How Africa can keep rising | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Translator: Leah Ligate Reviewer: Joachim Mangilima

Simulizi za Afrika inayokua zinapata changamoto

The narrative of a rising Africa is being challenged.

About 10 years ago, I spoke about an Africa,

Karibia miaka 10 iliyopita Niliongea kuhusu Afrika,

an Africa of hope and opportunity,

Afrika yenye matumaini na fursa,

an Africa of entrepreneurs,

Afrika ya wajasiriamali,

an Africa very different from the Africa that you normally hear about

Afrika tofauti kabisa na Afrika ambayo umezoaea kusikia

ya vifo, umaskini na magonjwa.

of death, poverty and disease.

And that what I spoke about,

Na kile nilichokiongelea,

became part of what is known now as the narrative of the rising Africa.

ikawa sehemu ya kile kinachojulikana sasa kama hadithi ya Afrika inayokua.

I want to tell you two stories about this rising Africa.

Nataka niwaambie hadithi mbili kuhusu hii Afrika inayokua.

The first has to do with Rwanda,

Ya kwanza inaihusisha Rwanda,

a country that has gone through many trials and tribulations.

nchi ambayo imepitia majaribu mengi na dhiki.

And Rwanda has decided to become the technology hub, or a technology hub

Na Rwanda ikaamua kuwa kitovu cha teknolojia, au kitovu cha teknolojia

on the continent.

kwenye bara la Afrika.

It's a country with mountainous and hilly terrain,

Ni nchi yenye milima na ardhi ya eneo lenye vilima,

a little bit like here,

kidogo kama hapa,

hivyo ni vigumu sana kupeleka huduma kwa watu.

so it's very difficult to deliver services to people.

So what has Rwanda said?

Hivyo Rwanda imesema nini?

Ili kuweza kuokoa maisha, itajaribu kutumia ndege zisizo na rubani

In order to save lives, it's going to try using drones

to deliver lifesaving drugs, vaccines and blood

kupeleka madawa ya kuokoa maisha, chanjo na damu

to people in hard-to-reach places

kwa watu katika sehemu zisizo fikika

wakishirikiana na kampuni inayoitwa Zipline,

in partnership with a company called Zipline,

with UPS, and also with the Gavi, a global vaccine alliance.

pamoja na UPS, na pia Gavi shirika la kimataifa la chanjo.

Katika kufanya hivi, itaokoa maisha.

In doing this, it will save lives.

This is part of the type of innovation we want to see in the rising Africa.

Hii ni sehemu ya ubunifu tunayotaka kuona katika Afrika inayokua.

The second story has to do with something

Hadithi ya pili inahusiana na jambo

that I'm sure most of you have seen or will remember.

ambalo ninauhakika wengi wenu mmeona au mtakumbuka.

Very often, countries in Africa suffer drought and floods,

Mara nyingi, nchi za Afrika zimeteseka na ukame na mafuriko,

and it's getting more frequent because of climate change effects.

na inaongezeka zaidi kwasababu ya athari za mabadiliko ya tabia nchi.

Wakati haya yanapotokea, kawaida husubiri nchi za kimataifa kuchanga fedha.

When this happens, they normally wait for international appeals to raise money.

You see pictures of children with flies on their faces,

Unaona picha za watoto wakiwa na nzi kwenye nyuso zao

mizoga ya wanyama waliokufa na kadhalika.

carcasses of dead animals and so on.

Now these countries, 32 countries, came together

Sasa nchi hizi, nchi 32, zilikutana pamoja

under the auspices of the African Union

chini ya mwamvuli wa Umoja wa Afrika

and decided to form an organization called the African Risk Capacity.

na kuamua kuunda shirika linaloitwa Africa Risk Capacity.

What does it do?

Linafanya nini?

It's a weather-based insurance agency,

Ni wakala wa bima wa hali ya hewa

and what these countries do is to pay insurance each year,

na nchi hizi zinachofanya ni kulipa bima kila mwaka,

karibia dola milioni 3 kwa mwaka kutoka kwenye rasilimali zao,

about 3 million dollars a year of their own resources,

so that in the event they have a difficult drought situation or flood,

ili kwamba endapo wanakumbwa na hali ya ukame mgumu au mafuriko,

this money will be paid out to them,

fedha hizi zitalipwa kuwasaidia

which they can then use to take care of their populations,

ambazo wanaweza kuzitumia kuwatunza wananchi wao

instead of waiting for aid to come.

badala ya kusubiri msaada kuja.

Shirika la African Risk Capacity mwaka jana lilipa dola milioni 26

The African Risk Capacity last year paid 26 million dollars

to Mauritania, Senegal and Niger.

kwa Mauritania, Senegal na Niger.

This enabled them to take care of 1.3 million people affected by drought.

Hii iliwawezesha kuwatunza watu milioni 1.3 walioathirika na ukame.

They were able to restore livelihoods,

Waliweza kurudisha tena maisha yao,

buy fodder for cattle, feed children in school

kununua majani ya n'gombe kulisha watoto mashuleni

and in short keep the populations home instead of migrating out of the area.

kuwafanya wananchi wabaki nyumbani badala ya kuhama nje ya eneo.

Hivyo hizi ni aina za hadithi

So these are the kinds of stories

za Afrika iliyotayari kuchukua majikumu yake yenyewe,

of an Africa ready to take responsibility for itself,

and to look for solutions for its own problems.

na kutafuta suluhisho kwa matatizo yake yenyewe.

But that narrative is being challenged now

Ila simulizi hizo zinapata changamoto sasa

because the continent has not been doing well in the last two years.

kwasababu bara letu halijafanya vema kwa miaka miwili iliyopita.

It had been growing at five percent per annum

Ilikuwa inakua kwa kiwango cha asilimia 5 kwa mwaka

kwa muongo mmoja na nusu uliopita

for the last one and a half decades,

lakini utabiri wa mwaka huu ulikuwa asilimia tatu. Kwanini?

but this year's forecast was three percent. Why?

In an uncertain global environment, commodity prices have fallen.

kwa mazingira ya ulimwengu yanavyobadilika bei za bidhaa zimeshuka.

Uchumi wa nchi nyingi bado unaendeshwa na bidhaa,

Many of the economies are still commodity driven,

and therefore their performance has slipped.

na hivyo utendaji wake umeteleza

And now the issue of Brexit doesn't make it any easier.

Na sasa suala la kujitoa kwa Uingereza haifanyi iwe rahisi

I never knew that the Brexit could happen

Sikujua kama Uingereza ingejitoa

na hilo lingekuwa moja ya vitu ambavyo vingeleta kutokuwa na uhakika ulimwenguni

and that it could be one of the things that would cause global uncertainty

such as we have.

kama tulivyo.

So now we've got this situation,

Hivyo sasa tuna hii hali

and I think it's time to take stock

na ninafikiri ni wakati wakuangalia

and to say what were the things that the African countries did right?

na kusema ni vitu gani ambavyo nchi za Afrika zilifanya sahihi?

What did they do wrong?

Kipi walikosea?

How do we build on all of this and learn lessons

Tutajengaje kwenye haya yote na kujifunza

so that we can keep Africa rising?

ili kwamba tuendeleze Afrika inayokua?

So let me talk about six things that I think we did right.

Hivyo ngoja niongelee kuhusu mambo sita ninayofikiri tulifanya sahihi.

The first is managing our economies better.

La kwanza ni kusimamia uchumi wa nchi zetu vizuri

Miaka ya 80 na 90 ni miongo iliyopotea, wakati Afrika haikuwa ikifanya vizuri,

The '80s and '90s were the lost decades, when Africa was not doing well,

and some of you will remember an "Economist" cover

na baadhi yenu mtakumbuka ukurasa wa mbele wa gazeti la "Economist"

that said, "The Lost Continent."

lililosema, "Bara lililopotea"

Ila miaka ya 2000 watunga sera walijifunza

But in the 2000s, policymakers learned

kwamba wanahitaji kusimamia mazingira ya uchumi vizuri zaidi,

that they needed to manage the macroeconomic environment better,

to ensure stability,

kuhakikisha uthabiti,

keep inflation low in single digits,

kushusha mfumuko wa bei kufika tarakimu moja,

keep their fiscal deficits low, below three percent of GDP,

kushusha nakisi ya bajeti, chini ya asilimia tatu ya Pato la Taifa,

give investors, both domestic and foreign,

wape wawekezaji, wote wa ndani na wageni,

aina ya uthabiti ili wawe na imani ya kuwekeza kwenye chumi hizi.

some stability so they'll have confidence to invest in these economies.

So that was number one.

Hivyo hiyo ilikuwa namba moja.

Two, debt.

Mbili, deni.

In 1994, the debt-to-GDP ratio of African countries was 130 percent,

Mwaka 1994, urari wa deni la Pato la taifa wa nchi za Kiafrila ulikuwa asilimia 130,

and they didn't have fiscal space.

na hawakuwa na nafasi ya fedha nakisi

They couldn't use their resources to invest in their development

Hawakuweza kutumia rasilimali zao kuwekeza kwenye maendeleo yao

because they were paying debt.

kwakuwa walikuwa wanalipa deni

There may be some of you in this room who worked to support African countries

kwaweza kuwa na baadhi yenu humu ndani mliofanyakazi kusaidia nchi za Afrika

kupata unafuu wa madeni.

to get debt relief.

So private creditors, multilaterals and bilaterals came together

Hivyo wadai binafsi, wa pande mbalimbali na pande mbili waliunganika

and decided to do the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

na kuamua kuanzisha mpango wa Nchi Fukara zenye Mzigo wa madeni

and give debt relief.

na kutoa unafuu wa madeni.

So this debt relief in 2005

Hivyo unafuu huu wa madeni mwaka 2005

made the debt-to-GDP ratio fall down to about 30 percent,

ulifanya urari wa deni kwa Pato la taifa kushuka hadi takriban asilimia 30,

and there was enough resources to try and reinvest.

na kulikuwa na rasilimali za kutosha kujaribu na kuwekeza upya.

The third thing was loss-making enterprises.

Kitu cha tatu kilikuwa makampuni yaliyopata hasara

Governments were involved in business

Serikali zilishiriki katika biashara

which they had no business being in.

ambazo hawakupaswa kuzifanya.

And they were running businesses, they were making losses.

Na walikuwa wanaendesha biashara, walikuwa wanapata hasara.

So some of these enterprises were restructured,

Hivyo baadhi ya makampuni haya yaliundwa upya,

commercialized, privatized or closed,

kuwa kibiashara,kubinafsishwa au kufungwa,

na kupunguza mzigo mkubwa kwa serikali.

and they became less of a burden on government.

Kitu cha nne kilikuwa kitu cha kuvutia sana

The fourth thing was a very interesting thing.

The telecoms revolution came,

Mapinduzi ya makampuni ya simu yakaja,

and African countries jumped on it.

na nchi za Kiafrika zikarukia.

Mwaka 2000, laini za simu zilikuwa milioni 11

In 2000, we had 11 million phone lines.

Today, we have about 687 million mobile lines on the continent.

Leo, tuna takriban laini milioni 687 za simu za mkononi barani.

Na hi imetuwezesha

And this has enabled us

to go, move forward with some mobile technology

kwenda na kusonga mbele na teknolojia ya simu za mkononi

where Africa is actually leading.

ambapo Afrika hakika inaongoza.

In Kenya, the development of mobile money --

Nchini Kenya, maendeleo ya kutuma fedha kwa simu

M-Pesa, which all of you have heard about --

M-Pesa, ambayo nyote mmesikia habari zake--

it took some time for the world to notice that Africa was ahead

ilichukua muda kwa dunia kuona kwamba Afrika ipo mbele

katika hii teknolojia.

in this particular technology.

And this mobile money is also providing a platform

na hii kutuma pesa kwa simu za mkononi pia inatoa jukwaa

for access to alternative energy.

kwa upatikanaji wa nishati mbadala

You know, people who can now pay for solar

Unajua, watu wanaoweza sasa kulipia sola

the same way they pay for cards for their telephone.

kwa njia wanayotumia kulipia kwa kadi kwenye simu zao.

Hivyo haya yalikuwa maendeleo mazuri sana kitu ambacho kilikwenda sahihi.

So this was a very good development, something that went right.

We also invested more in education and health, not enough,

Tuliwekeza zaidi kwenye elimu na afya, isivyo vyakutosha,

but there were some improvements.

lakini kulikuwa na maboresho.

250 million children were immunized in the last one and a half decades.

Watoto milioni 25 walipata chanjo katika muogo mmoja nanusu uliopita.

The other thing was that conflicts decreased.

Kitu kingine ilikuwa kwamba migogoro ilipungua.

There were many conflicts on the continent.

Kulikuwa na migogoro mingi barani.

Wengi wenu mnafahamu hilo.

Many of you are aware of that.

But they came down, and our leaders even managed to dampen some coups.

Lakini ilipungua, na viongozi wetu waliweza hata kufifiza mapinduzi.

New types of conflicts have emerged, and I'll refer to those later.

Aina mpya ya migogoro imeibuka, na nitaielezea hiyo baadaye.

So based on all this, there's also some differentiation on the continent

Hivyo kutokana na yote haya, pia kuna baadhi ya utofautishaji barani

ambao nataka muufahamu,

that I want you to know about,

because even as the doom and gloom is here,

kwasababu pamoja na kuwa

kuna baadhi ya nchi-- Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Ethiopia

there are some countries -- Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Ethiopia,

Tanzania na Senegal zinafanya vizuri kwa sasa

Tanzania and Senegal are performing relatively well at the moment.

Lakini tulikosea wapi?

But what did we do wrong?

Let me mention eight things.

Ngoja nitaje mambo nane.

You have to have more things wrong than right.

Unapaswa kuwa umekosea zaidi kuliko kupatia.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

So there are eight things we did wrong.

Hivyo kuna mambo nane tulikosea.

The first was that even though we grew, we didn't create enough jobs.

La kwanza ilikuwa pamoja na kukua hatukutengeneza ajira za kutosha.

We didn't create jobs for our youth.

Hatukutengeneza ajira kwa vijana wetu.

Youth unemployment on the continent is about 15 percent,

Ukosefu wa ajira kwa vijana barani ni karibia asilimia 15,

and underemployment is a serious problem.

na upungufu wa ajira ni tatizo kubwa.

The second thing that we did is that the quality of growth was not good enough.

Jambo la pili tulichofanya ni kuwa kiwango cha ukuaji hakikuwa kizuri vyakutosha

Even those jobs we created were low-productivity jobs,

Hata ajira zilizoundwa zilikuwa ni ajira zenye tija ndogo sana,

so we moved people from low-productivity agriculture

hivyo tulihamisha watu kutoka kilimo duni kisicho na tija

kwenda biashara zisizo na tija na kufanyia kazi sekta isiyo rasmi

to low-productivity commerce and working in the informal sector

katika maeneo ya mijini.

in the urban areas.

The third thing is that inequality increased.

Jambo la tatu ni kwamba kukosekana kwa usawa kuliongezeka.

So we created more billionaires.

Hivyo tuliunda mabilionea zaidi.

50 billionaires worth 96 billion dollars

mabilionea 50 wenye thamani ya dola bilioni 96

own more wealth than the bottom 75 million people on the continent.

wanamiliki utajiri zaidi kuliko watu milioni 75 wa chini barani.

Poverty,

Umaskini,

the proportion of people in poverty -- that's the fourth thing -- did decrease,

uwiano wa watu katika umaskini-- hilo ni jambo la nne--ulipungua

but the absolute numbers did not because of population growth.

lakini namba halisi hazikupungua kwasababu ya ongezeko la idadi ya watu.

Na ongezeko la idadi ya watu ni jambo

And population growth is something

that we don't have enough of a dialogue about on the continent.

ambalo hatujafanyia mazungumzo ya kutosha barani.

Na ninafikiri tutahitaji kulielewa na kulifanyia kazi

And I think we will need to get a handle on it,

particularly how we educate girls.

haswa jinsi ya kuelimisha wasichana.

That is the road to really working on this particular issue.

Hiyo ndio njia haswa kufanyia kazi hasusan kwenye suala hili.

The fifth thing is that we didn't invest enough in infrastructure.

Jambo la tano ni kwamba hatukuwekeza vya kutosha kwenye miundombinu.

We had investment from the Chinese.

Tulikuwa na uwekezaji kutoka kwa Wachina.

That helped some countries, but it's not enough.

Ambao ulisaidia baadhi ya nchi, lakini haitoshi.

Utumiaji wa umeme barani Afrika

The consumption of electricity in Africa on the continent

in Sub-Saharan Africa is equivalent to Spain.

Kusini mwa jangwa la Sahara Afrika ni sawasawa na Hispania.

Utumiaji kwa ujumla ni sawasawa na ule wa Hispania

The total consumption is equivalent to that of Spain.

So many people are living in the dark,

Hivyo watu wengi wanaishi gizani,

and as the President of the African Development Bank said recently,

na kama Rais wa Benki ya Maendeleo Afrika alivyosema hivi karibuni,

Africa cannot develop in the dark.

Afrika haiwezi kuendelea gizani.

Kitu kingine ambacho hatujafanya

The other thing we have not done

is that our economies retain the same structure

ni kwamba chumi zetu zimeshikilia muundo uliofanana

that we've had for decades.

ambao tumekuwa nao kwa miongo.

So even though we've been growing,

Hivyo pamoja na kwamba tumekua

muundo wa chumi zetu haujabadilika kwa kiasi kikubwa.

the structure of the economies has not changed very much.

We are still exporting commodities,

Bado tunauza bidhaa nchi za nje

and exporting commodities is what? It's exporting jobs.

na kuuza bidhaa nchi za nje ni nini? kuuza ajira nchi za nje.

Our manufacturing value-added is only 11 percent.

Ongezeko la thamani ya uzalishaji wetu ni asilimia 11 tu

We are not creating enough decent manufacturing jobs for our youth,

Hatuundi ajira za kutosha kwenye uzalishaji kwa vijana wetu,

na biashara kati yetu ni kidogo.

and trade among ourselves is low.

Only about 12 percent of our trade is among ourselves.

Takriban asilimi 12 tu ya biashara kati yetu sisi wenyewe

So that's another serious problem.

Hivyo hilo ni tatizo lingine zito sana.

Kisha utawala bora.

Then governance.

Utawala bora ni suala zito.

Governance is a serious issue.

We have weak institutions,

Tuna taasisi dhaifu,

and sometimes nonexistent institutions, and I think this gives way for corruption.

na wakati mwingine taasisi hewa, ninafikiri hii inaleta mwanya wa rushwa.

Corruption is an issue that we have not yet gotten a good enough handle on,

Rushwa ni suala ambalo bado hatujalimudu kiasi cha kutosha,

na tunatakuwa kupambana kufa na kupona,

and we have to fight tooth and nail,

that and increased transparency in the way we manage our economies

hiyo na ongezeko la uwazi katika jinsi tunavyosimamia chumi zetu

and the way we manage our finances.

na jinsi tunavyosimamia fedha zetu.

We also need to be wary of new conflicts,

Tunahitaji pia kujihadhari na migogoro mipya,

new types of conflicts,

aina mpya ya migogoro,

such as we have with Boko Haram in my country, Nigeria,

kama tuliyonayo na Boko Haram katika nchi yangu, Nigeria,

and with Al-Shabaab in Kenya.

Na Al-Shabaab nchini Kenya.

We need to partner with international partners,

Tunahitaji kushirikiana na washiriki wa kimataifa,

developed countries, to fight this together.

nchi zilizoendelea, kupambana juu ya hili pamoja.

Ama sivyo, tunaunda ukweli mpya

Otherwise, we create a new reality

ambao sio aina tunayotaka kwa Afrika inayokua.

which is not the type we want for a rising Africa.

And finally, the issue of education.

Na mwisho, ni suala la elimu.

Our education systems in many countries are broken.

Mifumo yetu ya elimu katika nchi nyingi imevunjika.

Hatuundi aina ya stadi zinazohitajika kwa siku za usoni

We are not creating the types of skills needed for the future.

So we have to find a way to educate better.

Hivyo tunatakiwa tutafute njia ya kutoa elimu kwa ubora.

So those are the things that we are not doing right.

Hivyo hayo ni mambo ambayo hatufanyi kwa usahihi.

Now, where do we go from there?

Sasa, tunaenda wapi kutokea hapo?

I believe that the way forward is to learn to manage success.

Ninaamini njia ya kusongambele ni kujifunza kusimamia mafanikio.

Very often, when people succeed or countries succeed,

Mara nyingi, watu wanapofanikiwa au nchi zinapofanikiwa

they forget what made them succeed.

husahau kullichowafanya wafanikiwe.

Learning what you're successful at,

Kujifunza kile unachoweza kufanikiwa,

managing it and keeping it is vital for us.

kukisimamia na kukitunza ni jambo muhimu kwetu.

So all those things I said we did right,

Hivyo vitu vyote nilivyosema tulifanya sahihi,

we have to learn to do it right again, keep doing it right.

tunatakiwa kujifunza kuvifanya kwa usahihi tena, na kuviendeleza.

Managing the economy while creating stability is vital,

Kusimamia uchumi wakati unaunda ustawi ni muhimu,

getting prices right, and policy consistency.

kupata bei sahihi na sera thabiti.

Very often, we are not consistent.

Mara nyingi hatuna uthabiti

One regime goes out, another comes in

Mfumo wa utawala mmoja ukitoka unaingia mwingine

and they throw away even the functioning policies that were there before.

na wanatupa mbali hata sera zilizokuwa zinafanyakazi vizuri awali

Hii inafanya nini?

What does this do?

It creates uncertainty for people, for households,

Inaleta sintofahamu kwa watu, kaya

uncertainties for business.

sintofahamu kwa biashara

They don't know whether and how to invest.

Hawajui jinsi na wakati wa kuwekeza.

Debt: we must manage the success we had in reducing our debt,

Deni: tunatakiwa tusimamie' mafanikio tuliyopata katika kupunguza deni letu,

but now countries are back to borrowing again,

lakini sasa nchi zimerudia katika kukopa tena,

and we see our debt-to-GDP ratio beginning to creep up,

na tumeona urari wa deni kwa Pato la taifa unaanza kupanda tena,

and in certain countries,

na katika baadhi ya nchi,

debt is becoming a problem, so we have to avoid that.

deni linakuwa ni tatizo, hivyo tunatakiwa tuliepuke.

So managing success.

Hivyo usimamizi wa mafanikio

The next thing is focusing with a laser beam

Kinachofuata ni kuwa makini sana

on those things we did not do well.

na yale mambo ambayo hatukufanya vizuri.

First and foremost is infrastructure.

Kitu cha kwanza kabisa ni miundombinu

Yes, most countries now recognize they have to invest in this,

Ndio, nchi nyingi sasa zinatambua zinahitaji kuwekeza kwenye hili,

and they are trying to do the best they can to do that.

na zinajaribu kufanya kadiri ziwezavyo kufanya hivyo.

We must.

Lazima.

The most important thing is power.

Kitu muhimu sana ni umeme.

You cannot develop in the dark.

Huwezi kuendelea katika giza.

And then governance and corruption:

Na kisha utawala bora na rushwa:

we have to fight.

tunatakiwa tupambane.

Tunatakiwa kuendesha nchi zetu kwa uwazi.

We have to make our countries transparent.

And above all, we have to engage our young people.

Pamoja na yote hayo, lazima tuwashirikishe vijana.

We have genius in our young people.

Tuna ubunifu katika vijana wetu

I see it every day.

Ninauona kila siku.

Ndio kinachoniamsha asubuhi na kujisikia tayari kwenda.

It's what makes me wake up in the morning and feel ready to go.

We have to unleash the genius of our young people,

Tunatakiwa tusibanie ubunifu katika vijana wetu,

tusiwazibie njia, tuwaunge mkono kuunda na ugunduzi

get out of their way, support them to create and innovate

and lead the way.

na kuongoza njia.

And I know that they will lead us in the right direction.

Na ninajua kwamba watatuongoza katika mwelekeo sahihi.

And our women, and our girls:

Na wanawake wetu, na wasichana wetu:

we have to recognize that girls and women are a gift.

tunatakiwa tutambue kwamba wanawake na wasichana ni zawadi.

They have strength,

Wana nguvu,

na tunatakiwa tusiwabanie hiyo nguvu

and we have to unleash that strength

so that they can contribute to the continent.

ili waweze kutoa mchango wao barani.

I strongly believe that when we do all of these things,

Nina amini kwa nguvu kwamba tukifanya hayo yote,

tutakuta kwamba simulizi za Afrika inayokua

we find that the rising Africa narrative

is not a fluke.

sio ubabaishaji.

It's a trend.

ni harakati.

It's a trend, and if we continue, if we unleash our youth,

Ni harakati, na tukiendelea, tusipowabania vijana wetu,

if we unleash our women,

tusipowabania wanawake wetu,

we may step backwards sometimes,

wakati mwingine tunaweza kurudi nyuma,

we may even step sideways,

tunaweza pia kukaa pembezoni,

but the trend is clear.

lakini harakati ziko wazi.

Africa will continue to rise.

Afrika itaendelea kukua.

And I tell you businesspeople in the audience,

Na ninawaambia wafanyabiashara mliopo kwenye hadhira hii,

investment in Africa is not for today, is not for tomorrow,

uwekezaji Afrika sio kwa ajili ya leo, sio kwa ajili ya kesho,

it's not a short-term thing, it's a longer term thing.

sio kitu cha muda mfupi, ni kitu cha muda mrefu.

Lakini ikiwa hamtawekeza Afrika,

But if you are not invested in Africa,

then you will be missing

basi mtakuwa mnakosa

one of the most important emerging opportunities in the world.

mojawapo ya fursa zinazoibuka duniani.

Thank you.

Asante.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

Kelly Stoetzel: So you mentioned corruption in your talk,

Kelly Stoetzel: Umegusia rushwa katika mazungumzo yako

and you're known, well-known as a strong anticorruption fighter.

na unafahamika vizuri kuwa mpambanaji thabiti wa rushwa.

But that's had consequences.

Lakini hiyo ilikuwa na matokeo yake.

Watu walijibu mashambulizi, na mama yako alitekwa nyara.

People have fought back, and your mother was kidnapped.

How have you been handling this?

Umewezaje kulimudu hili?

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: It's been very difficult.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Imekuwa ngumu sana.

Thank you for mentioning the issue of the kidnap of my mother.

Asante kwa kugusia suala la kutekwa nyara mama yangu

It's a very difficult subject.

Ni mada ngumu sana.

But what it means is that when you fight corruption,

Lakini inachomaanisha ni kwamba unapopambana na rushwa,

when you touch the pockets of people who are stealing money,

unapogusa mifuko ya watu wanaoiba pesa,

they don't just keep quiet.

hawanyamazi kimya tu.

They fight back, and the issue for you is when they try to intimidate you,

Watajibu mashambulizi, na suala kubwa ni wanapojaribu kutumia vitisho

do you give up, or do you fight on?

unakata tamaa, au unaendeleza mapambano?

Do you find a way to stay on and fight back?

Unatafuta njia ya kubakia na kujibu mashambulizi?

And the answer that I had with the teams I worked with

Na jibu nililokuwa nalo nikiwa na timu zilizofanya nazo kazi

is we have to fight on.

ni kuendeleza mapambano

Tunatakiwa kuunda hizo taasisi.

We have to create those institutions.

We have to find ways to stop these people

Tunatakiwa kutafuta njia ya kuwazuia hawa watu

waache kuchukua urithi wa baadaye.

from taking away the heritage of the future.

And so that's what we did.

Na hicho ndicho tulichofanya.

And even out of government, we continued to make that point.

Na hata nje ya serikali, tuliendelea kuweka msisitizo.

In our countries, nobody, nobody is going to fight corruption

Katika nchi zetu, hakuna, hakuna atakaye pambana na rushwa

for us but us.

isipokuwa sisi wenyewe.

And therefore, that comes with consequences,

kwa hiyo, hilo linakuja na matokeo,

and we just have to do the best we can.

na tunatakiwa kufanya kadiri tuwezavyo.

But I thank you and thank TED for giving us a voice

Lakini nakushukuru na kuwashukuru TED kutupa sauti

kuwaambia hao watu, hamtashinda,

to say to those people, you will not win,

and we will not be intimidated.

na hatutatishika

Thank you.

Asante.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

Kelly Stoetzel: Thank you so much for your great talk and important work.

Kelly Stoetzel: Asante sana kwa mazungumzo yako mazuri na kazi muhimu.

(Applause)

(Makofi)