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Grand Challenges (GC) yashinzwe mu 2003 n'Ikigo cya Bill na Melinda Gates mu Ihuriro ry'Ubukungu ku Isi i Davos, mu Busuwisi. Intego ni ugutera inkunga ubushakashatsi bwa siyansi ku bibazo byihariye by'ubuzima mu gihugu hakoreshejwe ibitekerezo bihamye n'ibisubizo bishya. Imyaka icumi ya mbere y'iterambere yatanze ingaruka zitandukanye, kandi ibibazo bishya biracyakomeza. Gahunda y'Igihugu y'Ubushakashatsi n'Udushya (NRIA), Kamena 2021.

Igiye gutangizwa. Mu 2007, Gates Foundation yatangije Grand Challenges Explorations kugira ngo ihuze n'abandi bahanga mu guhanga udushya ku isi vuba binyuze mu nkunga y'ibanze ya $100K ikemura ibibazo bitandukanye. Iterambere ry'imishinga y'ibanze mu myaka icumi ya mbere ryemeje ko ibitekerezo byiza bituruka ahantu hose. Kugeza ubu Grand Challenges yashoye ishoramari mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika ringana na miliyoni 15 z'amadolari y'Amerika. Mu gihe cya 2015-2020, hashowe andi mafaranga miliyoni 15.9 z'amadolari y'Amerika (arenga miliyoni cumi n'eshanu z'amadolari y'Amerika) mu gushyigikira gahunda z'ubushakashatsi n'iterambere.

Ingamba nshya zo guhanga udushya mu bya siyansi no kwihangira imirimo byatumye GC igira ikigo gihuza ibikorwa mu Kigo cy’Ubumenyi muri Afurika (SFA) i Nairobi kugira ngo ihuze ibikorwa no kugaragaza Grand Challenges zishingiye ku gihugu nk'ingenzi mu guteza imbere udushya ku mugabane wa Afurika. Uretse inkunga irambye yo guteza imbere udushya, inkunga ishingiye ku gihugu ishobora kwibanda ku dushya twibanda ku bintu byihariye byihutirwa.

Ishyirwaho rya Grand Challenges Rwanda

Kugira ngo u Rwanda rugere ku ntego yarwo yo kuba ubukungu bufite amikoro menshi, Inama y’Igihugu y’Ubumenyi n’Ikoranabuhanga mu Rwanda, ku bufatanye n’abafatanyabikorwa b’igihugu, irateganya gushinga Grand Challenges Rwanda ku bufatanye n’abafatanyabikorwa mpuzamahanga n’aba Afurika.

Intego ni uko u Rwanda ruzajya mu muyoboro w’isi urimo kwiyongera wo gushyigikira udushya no gukoresha ubufatanye bw’abagize umuryango wa Grand Challenges. Hazabaho ubufatanye, inkunga y’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere hamwe no gushyira mu bikorwa ubushakashatsi ku mishinga mishya y’ubushakashatsi butanga umusaruro udasanzwe, no guteza imbere udushya binyuze mu guhanahana ubushakashatsi, uburyo bwiza n’ubunararibonye n’abashakashatsi bo ku isi no muri Afurika.

Grand Challenges Rwanda ishyira imbere amahirwe yo gutera inkunga ibitekerezo byiza byo ku rwego rwo hejuru by’abashakashatsi n’abahanga mu guhanga udushya, aho imishinga y’ubushakashatsi bushya ishimishije izana umusaruro na serivisi nk’ibisubizo byihariye. Icyibandwaho ni uko ubushakashatsi buturuka ku nganda zigenda zihinduka, ibigo, laboratwari z’ubushakashatsi no gukoresha laboratwari zizwi cyane, inganda, ahantu hakorerwa udushya n’ahandi hantu hakenewe ubushakashatsi bufatika kugira ngo hatezwe imbere ubushakashatsi ku rwego rwo kwitegura ikoranabuhanga bugana ku bicuruzwa na serivisi no kohereza ubumenyi n’ikoranabuhanga, ndetse no gushimangira umubano uri hagati y’abafatanyabikorwa mpuzamahanga n’abakomoka muri Afurika.