the 77 percent talk about the up. front party t 2 flashes from housing boom times this is where they are. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend w. . o. . the digital revolution is transforming our lives from smartphones and apps to new ways of working but what about the environment can digitize ation help that you know also look at the impact of a copy of 19th and damning as it shuts down the much of the world welcome to

a new edition of the who africa i'm now if i may from lagos nigeria. and hello for me to sundry to nobody here in the ugandan capital kampala well uganda like the rest of the world is to buckling the corner virus and while the lockdown is still only being lifted from sector to sector we're still registering squad a number of new cases still the show must go on and we've put together an interesting set of stories for you. we've visited a man in ethiopia who help to bring clean water to his community. we also look at ways that. can be good and also bad for the environment. and for looking and farmers who've discovered a look or 2 side growth raising silkworms. in 1900 caused us to change the way we do many things like shopping for instance

many wonder if it is still safe to do shopping busy outdoor markets or even on crowded streets that is partly why online shopping is common nowadays whether for clothes or groceries it is becoming boring these days also here in africa one company in zimbabwe for example delivers fresh produce and other items directly to your home now but helps called the spread of the virus as well as reduce the amount of food wist. zimbabwe may be in lockdown but there isn't much social distancing at tara's oldest market. and it to our cut to business hours means a large portion of the produce can't be sold and is going to waste. ended up working here we are risk of catching and spreading the virus but we have

few options we need the money. without business. in order to bring fresh produce directly to the customer mr c. were founded the startup fresh in a box customers can order fruit and vegetables boxes on line and have no need to be at the crowded markets before the panamic a team filled about $120.00 orders a day now it's more than $1000.00. and 15 u.s. dollars for a standard vegetable box it's still a bit of a luxury people having access to the internet now means that they can interact directly with us as farmers don't agree with us and vigilance and they can get the affordability to their homes and we can assist in getting rid of the vast amount of projects that we have on all forms. ready packed boxes are delivered each day in and around have

a 12 hour delivery shift guarantee fresh products for many customers online shopping is not only convenience but also offers a sense of security. a was an easy easy way to get your vegetables especially when you're unlocked and. it means you don't have to go and fight with the shops. and all the social distancing in the queuing and the hassles. it feels safe. to freshen a book start up works with 195 boys. their farm produce is harvested as part order and can be delivered just in time. one of the ethos of our company is to make sure that we have

a very low carbon footprint in the everything that we do our packaging for example are really boxes form repurposed boxes from other industries so it's been a great way of us keeping costs down keeping our box cost price down and also keeping the environment clean. shopping online for fresh produce is not only convenient during the tsunami. but the sustainable way of managing the supply chain helps also to minimize food waste in food notes. the story from zimbabwe is an example of one way addicted contribute to environmentalists and good health but growing reliance on powerful computers and adult us it's also having some negative impact on our ecosystems with a growing number of internet users expecting any think any time anywhere victor

lies ations ecological footprint will place a grettir pressure on a natural systems let's take a look at a few farms. online activity is soaring and gigantic server farms are using more and more electricity digitalization is leaving a huge environmental footprint. today it's already responsible for 3 to 4 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. that's more than all the e.u.'s waste industry produces each year. together cloud computer digital payment systems and online streaming require a huge amounts of electricity. during the coded 19 pandemic millions of children and young people were affected by school closures many of them had to take classes as well as socialize online. now over 50 percent of the world's population has

access to the internet in 2911 the number of internet users group by 7 percent. if this trend continues digitalization will account for almost 8 percent of c o 2 emissions by 2025. on the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution an ever increasing number of processes are being automated in sectors like manufacturing and healthcare all of that will require even more internet traffic. the energy transition to renewables is also a digital transmission green tech startups are working on energy efficient digital infrastructure to make production processes and energy consumption more sustainable . digital data helps us better understand climate change and other environmental

impacts on our ecosystems. intelligent traffic management not only reduces the amount of harmful pollutants on the streets but can help to prevent gridlock digital technology could. reduce global c o 2 emissions by 20 percent. digitalization can be green but we need to get more of our power from sustainable sources to prevent digital technology from further increasing harmful emissions. and not to another day get a solution in this era of mass produced goods you don't or is know exactly what you are buying a lot of course medics for example contain micro plastics but what can you do to avoid them. well this week's doing your bit look. let's check the contents of the products before they buy them. it can provide detailed

information on about her to 1000000 different products maybe your sample is on that list. the shelves of shops and supermarkets are lined with products packaged in plastic but there are micro plastics hidden inside some products too especially cosmetics so how can consume and stay clear of products containing the tiny bits of plastic help is now at hand with an app called coaching a barcode scanner and reveals a complete list of a product content as well as an overall rating of its friend in this. rating in the quarter actually based on experts like greenpeace w w f are friends of the earth also we have our own scientific team who writes products based on latest scientific research available since 2016 the

swiss startup developed the erp in cooperation with the environmental great friends of the year. and in addition to cosmetics they can also be used to examine the ingredients in processed foods and cleaning products giving health conscious shoppers more confidence in their purchasing choices. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. tag doing your bit. we share your story. more on digital technology can be very useful in improving farming methods. you are young are going to invest in cote d'ivoire has developed a way to deploy drones to make farming more efficient and also more environmentally friendly his company has specialized in what it calls for station agriculture

that's go see that. these tomato plantation is morny tug no thanks from one cause but they are grown over an area the size of a small football pitch east told me born in port c.t. . the dream idea was launched by a local startup set up by. he wants to use the new surveillance technology to make traditional farming more productive and more sustainable and. unfasten by example let's say a plot of land has an irrigation problem on one of its 5 cactus that's something you can't make out with your own eyes but a drone can identify the area in question and that makes it easier to resolve the problem and have that same time increase your year that. you know that you're and i mean really. after sitting off the draw news is it's come around to create digital

aerial mops these are entangling to a computer don't want the ground to take to. other issues on plantations it's bottling you i assisted from a farm in call position agriculture. this. means that we can use the technology to determine exactly where plants have been afflicted by a disease and instead of treating an entire parcel of land we can focus on the specific area actually affected. history and show for sure. that's also good for the environment fewer pesticides mean healthier soil unless pollution on plantations. from a fog. began walking together with the startup about a year ago in addition to the environmental aspect he also sees another crucial advantage for his country's agricultural industry which i won't.

pass we have a lot of land and a lot of options for expanding off our land but it's physically demanding market and very tricky to implement which has put a lot of people off farming but this technology is extremely efficient and it can also term tiang people back to farming as well. much of the forest ration is done to provide space for huge new plantations ivory cost is the biggest cocoa producer in africa according to figures from the wild bank over the last half a century ivory coast has lost around 80 percent of its forests. or buys of course that we are fighting deforestation a lot of farmers think they need to clinton i thought in order to ensure a big car vest but we showed them how they can get similar yields with 100 or just

$5000.00 square metres a little later the 2nd drawn is ready to take to the skies it has almost 10 liters of liquid best to say the board which will be applied exactly where it is needed. deploying drones also prevents damage to the plants roots from the heavy farming machines normally used. i think on the one ties up with one drone you can spray 2 hecht as in under 12 minutes with conventional means you'd need an entire day to cover one or 2 hectares as. he now has a dozen strong team of pulling stuff out on 40 customers already using the farm's digital solution although attracting a clinton wasn't easy at fast. enough you know i think writing for the farming sector has been around for a long time i want it when new technologies are introduced it takes

a while for people to be convinced of the benefits with a cost of being a major fatah money timing from seed to harvest cost between food and $8000.00 euros which for many farmers initially seems a big bow to the startup school until now extending 2000000 senate gun that drones would be touching down father a few to. how much do you know about so warm yes they are caterpillars of them are native to china and i used to produce so but centuries most silk was produced in asia but over time the practice spread now and as the climate crisis is forcing farmers to final time it is to pull crops so farming is giving popularity in countries like kenya. forms they're not the leaves of marbury trees and they're giving hope to farmers in

kenya due to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you don't know we know has turned to farming and this is the 26th day and you can see the. already spinning. are making. another what they have already reached this stage that. stage yes so as the ice does they spin we have asked. the former senior research of the international center of insect is your knowledge and ecology started this venture and 2015 what is left for us. in form of corns we shall subject it to post how this thing processes that includes the flow shown of the book and you know removing their pupae inside so that we use the many part of it for producing that

thread today you don't know we know owns our own 500000 marjorie trees planted over 5 because. many of the farmers in the region are following his example. to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihood there ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we haven't been working. to develop technologies for this ilk. so that we can give farmers this seeds and appropriate market under english and specific. groups. of villages where they cannot. send for the us and we are linking farmers markets. on your soup production amounts to approximately 2 metric tons of dried cochran's but the

potential is far greater the amount of buried trees whose leaves the warms it tyrant and resistant to the cord morcha souness's pairing of silk worms for production of raw silk or sorry culture is becoming increasingly popular as a result we have. in the country and in countries where it is. done isn't getting the production is long in china. japan. and in india it is. so even led kenya and continue to do. 96 is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and proven organic products the national sorry culture is such center is country offering from a subsidy plans and marbury cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the help of

international investors they are also working to transfer money and help them identify markets. in a few 100 years our goal come how did being just to see if it is porto and after that. we study that lot of say culture and. zouk so now we have high technology all the soup and. take us about the we can to use it because. japan is a 2 developed and also the crime rate the crime rate in the kenya is much better than japan to take culture and by adopting to the changing climatic conditions small scale farmers like you to know we know how phone the way of sustaining their

livelihoods. according to the world health organization about 2200000000 people around the world don't have access to safe drinking water one region particularly hard hit of africa their married people can only dream of having one awards or anywhere near their home and it is for that very reason that after many years abroad in geneva fick do return to his native ethiopia to stillwater tops in the rural communities in recognition of his own standing saugus he was awarded an international prize on the of this year. like many people in rural if the opiah this mother of 7 doesn't have a water tap in her home until recently she and her family had to fetch their water from far away but now a water tap has been installed on

a field just one minute away from where they live. in the morning to be fashed water and then we were going to get as many leaving on last year we started using the water nearby it's cleaner and it's improved our overall hygiene. in this region 250 kilometers west of ethiopia's capital addis ababa 9000 new water points have been installed. they provide locals with access to a reliable supply of clean water. the project was initiated by mechanical engineer for cargo a lake. he spent 16 years in germany as a political refugee but returned to ethiopia to contribute to his country's development and nature conservation efforts. i was awarded in the political activities also 1970 s. i had a problem with that region and then i leave the country and i came through germany

as if you just as i was about to finish it and that you question it was a regime change in ethiopia and i thought is it time to go home and to relive the people because. people. i mean. it's a country and nobody would help as a country there are now fewer cases of worms and bacterial infections thanks to the new system it benefits not only humans but cattle too. we used to fetch water in the mud and we had many problems now water is accessible close to our home and we've regained our health and the health of our children to. meet the burden of fetching water is often carried by children and particularly girls this girl does it about 3 times every day reducing the walking distances to water points improves the lives of children in many ways if children are going to a distant place to teach whatever they don't have time to do their homework because

it would not be in the school we send also goodness to it's not the place to fix whatever and it would be the abused by men and it will fire forms at home another problem is logging trees a file for firewood or to make way for new fields the deforestation is a cause for concern you see around the mountains of the forest before 40 years. with no trees to secure the soil it washes away with the seasonal rains this phenomenon called erosion stops the water from being kept in the ground. to tackle the threat of the russian the government has the villages dig trenches in the fields not about it but yeah but what about a. book i wanted. the water from the fields above will flow into trenches this will prevent silent motion and also produce drought. on mount and total close to address

the terracing technique has already borne fruit and i can remember this natural spring was 1st discovered by clergymen working for emperor mentally in the late 19th century it was rehabilitated by for cardio and make us team and now provides more water than ever. we still have to stand in line but the amount of water has increased a lot before the water wasn't clean and wild animals cattle and humans were all using up together. these young indigenous trees were also planted by the community during the last rainy season in part to counter the adverse effects of the eucalyptus tree which flourishes here. we can produce a fast growing through from arthur idea that there are globs by picking up the street and draining much whatever from the ground whatever we have submitted an application to remove this one and replace it by indigenous trees so we can have

more with that. even if drought and deforestation continue to hamper access to water in rural areas. has managed to improve the water supply for more than 55000 people in ethiopia. i'm afraid we've run out of time for it to there we hold given you some useful information on how odd it does have some positive benefits for both people and then vironment will see a good health record crimes then take care i'm good bye for now for me now in lagos nigeria. for me sundry to no deal here in kampala please do join us once again next week for another edition of africa in the meantime you can visit our website on the social media channels all the best to you and try to stay safe get by.

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see on t w. the power of words. where i come from and i never saw the sun when it could. have been going up in brazil the sun was always a man since the point of his word for sun it's masculine when i moved to germany as a 10 year old i wanted to come to it on t.v. that would change how i see the world because in german the 1st family. came in now but the side of a good is so much so i read the fine detail instead of a deep voice extroverted guy seemed absolutely incredible. i realize how language shapes the thinking how definitions are not only a mental image just put our whole perception of the world. is inside save my life

and was one of the reasons i became a journalist i'm a storyteller and i use my words to help with intercultural understanding my name in the human way to get my work and to town because. i'm going crazy thing in all the time. how to handle on new lives in times of the corona pandemic d.w. reporter. just like everyone else and she's looking for answers and thankfully with the help of teeny expert a few of the. thank you is not life as we know it. in this together.

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