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look at the. travel guide on g.w. . hope is fading fast for finding survivors of last week's mining disaster in zimbabwe flooding trapped about seventy minus only eight were rescued alive and the incident has drawn attention on the risks of illegal mining. and a call for africa made in africa. some motos wants to give the toyota this world a run for their money. and energy supplies of many businesses in.

africa but even countries like germany don't have it all sorted out what can be learned from mistakes made here. this is business africa here d.w. . rescue operations continue in zimbabwe where more than two dozen bodies have been recovered after a dam burst and flooded to abandon gold months last week many feared dead but eight survivors were rescued the incident which occurred west of harare throws a harsh light on the dangerous conditions workers faced in the country's illegal mines. it is the fear of every family with a miner losing a loved one just because they were trying to put food on the table. that we struggled to get the bodies into the body bags so we had to do it because these our relatives and workmates. twenty four bodies were retrieved from two disused gold mines by sunday eight men were pulled out

a life but dozens remain trapped in the flooded mines. the main. things. it seems. to me in this. city. most of them byways gold is extracted by small scale miners working in unsafe and disused pits many have no other choice but to work there zimbabwe's economy has been struggling for years and illegal mining is the only source of income for some elite. importing cars to africa is expensive and foreign models are not always well suited for the continent's notoriously rough roads canyons only come in a factor mobius has now come up with a solution. nairobi's roads aren't all that smooth venture further right and you could be in for a pretty bumpy ride to navigate this unique terrain you might consider this purpose

built vehicle. a very good feature is that there is no feature and it's a very very sick car you're not this trick to try thing you know this trick that to any extent why try to so it's actually a fun i really have to call it the fault of the s.u.v. it was built especially for africa's rugged roads stripped down to reduce unnecessary waste and cost. mobius motors is kenya's only automobile company no surprise then that there are only a very limited number of suppliers at home whether it's parts already made cars importing can be expensive this essentially of import the kind of market so cars are shipped into because of very high cost because of high importance. not well designed for the local market and so there is a huge gap between what people are wanting in the local market and what the market was being provided with mobius promises to deliver an s.u.v. at the price of a used to down but does it strike a chord with kenyans. this moment at least seems convinced. but certain to

my country. we must be makes us feel proud because having a car industry will open up opportunities and give us jobs but do kenyans have the skills required for those jobs. there is no real research and development base for to music in kenya and therefore for some of the skills we need we have to look abroad that said wherever we can we train develop that talent in-house and the second generation mobius is a ready in production the company hopes it will become of the mass market car of africa. the trouble around the power cuts i'm sorry state of south africa's eskom energy company put the spotlight on an issue. that is plaguing economies all over the continent a reliable energy supply but if you think that's a problem only developing economies have think again germany for example is about to get a brand new pipeline to pump millions of tons of gas from russia to germany it's

called not stream two and it's highly disputed. russian gas has been flowing directly to germany since twenty eleven. through not stream one now a second pipeline is being built the north stream to its schedules to come online by the end of this year europe believes it needs the gas to meet its growing energy needs but the united states fears europe is growing too dependent on gas from russia and the government of vladimir putin. last week u.s. president mike pence even discussed the issue and america's opposition to the project with chancellor merkel saying we cannot strengthen the west by becoming dependent on the east with me in the studio now is us host got an investigative journalist from denmark who has written a book on this pipeline project called gas greed and money yes why is everybody so

up in arms about north north stream be buying gas from the russians they pump it to us how does it make us more and more dependent first of all i do think that giving allowing mr putin to choose to step is the pipeline that's giving him very best achieved with even his hands at the moment good german is to blowing shoulders in the baltics to to. against his aggression and on the other hand you're delivering this weapon into his hands let's look at how it how it how is it a weapon what can you do he's using gas as a weapon and he showed before that he's willing to do it before starting construction of north stream one i'm not street. to russian gas to europe and to germany was transported. through land based lines one going through poland and one through ukraine and in two thousand and nine mr putin

the was conflicting with ukraine once again and he turned down the livery of gas in general mon and to punish ukraine to punish ukraine yes but fortunately. or unfortunately you could feel that stop in germany as well and your chancellor immediately complained and putin must. force to open again with the new gas pipeline in the baltics directly from russia to germany he could. he could promise to deliver all the gas needed to to germany and he could punish his enemies in poland and ukraine and in the baltic. gas will increasingly repays very important for germany gas while it could easily replace coal to make electricity to help reduce the c o two targets was it

a wise move to get out of nuclear or did that make us more dependent on russia briefly please it really made you dependent on russia and on the other hand signing that contract with russia not free will also why a late paris agreement that you signed and this is a very very bad story for germany nothing thank you very much since whole scott you're welcome find out some of today's other business headlines around the world. british lawmakers have slammed facebook for data abuse of parliamentary committee concluded the tech giant could be and should be investigated for intentionally violating privacy laws the u.k.'s lawmakers are also calling for a regulator to be set up to police content on social media sites would be financed by a new levy on tech companies. hundreds of passengers have been left stranded across

europe by the collapse of british alan fly via my carrier blames the uncertainty surrounding briggs it for its decision to seize operations and file for bankruptcy fly the amal had nearly four hundred employees in britain germany sweden and belgium. the last minute postponement of nigeria's presidential election could cost the country as much as one point five billion dollars that's according to the lagos chamber of commerce nigeria went into a possible economic shutdown ahead of the votes the move also weighed on investor sentiment in africa's most populous country and its biggest economy. this year german medical supplies are also book celebrates its one hundredth birthday the company is best known for its prosthesis artificial bodyparts with which it first built for german soldiers returning from world war one today also bach is helping veterans of the workforce exoskeleton support the body of aging workers and help lessen the impact of hard manual labor with german workers growing older and their

replacement increasingly difficult to fight it's a technology that is welcomed by many companies. at first a few adjustments are needed to fit the exoskeletons on to their backs. an employee at medical prophetic maker out of book shows them how to put them on. with a little practice he says it should be possible to do it in just thirty seconds this exoskeleton will fit anyone who's up to one meter ninety tong. if you can is it like a normal jacket is like a backpack. electricians dieter harbor corn and to be as prominent have a lot of smoke alarms to install today mounting them on the ceiling with raised arms is tiring work so the powered exoskeletons are designed to help them get the job done. it really helps a lot it reduces a lot of the falls off of what does it feel like. it's like there's somebody down

below pushing with a hand. just over seven years ago at a book began developing exoskeletons to assist in overhead work from the start there was a lot of interest from industry. but there's one problem for the ultimate b. linda st is that it's a getting harder to find qualified person now employees are getting older and as i get a folder the strain on the muscles and joints increases. the risk of injury then employers face a choice should i also might keep these people. the company decided to develop a purely mechanical system instead of sophisticated electronics it uses intelligent cable pull technology designed for the industrial workplace. the workers have to move around in many directions quickly under time pressure but they have to be able to move freely anything restrictive is not an option that was the big challenge to

build something that will assist but not restrict them as i mentioned. to book sold more than a thousand of the exoskeletons last year they've already passed the first tests on construction sites. holding even heavy tools is very easy lift one of these devices . for me in the business african team and berlin for more business news i'm back on stories do check out our website. business now. that's up next why the after this quick check on global markets.

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