u.s. secretary of state might compare tells germany that nato allies need to work together to make sure the organization remains what he calls a potent force for good in the world. time to pro democracy activists in hong kong all calling for a full investigation on prosecutions after a student died of injuries sustained during the anti-government demonstration of this week students culled from the building after police fired tear gas to disperse a copy. of. the daily business africa is up next after the 1st. syrian born imam visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with a father who was a member of the hitler youth as a child. some residents are suspicious of refugees in the neighborhood. and there is curious about the bar's regulars so cross the road worlds apart.

starting november 11th on d w. it's coming. from the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate clicks on the phone books 250 they were working on the for the job discovery. expedition in boyd on d.-day. could this change the way african farmers do business. cocoa producing nations joined a campaign to fix the massive imbalance between his income that the money made by commodities traders. african nations a prime to boost energy production but if you report says it'll take a 100. $20000000000.00 to solve the problem of electricity shortages. and 30 years

after the fall of the berlin wall we look at the imbalances in the economies of germany's west and the eastern states as well as one of those struggling to communism. and fizzle one let's do business this could spell sweet justice nigeria and cameroon are seeking ways of jointly negotiating with cocoa buyers for a better premium the chocolate industry is worth tens of billions of euros a year but some grows in west africa poor and now than they were half a century ago. it's cocoa harvest season farmer frank jones is gathering the few poets left on the farm he's renting the farm so when he got us the harvest or only one 3rd of the profits belongs to the team the rest of the money goes to the owner of the farm. and.

sees the price of corn is not determined by farmers who are usually the west and us on the cocoa value chain most of them live in extreme poverty and cannot rely on just to provide for their families johnson would need to collect more than a 1000. you know that's a feel one bag and a bag. 446000 naira that's around $125.00 u.s. dollars after harvested the is packaged and sold to exporters exports as a then sell to companies in europe and america where the process the chocolate and other by products it is these consumers that determine prices say now

is the president of the association of names area that association is pushing for a deal. and kameron to set their own floor price as is. the opinion that there must be is to leave. for the farmer. if he. sees a. business that is less labor intensive back i'm bringing to the farm. a similar agri. was recently made between by as and farmers in garner and ivory coast together these west african countries accounts for more than 60 percent of the won't. well known geria and can collectively produce around 11 percent if the deal goes through between improve living standards

and we don't have the pleasure of going over to flourish ward to talk about this in lagos far is this the big breakthrough african farmers have been waiting for. well it could be the big break african farmers have been waiting for they have been other initiatives in the past put in place to make sure that farmers in more but this looks like the only one that's. that the farmers food directly to it so it could very much impossible even stand as not only the living style as well also be put up to the farmers. how big just to give us an idea is the imbalance between farmers incomes and what commodity traders are well most of the money made from is made when it reaches the global north so farmers * for example would sell a ton for 2000 u.s.

dollars and then the export has to sell for $2200.00 us dollars so also $100.00 to french oh so there isn't much money made to be honest on this part of the world most of the money is made in america which is why most of the most vocal farmers are fighting for an increase in price. these types of deals spread to other sectors like coffee with their own materials the beans are also grown in africa but also process overseas. well the deal is still in its very initial stages and. it isn't left. of course not. only. because it's. just right now. so i think. tell if it's in parts.

thank you very much because the analysis from. the international energy agency says african nations need to get on their horses to fund power generation and you studied under current 513000000 africans still lack electricity by 2030. about 120000000000 dollars each year to bring electricity to everyone. many african nations are pledging to production. africa's rapid population growth will lead to economic expansion but only if there's enough energy to power it. and most countries have already failed just to keep up with demand half of all africans do not have access to electricity in many places people wait hours just for

a tank of gas power disruptions are a way of life for most companies in sub-saharan africa cutting profits and slashing growth. that's why many nations are redoubling their efforts to exploit oil reserves just this week said it was ramping up exploration off of south africa and ghana said it was easing restrictions to make it easier for companies to do more exploration in fields in the gulf of guinea and gold as fuel agency has formed a consortium with 5 international oil companies and is in the middle of a licensing round for 5 new oil fields. some africans were exploiting fossil fuel resources over renewables but experts we interviewed say the need for power is acute. don't forget you come from europe and you're looking at the transitions africans on war read about the end of the world deal worried about the end of the month still sustainable energy projects are also moving along fast in

africa in senegal when park north of the car will be connected to the country's power grid in december it's the largest wind farm in west africa and will be supplying electricity to 2000000 people next year. now to some of the other business stories making news. the cabin crew is striking for a 2nd day of a payday most of the airlines flights from germany have been canceled for friday and kerry says they could be no on a fix for flight saturday. if you want to make sure you know season's greetings rich friends and family in britain on time better hurry up loyal mail faces potential strike action by its biggest union around the general election on december 12th and a traditionally busy run up to christmas. or the french to pop in store pun time has unveiled its christmas window displays and there's a lot to look at motorized animals in zany scenes everything from turkeys making

music and dancing in the kitchen to a giant hand spraying itself with perfume and mice trying to escape from the department store it took 650 hours to create the decorations 10000000 people are said to see the christmas displays in a false prophet who a luxury tycoon hopes the little lots of people into his store. the collapse of the berlin wall led to the reunification of germany but 30 years on the division between east and west remains people living in the former east work longer and less and have an overall lower quality of life. he economic differences were even started before the curtain came down in west germany 62000000 people lived in one of the world's strongest economies in the east the population was a quarter of that and the economy only 110th as big economic imbalance

persists the none of germany's dax 30 blue chip companies are headquartered in eastern parts of best that's companies run factories in the former east such as for trucking wages in eastern germany a much lower in western states the average hourly wages around $34.00 euros on the other side of the country it's 6 euros less per hour productivity is lower in the eastern states as well. this lady has been spinning in the dudek machine building factory for 30 years the company is located in the eastern part of berlin c.e.o. your one dudek has 35 employees. he founded his company in former east germany in 1986 the government back then tolerated private companies because the economy needed so much help back then you 100 it did lots of jobs for the east german government but he soon realized that east germany was broke.

they had reached their limit and it couldn't go on like that or. i think that at one point in the stars he saw. no matter what they tried the situation couldn't be helped his office was full of souvenirs spanning 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall the east german businessman inexperienced in the way of capitalism was ripped off a few times in the beginning when he looks at this picture he remembers. we finished and delivered the orders but they only paid us half of what they owed us. 300. johann dudek experienced all the risks that business men face now after years is finally paid back alone he took out and can now afford the good life the remnants of the berlin wall a just a tourist attraction the stays is not shedding any tears for east germany.

we have blooming landscapes as cold promised us just not the same everywhere but imagine if he's germany went on for another 30 years there would have been nothing left but ruins. for the 73 year old dudek there's one more assignment finding a successor. china is imposing a curfew on its under-age game as it is under the age of 18 it out prohibited from playing online games from 10 pm until age am new regulations old service trick the amount of time and money minus can spend on online games getting companies and platforms are also required to enforce the new regulations chinese president xi jinping as criticized video games as being harmful to children. and. lasting business with.

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