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a band is just around the corner. this is business africa. as well come for many economies cross the african continent infrastructure is one major stumbling block when it comes to driving up exports a deep sea port can come in quite handy to do that in the south of the continent cape town and durban are the main ports dominating the market but the mini is now said to change that just a few weeks ago a new port in the office bay went into operation we sent our correspondent adrian creech to find out all things are going. the new terminal shrouded by the morning's coastal mists it cost over 200000000 euros to complete built by a chinese company financed by loans from the african development bank the new terminal doubles port capacity from 350000 to 750000 containers a year to the region his music is supportive. coming from across.

zambia. in terms of the mining chemicals that we're taking to zambia. that are coming to. namibia wants the port to function as a hub for the whole of southern africa a realistic goal given its good road and rail connections to the region. on a visit to namibia german development minister miller also travel to wallace bay. enthusiastic about the ports potential for boosting regional trade he also hopes to deepen ties between germany and namibia. i'm holding mackerel here which is in burned for the democratic republic of congo. is good p.r. there's also hake here for export to spain. we're interested in developing export and cooperation. to killer cooperation with our ports in hamburg and braman.

we're thinking about vocational training and obviously using that training to generate more business. at the moment while this pay employs 7000 people. now maybe i want this ports to be a transportation hub for southern africa but while local logistics companies are very optimistic about that there are also some concerns europe prosy and turnaround time is always a challenge in africa time for something happening from port landing containers taking off the ship getting it cleared. neary inspections especially us to be getting in the frozen commodities. take some time the faucet happens to be more attractive to support gets it's been developed by the chinese and there is obviously a big loan attached to the project which has to be paid back by government government has under it and that party part is through the port so we hope that the port will

not raise its fees too high obviously and that. then port state owned enterprise managing the port we're keeping control of the ports of course we wouldn't like to see that of the foreign entity is then at one point managing the port would be good if the states of the libyan hands. that something the port authority is kevin harry also wants to see. this is a valid concern but then we important we've been seriously into it on this loan for the past 4 years and we believe we've got a positive. series this along with what develops to see what should be able to allow us to do that. well this isn't operating anywhere near full capacity yet even though the logistic sector is growing namibia's economy is mired in recession that's also affecting the port meaning the outlook is still not the brightest.

corresponded i found this report joins us now. we hear that a lot these days big projects built and often at this party financed by the chinese and everybody seems to be worried that they might take over in the end this is concerned justified in this particular case. i would say in the case of the number being bought not really because it is not a bilateral loan agreements between china it is a loan that was facilitated by the african development bank so it is not there yes a chinese company is building was building this this terminal at the ports but they went through a normal tender process and also we have to know that yes actually very reliable when it comes to paying back loans it has been very reliable in the past and it is seen as a reliable partner by most countries but of course we have other examples throughout the continent where we see different approaches by the chinese obviously investing

in exchange for favors for nature we source isn't very often giving funding when it is sometimes already clear the 1st place that the government might struggle to pay back we have seen that for example in the capital of zambia with the airport there and we possibly see it also right now with the railway in kenya between mombasa and nairobi well lots of infrastructure projects who you mentioned what's china strategy behind this is this is benign is just about trade routes and all that ocean the west start to be worried. well let's look at the facts i mean africa's largest trading partner is definitely china at the moment things have changed pretty much china is also the biggest funder of infrastructural projects on the continents and it is the fastest growing source of foreign direct investment and this has been a strategy of the chinese government for a long time to establish these kind of business relationship of course sometimes

also with interest in nature of resources and the west has largely been sleeping for many many years and now they are complaining but it's also not so easy as i indicated earlier to say well what they're doing is bad or what they're doing is very good of course you have to see it from 2 ways there's a lot of projects that are definitely very good they infrastructure projects are definitely need as in most parts of africa but on the other hand it's also not the win win situation that a lot of chinese diplomats saying in this. correspondent joining us from cape town in south africa thank you. offshore oil production is a big source of revenue for many coastal countries across africa but it's dangerous business both workers and for the environment things do go wrong when oil spills at sea it needs to be cleaned up and that usually involves oil booms that's floating barriers intended to contain the slick from spreading but that doesn't always work especially in high seas and bad weather is now researchers in germany in

collaboration with iranian colleagues have come up with a new idea. the sinking of the freighter ground america after caught fire off the atlantic coast of france in march was an environmental disaster heavy oil leaked and due to bad weather it was only possible to contain part of the kilometer long slick. following accidents like this holder owned a home from trace and technical university and his team decided to look for ways to make oil spills harmless. so-called oil booms only work during good weather during rough seas the oil splashes over the booms. as i mean toward and think we've developed a method to absorb oil the oil binders can be deployed by plane or helicopter even in bad weather or they can then be used to absorb the oil so the oil binders are made of absorbent wood fiber the procedure was developed in cooperation with researchers from the university is of rostock and leipsic and it's incredibly

simple the wood chips are thrown onto the polluted water and begin to absorb the oil after a few hours the oil is completely absorbed and no longer a danger to marine birds the procedure also works in conditions like those found on the high seas the oil burners have been tested in a wave pool at the university of rostock after nearly 4 days and artificially created oil spill was completely removed. it was meant as a soul of the moment this is them is being tested in the baltic sea as a kind of model region there we can really show how well it works and train employees on how to use this technology and we hope that in the coming years it will be deployed in other regions of the world in this month and he does on the hill and that's because there has already been interest from iran the persian gulf is home to the world's largest crude oil and natural gas reserves no where are more oil tankers on the move scientist of on iraq tie is from tehran and is working

together with the drays to researchers oil eating bacteria on the wood chips help speed up the cleansing of the water surface. clever idea conventional motorcycles will soon be a thing of the past in rwanda the government that wants to ban gasoline powered motorbikes to improve that quality or to cycle times the common mode of transport there and drive a human up to get their hands on the new emo toes. these taxi drivers have to wait at least an hour to test an electric motorcycle they cost around $1400.00 each cheaper than the $2000.00 price tag for their gasoline equivalents and they require a lot less maintenance there's no chain no drum brake and no need to change the oil ampersand is the rwandan company that produces the vehicles it says drivers also save $900.00 on maintenance and fuel each year. so we've been developing these

vehicles for for about 4 years now and making them so that they're better and cheaper than the petrol motorcycles that ovalle will on the road and brought out that's been our goal all along. the maximum range is 65 kilometers per charge drivers can rent batteries from the company in order to avoid waiting for their vehicles to be loaded up with electricity some drivers even say the electric motor cycles have led to an improvement in their health. i have a program that has a disease. and you think it is but i thought it sickness but i did not make switches to it i is that it could have been just what does all of them as i did today get to dismount. coming from the those bikes that we gave it to by sis did a study and get. the electric vehicles produce about

a quarter of the emissions that gasoline bikes do some 30000 people in the rwandan capital make a living as motorcycle taxi drivers in east africa as a whole it's 3000000 that potential for growth has prompted several companies including yamaha to invest in africa's electric mobility sector. and that's it for me and the business african team yeah. len for more business news and back on stories check out the w dot com slash business on our web site also follow us on social media if you don't or an internet before we go here's a quick look at global markets at this hour.

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