Mu mateka mashya ya Afurika, u Rwanda rwatangije drone taxi idafite umupilote, ikerekana uburyo bushya bwo gutwara abantu mu mijyi. Ibi byabereye mu nama y’Aviation Africa Summit 2025 yabereye i Kigali, aho EHang EH216-S, indege y’ikoranabuhanga ituruka mu Bushinwa, yagaragajwe imbere y’abitabiriye.

Ibi byerekanye ubushake bw’u Rwanda bwo gukomeza kuba imbere mu ikoranabuhanga, cyane cyane mu bijyanye no gutwara abantu no kugabanya umubyigano wo mu mihanda.

Drone Taxi ni iki?

EHang EH216-S si indege isanzwe. Ni indenge yikoresha ikoresha amashanyarazi, ishobora gutwara abantu babiri nta mupilote urimo.

Iby’ingenzi wayimenyaho:

• Intera: Km 30 ku ishyurwa rimwe.
• Igihe cyo kugenda: Amasaha 0:25 (iminota 25).
• Igihe cyo kwishyurwa amashanyarazi: Amasaha 1:30.
• Umutekano: Ifite propeller 16 z’amashanyarazi, bityo n’iyo zimwe zapfa, ikomeza kuguruka nta kibazo.

Ibi bituma ikwiriye gukora ingendo ngufi zo mu mijyi, gutwara abagenzi ku kibuga cy’indege, ibikorwa by’ubutabazi cyangwa se gusura ibyiza nyaburanga byo mu gihugu.

Ubufatanye bw’inyuma y’umushinga

Uyu mushinga ukorwa ku bufatanye bwa:

• Guverinoma y’u Rwanda,
• China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC),
• EHang Holdings Ltd – sosiyete yo mu Bushinwa izobereye mu ndege zitagira abapilote.

Ibi byari intangiriro. Hakurikiraho gushyiraho amategeko agenga imikoreshereze, amategeko y’umutekano, n’ibikorwa remezo mbere y’uko ikoreshwa ku buryo busanzwe.

Kuki ari u Rwanda?

U Rwanda rwamaze kumenyekana nk’igihugu cyakira ikoranabuhanga rishya. Rwatangiye gukoresha drones mu kugeza imiti n’amaraso ku bitaro binyuranye (binyuze kuri Zipline) kandi rukomeje kubaka ubukungu bushingiye ku ikoranabuhanga.

Drone taxi ikwiye muri iyi ntego, kuko ishobora gufasha mu gukemura ibibazo nk’umubyigano w’imihanda, guhuza ahantu hatagerwaho n’imodoka byoroshye, ndetse no guteza imbere Kigali nk’umujyi w’ikitegererezo.

Ibyiza zishobora kuzana

1. Kugabanya umubyigano: Kigali ikomeje kwiyongera abantu no kugwiza imodoka mu mihanda. Air taxi ishobora gutanga inzira yihuse.
2. Kuzamura ubukerarugendo: Abashaka kureba u Rwanda rwiza rw’imisozi 1000 bashobora gutemberezwa mu kirere.
3. Ubutabazi bwihuse: Gutwara abarwayi cyangwa abaganga mu buryo bwihuse.
4. Kurengera ibidukikije: Kuba ikoreshwa n’amashanyarazi gusa, bituma idahumanya ikirere.

Inzitizi zihari

N’ubwo ari ikoranabuhanga rikomeye, hari ibibazo bigomba gukemurwa:

• Amategeko: Gutegura amabwiriza agenga uburyo bwo gukoresha ikirere, uburenganzira n’ubwishingizi bw’abagenzi.
• Ibikorwa remezo: Hazubakwa aho izi ndege zizajya zihagurukira (vertiports).
• Kwizerwa n’abaturage: Abantu benshi baracyafite impungenge zo kugenda mu ndege idafite umupilote.
• Igiciro: Indege imwe ihagaze hafi $410,000, bigatuma n’itike y’abagenzi igomba gutekerezwaho neza kugira ngo ibe itabashyize mu gihombo.

Ejo hazaza

Ikoreshwa ku buryo busanzwe ntizahita itangira. Ariko u Rwanda ruri gushyiraho urufatiro, kugerageza ikoranabuhanga, no guhuza amategeko.

Mu minsi iri imbere, drone taxis zishobora kugenda hagati y’uturere dutandukanye twa Kigali, ku kibuga cy’indege, no mu duce tw’ubucuruzi.

Ku rwego mpuzamahanga, imigi nka Dubai, Los Angeles na Guangzhou nabyo biri kugerageza uburyo nk’ubu. U Rwanda rukaba rwinjiye mu biganiro by’ibihugu bihagaze imbere mu ikoranabuhanga.

Ubusobanuro ku rwego rwa Afurika

Iki gikorwa k’indashyikirwa mu Rwanda si intambwe y’igihugu gusa, ahubwo ni iya Afurika yose. Bishobora guteza imbere uburyo bushya bwo gutwara abantu mu mijyi yihuta mwiterambere.

Umwanzuro

Kuzamura drone taxi mu kirere cya Kigali ni ikimenyetso cy’ubushake bw’u Rwanda bwo kwinjira mu bisubizo by’ahazaza. N’ubwo hari inzitizi, intambwe yatewe irerekana ko Afurika ishobora kuba ku ruhembe rw’ihinduka ry’ubwikorezi bwo mu kirere.

Uko Kigali ikomeza gukura, igisubizo ku mbogamizi z’umubyigano w’imihanda gishobora kuzaba kiri hejuru yacu – mu kirere.