje esathuthukiswayo.

I-Ethiopia, enezigidigidi ezi-4.3 zamarandi, ibone i-FDI ikhuphuka ngo-79% ngenxa yezivumelwano ezine ezinkulu zezimali zephrojekthi yamazwe ngamazwe endaweni evuselelekayo.Sekuphinde kwaba yisizinda se-China's Belt and Road Initiative, okuwuhlelo olukhulu lwengqalasizinda okuhloswe ngalo ukudala amathuba emisebenzi ngamaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene afana ne-Addis Ababa-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway.

Naphezu kokwanda komsebenzi wezivumelwano, i-Afrika isewukubheja okuyingozi.Izimpahla, isibonelo, zenza ngaphezu kwama-60% wesamba sempahla ethengiswayo emazweni angama-45 ase-Afrika, ngokusho kwe-UNCTAD.Lokhu kushiya umnotho wendawo usengozini enkulu yokushaqeka kwentengo yempahla emhlabeni wonke.