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compete with private challenges must space sectors. this is business africa on the office wellcome if you're a software developer and live in kenya or nigeria in fact in one of many big african cities right now you're in the right place at the right time the job market for coders and designers is positively flying software giant microsoft is currently pumping $100000000.00 u.s. dollars into software development centers in a row beyond lagos creating $500.00 new jobs and that's just the tip of the iceberg all over the african continent job markets for engineers are growing more rapidly than any other continent. if you have a medical complaint you see a doctor but is the practitioner really a registered physician in kenya patients can find that out using an app designed to protect them from fraudulent doctors. the app source code the readable version of the computer program that runs it is open source meaning it can be inspected

unmodified by anyone soon after it appeared in kenya a version of the app came out in south africa south african software engineer bryce king's trains programmers all over africa he advises them to use open source software as a release to african countries open source has a big. impact in terms of helping africans build products to solve for african challenges and local problems the market for open source applications is growing faster in africa the news any other continent according to a report by u.s. based collaborative software development platform get tub this year nigeria had the world's highest rise in open source project 59 percent compared to last year similarly high growth rates were seen for kenya tunisia and morocco but it seems the idea of using freely available software and modifying it for customized

applications is gaining traction among programmers across africa and with me in the studio now a familiar face moses our coauthor hugh very much for coming in moses he's a father a c.e.o. of offer a link consultancy advising investors on africa and the african tech scene moses what might those numbers we're seeing rise so significantly so what we see is that open source is actually helping a lot of companies like the startups and also organizations to be able to have a quick deployment and that is actually why we see that especially when it comes to africa cost efficiency is very important and we've seen a lot of developers jumping on to the open source. market to get solutions on that it comes though the numbers come from a relatively low level this is what makes the increase so staggering yet so i said what we see that there are 2 different aspect of it we have the contribute and we actually have the project so what we've seen is that in terms of contribution like we saw for countries actually on the rise about 40 percent increase so we see them

most of the young africans will actually begin to learn how to program jump into these open source contribute to these open source projects which are 2 national project sleeth but what we see is that these global projects actually gives them the good resume to be able to get jobs like for instance now michael asked for developers you need to show what you've done and so jumping on to open source really helps us when we look at the local market intense of project that actually relevant to africans know it's a very small number but the successful ones are actually very very successful because they have a global call approach which is a global approach but also meeting the local standards example as you saw he did and will calmness i mean no one even wrote things about welcome as an african company because basically it was developed in africa in south africa with a lot of the can contribute just but it was addressing global challenges which sectors are especially interesting for software developers in africa right now so

we're really look at the service market it's very very huge because we look at a think tank whereby there is delivery or finance we look at delivery of transportation anything to do was the service sector is actually rising very much that's where we've seen a lot of developers jumping into solutions that are already out there and utilizing it to meet the needs of the african consumer is it open source you mentioned it it's very important especially for the african jobs market is it just kind of an academy for beginners if you will or is it is it more yes so what we look at open source normally like the newly acquired comp and get help which is now also for marc. it's about giving the collaborative platform whereby people are able to use and share knowledge and also test in feedback immediately and so what we've seen is a most of these young one of the developers jumped on to such collaborative platform contribute to have the risen me that they need but it is saying time be

able to also learn from others i think one of the most important thing that we see is that african developers should also not only looking at of course the things that are also for the african market but also global needs because that is how we can get more contribution and also more projects that are coming from africa most are thank you very much thank you very much thins confidence in south africa rose during the 4th quarter from a 20 year low the biggest rebound in confidence was in the construction retail and on a factory industry's overall index figure increased from 21 to 26 but that's still way below the benchmark figure of 50 pessimism becomes optimism confidence has been declining after an initial kick 2 years ago when several more posts i became president last year morocco overtook south africa as the continent's biggest producer of cars since then the industry that has continued to grow now an

agreement between persia onus p.s.a. the broken government will see further development of the sector thanks to a new testing center p.s.a. has shown it's more than just tinkering when it comes to morocco earlier this year it's open to half a 1000000000 euro a plantain canoe trip where it's hoping to produce 200000 cars annually by 2023 and now after a flurry of signatures in casablanca p.s.a. has taken the next step. we've built this new testing center we've also put in place a research and development center which is growing and it's going to reach a point of being able to design an entire vehicle. at a press conference the car makers set the new center will be able to test the capabilities of a range of vehicles it will require the services of 60 high level engineers and technicians the government is confident morocco can provide them. today we have moroccan experts in the center who are able to develop exactly the

kind of test centers that p.s.a. needs. pierce and the. degree meant is another win for what's now morocco's biggest export industry. some of the other global business stories making headlines today. new york pm central bank president god signature 2 euro bond notes on wednesday ceremonious 1st task for the position the new bills are set to enter circulation next year. autograph represents a promise to watch over european stability. more than a 1000 tractors are blocking roads in paris french farmers are protesting against government policies and international trade agreements they say e.u. trade deals with south american countries will usher in cheaper lower quality agricultural goods resentment among farmers has been growing over issues ranging

from pesticides to animal treatment. now this week could be crucial for the future of europe's space missions the ministers of the member states of the european space agency meet in spain to discuss how much they want to invest in what kind of projects high on the agenda is the new launch vehicle ariana 6 which cost around $3000000000.00 euros to develop but it will it make european space launches more profitable and cannot compete with the rockets of private space entrepreneurs like musk jeff bezos or richard branson. europe's new space shuttle is launching into a fiercely competitive market with new financially powerful rifles and it's a biased contest the chinese russians and americans benefit from many public sector orders no just institutional launches which can only be given to domestic rockets this stipulation doesn't apply in europe space-x.

office prices in europe that are hard for domestic launches to compete with. the this is of interest this is information it's not a secret. if you search online you'll see that space x. recently sold launches for falcon 9 for $100000000.00 and offer the same rockets to europe for $50000000.00 that's half the price. from fatigue on the board. pies. the launch costs for r e m $6.00 had to be brought down dramatically by at least 40 percent which is no mean feat. that's why they're relying on synergies. new boosters have been developed and tested they give the shuttle the thrust it needs during takeoff and they will likely be used to europe small of acre rockets as well. this means they can produce more units which reduces production costs. the operators expect the biggest savings to come

from the new production methods like the protective insulation on the upper section . plates used to be glued to the outside of the rocket by hand a time consuming process. 6 and for the 1st time these components sprayed on by her bought. this creates a uniform surface which is important for the structures on the upper section. because it is much better and easier if you have much better control of the process if you think it's much more cost effective than the previous method but it said there are 2 versions planned for the new rocket one will be able to launch 2 satellites and the other will be able to launch for the operators hope this flexibility will help to attract more customers. that calling for e.u. funds for rockets to go to european produces. because if you mean we're much more

dependent on the commercial market it's just a question of fairness if we have institutional launches and europe we should launch with a european rocket. i've just said to be produced on nearly double the previous amount. this fuel tank will soon take off on its maiden flight. the 1st area and 6 will launch from french at the end of 2020. and that's it from me on the business team states for. africa by this quick check on global markets. thanks.

to the conflicts team sebastian turkey has outraged many of its allies in fondness with its military operations in syria my guest this week here at the phone policy forum. is turkey's presidential spokesman a very human cailean how does he justify his country's highly controversial policies. and the full cost of. 60 minutes for the.

first. do we want. this. coming on the program. warnings from the u.n. on the increasingly desperate situation in broke you know there's been a 500 percent. increase in displacement one 3rd of the nation is now a conflict area this is a catastrophe and we've got to act and we've got to. hold our beginning to stop extremist violence spread. also on to comments be stopped also coming up. the death toll is rising and a dead lead not.