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thank you thank. you. it's time to tackle africa's persistent electricity crisis says a report by the international energy agency adding that africa's young fast growing and increasingly urban population is key to driving global energy needs. we also meet the father of rural innovation taking a look at his innovation up in tanzania where he and his fellow inventors work on improving life. shall i want to jones welcome to business africa and
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africa needs to scale up its policy and investment plans if it wants to overcome the persistent lack of access to electricity and clean coking and that's the bottom line of a new report by the international energy agency around half of all africans did not have access to electricity in 2018 and as africa's population grows well so is demand for energy africa is the world's most sun rich continent but despite possessing such huge solar energy potential the continent has less than one percent of global installed capacity around 5 gigawatts the international energy agency says to provide everyone with solar energy africa would need to add 3 times that every year until 2040 years when power production would also need increasing around 2.5 percent of the continent's g.d.p. $120000000000.00 needs to be invested every year in power infrastructure the i says
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that can be done pointing to china and india's development over the last 2 decades . africa's growing energy needs are linked to its rising population by 2040 it will be home to more than 2000000000 people. around half of all africans some 600000000 people do not have access to any electricity today the current investments in energy infrastructure are unable to keep up with the population growth and growing demand a good example is how more and more africans are cooking most of them don't have access to clean cooking technology and need to rely on open fires or pollutant feels like paraffin and the problem doesn't stop there the vast majority of companies operating in africa frequently experience power disruptions leading to financial losses that curb economic growth. for more let's bring in joy doreen bierbauer joins us in nairobi so africa is great fast as we know and so is energy
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demand investment is needed says this report and it mentions an annual 120000000000 dollars well that's not something that all countries half of their publics costs right. a lot of african countries largely depend on concession loans and grants as well from international body like the i.m.f. or the world bank and they're also the richest countries of the g. 7 countries like russia and germany and so we've seen many of these developed countries as well chipping in to help africa meet some. pressing demands for infrastructure development as well so we can actually counted at least the africa can of poor. care of last of its development to the needs at the moment so what kind of interest do those donors be it countries including countries
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probably like china or also private investors what sort of interest do they actually have in africa's energy sector. most of the donor countries or in this case international bodies are leaning towards renewable energy solutions when the are trying to help african countries we have seen countries like italy as well that are trying to make inroads on the african continent in different african countries and most of them are actually putting out some we've just lost connection to joy during beera and. yeah well that's a great pity because what she was telling us was highly interesting but obviously a problem with the connection maybe we can catch up with her later in the meantime let's go to south africa where south african airways has started a restructuring process that could see the cash strapped carrier cut its workforce
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by almost a 5th the move includes all divisions and departments except the low cost carrier mungo airships and the technical unit south african airways is one of several state owned companies that are fighting poor finances of the years of mismanagement and alleged corruption the government is talking with potential investors in the airline to ease the burden on the national budget. well he's known as the father of rural innovation bernard kiviat was just 16 when he started inventing things and it's still what he loves doing most and he also loves sharing his knowledge we visited his innovation hop in tanzania. bernat has long been interested in energy and how to produce it it's something he's taught himself a lot about over the years he developed this machine to flatten flexible cubes to
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drip irrigation. as an inventor it's your job to come up with something useful. i realize that people were ignoring the environment even though it's of central importance to human beings. so i began developing ideas that will make a difference to the environment. he started at home by using wind to generate electricity this turbine powers his homemade washing machine the water is pumped up from a borehole it's not only environmentally friendly but also saves time and effort if there's no wind he can always hop on this bike can pump the water up that way. he's also had a solar panel installed on the roof so he's no longer dependent on the state power grid. bernard is not alone with his passion for inventing a few years ago he and some friends set up an innovation hub called 20 day in
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a russia the inventors come to this workshop to develop ideas and build products like this wheelchair made from discarded objects. john nazir is the hubs administrator he says it's a great place to get technical advice. turnings that's what innovation center that seeks to the community to solve their own local challenges using local because of. the community country or that we don't how we don't import this knowledge or these things from outside these are the things that we how we use them on home that we find in the local shops that can help us farmers also regularly find their way to the hub is it asks one possible to build a machine that plant seedlings directly in the ground the inventors enjoy the challenge others stop by it burn it's house eager to see his inventions 1st hand his solar powered water heater is very popular he sells them for whole of the
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price of a normal heater proving that he's not only an environmentally aware inventor but also a savvy businessman. the agricultural industry is known for its powerful machinery track to thresh and chip us and so forth but maybe not for much longer exhibitors are the world's largest agriculture technology fair at 3 technica trying to prove that bigger is not always better. robots like ours and dinah could soon be a farmer specifier and. they can harvest so found extract weeds. french starter nyota develop these little helpers in a herd came from the problem eating we farmers because farmers who are where complaining about playboy issue which is more and more complex to find people who
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walk in the fall. or when we how do we say ok maybe we can alter my eyes some task . dynamo is a vegetable farming robot a camera records the plant growth and an algorithm decides what studies and what goes. it reduces the need for staff for weed killer as. are. these small self driving field robots are the stars of our group technica and hanover the world's biggest trade fair for agricultural technology. the john deere company is known for its huge machines but even that being downsized. a few tractor could look like this electric rather than diesel lightweight to protect the soil and of course without a drivers cap. given the it's a complete definitely think the future is about autonomy that's even precision on our culture needs more precision there are various examples of that in this whole
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thing about speed of. machines can also eric ate the crops and recognise wheat through senses. these drones fly over fields and help to locate pests for example all spray chemicals in a targeted mana they can also cultivate land that's hard to access. actually a lot of places in china they're not able to use picture actis because they're smaller clubs we have a lot of small holders in china and also we have places now on the hillside so it's difficult to conduct spraying saw plant protection we call it for the crops on the hillside. is this the end for mega machines and agriculture. that's certainly no lack of imagination these weird and wonderful creations could end up being the farm
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hands of the future but. there are. there. and now to some of the other global business stories making news. exports from israel's occupied territories to the e.u. must be clearly labeled as such as the latest ruling by the european court of justice until now such products have largely borne the made in israel tag the court says that could mislead consumers about israel's presence as an occupying power in those territories. and this one has cut its full year forecast to an 11 year low after a 70 percent drop in quarterly profits steven marr the company's new chief financial officer blames low sales in key regions such as the u.s. europe and japan for his son's worst q 2 performance in 15 years.
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u.s. billionaire iran mosque space x. venture has launched a new batch of 16 mini satellites into space compact styling satellites will join an initial batch and launched in a musk plans to put files of satellites into orbit in an effort to offer high speed internet coverage across the world space access revenue from the project will go towards developing space travel to mops. and that's the business update here on the you from me and the business african team in berlin thanks for watching.
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