house solar powered taxis in ivory coast move people from a to b. while keeping the city had cleaned. and in trouble australian carrier qantas council's a large a three eighty order raising new questions over the future of the world's biggest jetliner. alone welcome to g.w. business africa i'm going to get jones of berlin good to have you with us and we're starting in south africa where a major conference on mining is coming to a close mining of course is a key industry for many african countries the sector is a major employer provided tens of thousands of jobs but times are changing mining is growing more and more expensive leading to massive layoffs so what does the future hold in store what is the stick to fit for the future now that is one of the key questions of the world's biggest mining conference indaba investing in africa mining and the moment we go live to cape town for the latest but first

a look at the industry it's drivers and challenges. with platinum chromium gold and diamonds south africa's one of the world's biggest mineral producers but its mining industry is in decline as easily accessible reserves are depleted the cost of bringing metals to the surface is rising. hundreds of thousands of jobs have been cut in recent years in the late one nine hundred eighty s. seven hundred sixty thousand people worked in south african mines by last year their number had gone down to just over four hundred fifty thousand which new technologies can make the mining sector fit for the future and what can be done about mining is devastating environmental impact those were some of the questions being asked in cape town at the african mining indaba the world's largest mining conference. gunness president called for more collaboration between companies and

governments across africa africa may go all rich with. germs. and hoes or rob. just trying to reach a critical profit we may well have been. priced out to. drive us into this exciting project for the stable economic group. but some observers are skeptical about whether the sector really has a sustainable future they point out for instance that gold mining in south africa is hardly competitive anymore. now for more let's bring in our correspondent ellis of and gallagher who joins as it caked out and as i believe that conference is coming to a close today maybe ended already what are the key takeaways. well she's on her we're just not gonna the second largest producer in consonance was very outspoken and they also say that africa cannot and should not be just an

export our oil materials that they shouldn't screen industries for example the government in ghana has now created a state of company to help saracens eja great its annual mean streets so they're very much focused on that a star how can africa profit more from their own wealth than their own minerals and it was interesting as well at the conference is that although in south africa it's going to be very expensive to mind and maybe get some people under the ground here who are here was kind of renewed excitement around schools because the prices going up so they're african companies countries and companies do hope that there are opportunities and they are out probably what added to that excitement as you mentioned is the fact that i believe for the very first time the south african president actually attended the conference and spoke to the delegates there what's the significance. well aircel hamas of a southern african president he is actually looking for my a lot of money when he

came into power after jacob zuma i said he is looking for a hundred billion u.s. dollars and part of that he wants us to revive the mining industry and not only gold the suffering also didn't last and street here is suffering and he needs the money for new job knowledge you stoop to to look for our new mines this is the one lex variations and also he was there basically to to mentor us as there has been a lack of trust between investors and south africa which we've seen a lot of labor unrest in some parts couple of heroes which hasn't helped because government hasn't helped that was like us has a vigorous as much as you want on the premises built trusts and to bring ellis just just to just to briefly because you mention all these problems as they think has a conference managed to solve some of those. not sure i don't have a manager saw that i think a lot of us were about the conference was about what is sarah for africa are fair for communities fair for an entire mans and so there are some african also the rest

of africa. how can you become competitive and get a fair deal i don't shy away versus all right ellis i gather there reporting from cape town thank you so much. the first ever major offshore oil and gas discovery has been made off the coast of south africa fringe oil giant estimates the field could produce a billion barrels and that's enough to supply south africa's refineries for four years it's likely to lead to a brush by oil explorers to find further deposits off the country's coast. all right we all know this getting where you're going fast and safe without adding a massive carbon footprint to that's difficult in crowded cities with plenty of traffic but in ivory coast a pilot project is offering a clean and comfortable solution is three wheeled solar powered taxis they were

originally imported from china some eight months ago and they've since changed every day traffic in the coastal city of jacksonville for the better. for people like sophie j.j. from shock be ill in ivory coast it's hard to get from eight to be public transport is virtually nonexistent. when you go to the market and finish your shopping then you start looking for a taxi you first have to find one that's available it takes time and that you have to waste when you're in a hurry it's really complicated. never mind. over the last eight months the situation has improved eco tax is the run on solar energy have come to the city. an r.t.a. brought the three wheeled soda taxes to shock feel the taxis are parked here in the workshop this is also where they're assembled before they hit the road.

so i discovered this solar taxis in china. we were there with a friend from togo. we bought twenty vehicles and realized they were really great that's how i ended up in the solar taxi business. cannot a started with a pilot program in-joke feel here in the coastal city the sun shines almost year round that makes it a good place to introduce the solar try sickles the taxis do have a solar panel on the roof but that provides a range of just thirty kilometers to travel further than that the other batteries need to be recharged regularly but they're still less expensive to operate than a regular vehicle and better for the environment. the batteries are charged using solar energy here to. rethink this panel generates twenty five kilowatts per hour. and this is where the energy is story that where the three wheelers can be charged here at night when they're

parked the solar taxis have even created jobs. eleven people work for the company and that's not all the solar taxis are an environmental boon. so the motors don't emit carbon dioxide that's one environmental aspect of course and they don't make any noise the motors are very quiet compared to the conventional engines we normally use in ivory coast so our vehicles meet environmental standards they make a very positive contribution to the interaction of people and the environment. the company hopes to introduce sela taxes to other cities like yummy sucrose. and corojo but the success of jacques feels pilot program had an unintended side effect with just six eco taxis demand soon outstrip supply suddenly three will taxis with combustion engine started appearing on the streets these competitors are far more

polluting and they put a dent into jacques feels bid to become a model for green transportation in ivory coast. germany's antitrust watchdog is cracking down on facebook with a decision that restricts the social media giants ability to collect data in the country authorities say facebook cannot gather information from third party sites without use that constant the decision comes after a three year investigation germany's cartel office looked at whether the take for data connection of a to vittie on facebook which is on third party sites can be considered anticompetitive behavior facebook has responded by saying it will appeal the decision. and the german economy is losing steam the e.u. has sharply slashed its eurozone growth forecast for twenty nine thousand as a result of the unexpected slowdown in europe's economic powerhouse the association of german chambers of industry and commerce has sliced its growth forecast for

twenty nine thousand in half to north point two nine percent that's a worry for the e.u. who now expect growth of one point three percent this year a big cut from the one point nine percent predicted in november. now there's an impressive figure of four hundred and forty five million dollars that's the price tag for an a three eighty aircraft from airbus great money if you can get it unfortunately the super jumbo is turning into a terribly expensive shelf hugger the australian airline quantize just withdrew its order for eight of the passenger jets and that is almost four billion u.s. dollars less on the european aircraft manufacturers bank account perhaps it's time to scrap the a three eighty. it's the largest passenger plane in the world three years the pride and joy of the european aircraft group airbus but as orders for the a three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual

production from thirty to just eight aircraft this year and those eight have yet to be delivered. quantas dropping the planes represents a four billion u.s. dollars loss for the european aircraft manufacturer and it's raised doubts about the future of the a three eighty itself the australian airline ordered the jets in two thousand and six but since then they've switched to lighter more fuel efficient passenger jets a worldwide trend the a three eighty is too heavy and uses too much jet fuel which wouldn't be as much of a problem if fuel prices that gone down but instead they've almost doubled since twenty sixteen. and that's business africa here on d w thanks for watching and day two and did all the news is coming up next thanks for joining. me.

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