Los Angeles, USA – Mu gihangano cy’amateka, Visit Rwanda, ikirango cy’Ubukerarugendo cya Rwanda Development Board (RDB), cyamaze gusinya amasezerano y’igihe kirekire n’amakipe abiri akomeye yo muri Los Angeles: LA Clippers ya NBA na Los Angeles Rams ya NFL. Ni ubwa mbere ikirango cy’ubukerarugendo cyo muri Afurika gishyira umukono ku masezerano muri iyi miryango yombi, bigaragaza uburyo u Rwanda rwagura uruhare rwarwo ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu mikino.
Aya masezerano yongeye ku bufatanye mpuzamahanga bwu Rwanda mu mikino, burimo Arsenal FC, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético de Madrid, ndetse n’ubufatanye mu makipe nka FC Bayern Munich.
“Imikino ifite ubushobozi bwo guhuza abantu no kubashishikariza kugera ku byo bashoboye,” nk’uko Jean-Guy Afrika, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa RDB, abivuga. “Binyuze muri ubu bufatanye, u Rwanda ruzerekana uburanga bw’igihugu, ubutunzi bw’inyamaswa, n’umuco wihariye ku bafana bo muri Los Angeles no ku isi yose.”
Mu rwego rw’ubu bufatanye, Visit Rwanda izaba umufatanyabikorwa wihariye ku myenda ya Clippers ndetse n’umufatanyabikorwa w’icyayi n’ikawa ku Intuit Dome. Ikirango cya Visit Rwanda kizagaragara ku myenda yose y’imikino, haba mu rugo cyangwa hanze, bigatuma igihugu kigaragara kuri buri mukino. Hari kandi ibikorwa by’imibereho myiza birimo gukora no gusana imihanda y’imikino ya basketball mu Rwanda ndetse na amahugurwa y’abatoza haba mu Rwanda no muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, hagamijwe guteza imbere impano z’urubyiruko.
“Ubu bufatanye buhuje neza n’umurongo wa NBA wo guteza imbere siporo ku rwego rw’isi, cyane cyane muri Afurika aho ibikorwa nka Basketball Africa League (BAL) byafunguye amarembo ku rubyiruko,” nk’uko Gillian Zucker, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Halo Sports and Entertainment abivuga. Kuva BAL yatangizwa mu 2021, yabereye imikino mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika, harimo BK Arena mu Rwanda, itanga amahirwe ku rubyiruko rwo kwiga imikino no gukorana mu ikipe.
Ku ruhande rwa Los Angeles Rams, Visit Rwanda izaba umufatanyabikorwa w’ubukerarugendo mpuzamahanga, ikazagaragara muri SoFi Stadium, Hollywood Park, ndetse n’ahandi hihariye mu kibuga nko muri West Owners Club na North Canyon Basin. Ibi bizafasha kwerekana ubwiza bw’igihugu binyuze mu myirondoro y’ikoranabuhanga n’amatangazo ya LED ku bafana bose.
“Ubu bufatanye bwongera ubushobozi bw’itsinda rya Rams ku rwego mpuzamahanga kandi buhuje n’ubundi bufatanye Rwanda rufite, cyane cyane mu Burayi no muri Aziya,” nk’uko Kevin Demoff, Perezida wa Los Angeles Rams, abivuga.
Binyuze muri ibi bikorwa, u Rwanda si ukwiyamamaza gusa, ahubwo ruri gutegura amahirwe y’iterambere ry’urubyiruko, guteza imbere imibanire y’umuco, no gushyira igihugu ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu mikino n’umuco.
