ʻAʻole ʻike nui ʻia e pili ana i nā manawa huakaʻi ma Equatorial Guinea. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he ʻāina pani pani ʻia i huli i ka mākaʻikaʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kāna pahu kālā.
Aia ma ke kahakai e nānā pono aku ana i ke Kai Kūʻono o Guinea, ʻo ka hōkū ʻo Sofitel Sipopo Resort kahi hōkele kiʻekiʻe he hōkele kiʻekiʻe loa i loko o kahi hale accents aniani o kēia au 8 km mai Santiago de Baney a 26 km mai Malabo International Airport.
Ua kālai ʻia ke kaona i kūkulu ʻia i waho o kahi ululaau kahiko ma 2011 me ke kumukūʻai o 600 miliona euro ($ 670 miliona), i hoʻomaka mua ʻia e mālama i kahi piko o hoʻokahi pule o ʻApelika a hōʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka mokuʻāina momona nui.
Ma kahi kaʻa he 16-kilomita (10-mile) mai Malabo ke kapikala ʻo Equatorial Guinea, hoʻohanohano ka wahi hoʻokipa i kahi kikowaena hālāwai kūkā nui, ʻo ka Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf hōkele, a me 52 mau villa hanohano - hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia poʻo mokuʻāina e hele i ka piko - ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona wai ʻauʻau ponoʻī. Aia kekahi papa kolepa 18-hole, nā hale ʻaina a me nā kahakai kūʻokoʻa i kiaʻi ʻia e nā mākaʻi.
Ma kahi o ʻumi mau makahiki, ʻo Sipopo ka lei aliʻi ma ka hoʻolālā e hoʻohālua i nā malihini kipa kiʻekiʻe i Equatorial Guinea e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi hoʻokele waiwai i kū maikaʻi ʻole ʻia e ka hāʻule o ka loaʻa kālā aila.
Ua hakahaka wale ke kaona. Ua hoʻohui ʻia kahi haukapila ma hope o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā villas, akā hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ia, i ʻōlelo ʻia nā kumuwaiwai. I ka makahiki 2014, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi mall ma ka hōkele e hoʻonoho ai i nā hale kūʻai he 50, kahi ala kīʻaha, ʻelua hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me kahi pāʻani o nā keiki.
Akā ua ʻōlelo kahi mea hoʻokipa hoʻokipa hōkele ʻaʻole i wehe ka paʻakikī, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana: "Inā makemake ʻoe e kūʻai i kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo, pono ʻoe e hele i Malabo." I ka pō-manawa, ua hōʻea mai nā limousine ʻōlinolino i kahi hale ʻaina hoihoi e hoʻihoʻi i nā mea ʻaina.
Aia ma ke kai waena o ʻAkelanika o ʻApelika Waena, ua hoʻokuʻi ʻia ʻo Equatorial Guinea i nā pāpili kaiaulu me nā leka o kāna mea i makemake ai he wahi hoʻomaha. ʻO nā hoʻolālā e kūkulu i kahi kahua kaʻa kaʻa hou ma ke kahua mokulele ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bata ua loaʻa i kahi inikua he 120-miliona-euro ($ 133-miliona) mai ka Development Bank of Central Africa States.
ʻO nā helu i kau ʻia e ka World Bank, ua waiho hakahaka ʻia ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi no Equatorial Guinea.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā hōʻike he poʻe ʻoihana, e like me nā limahana o ka ʻoihana aila, hoʻomaha no kekahi mau lā, a i ʻole ke hele ʻana i ka ʻikehu a i ʻole nā ʻaha kūkā waiwai.
"He mea pohihihi ka ʻāina i ka poʻe kūwaho, ka poʻe i hoʻonāwaliwali i ke komo ʻana i kahi hana visa paʻakikī a me ka nele o nā hanana mākaʻikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka pūnaewele o ka mea huakaʻi huakaʻi Pelekane.
Kakaʻikahi ka poʻe Equatoguineans i loaʻa ka manawa kūpono e noho ai i kēlā mau wahi. Ma ka hōkele ʻo Sipopo, uku ʻia kahi lumi maʻamau i ka mea like ma mua o 200 euro ($ 224) i ka pō, ʻoiai e noho ana kahi noho kūikawā ma kahi o 850 euro. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā waihona aila nui ma kahakai i ka waenakonu o ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka loaʻa kālā kālā o ka ʻāina i kahi makahiki he $ 19,500 no kēlā me kēia kanaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me ka UN Development Program.
Akā waiwai kēlā waiwai i kahi elite liʻiliʻi ma waena o 1.2 miliona mau kānaka. Noho ma mua o ʻelua hapakolu o nā Equatoguineans e noho ana ma lalo o ka laina ilihune, a 55 pākēneka o ka heluna kānaka ma mua o 15 ka hana.