make every delivery special. not just next day but every day. thousands of children are still waiting for their delivery sponsor approx today so together. deliver inchers. this is d w news africa on the program today how the chronic rise pandemic is forcing people to migrate out of the. cynthia is back in her village after losing her job in johannesburg it's a tough adjustment but she's thinking about sitting there after all. and the story of 2 women who fall in love but struggle in a country that criminalizes relationships with all nigerians get to see this film.

hello i'm kristie one to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company south africa's economy has had some 3000000 jobs because of the current rise pandemic as a result many people who've lost their income have had to leave the cities and move back to their villages. or travel to the limpopo province to meet one woman who was forced to make the move but as it turns out it could prove as an opportunity to start something off her own. when cynthia tom bonier needs water she can no longer open the tap that she could drown was quite a few weeks ago she lost her office drop in the city and moved back to her village down to collect water from her neighbors to. this was i'm hoping to get more on taking so that i can connect my way to st because

everything in the 6 you do is inside the house so there's no hospital outside. except going maybe jogging mo going to wake. her daughter's remains in the village while their mother spent 80 years in the city working to support them trips home where it wasn't making sense anyway because i had to pay rent home. at the same time i took some money to my kids' home and also with the percent of us looking after my kids so it wasn't balancing at all so i thought i might as well just come back home and be with my kids and do something here. for me and my thumb now the 38 year old is turning a pastime into a profession and her small house she takes spreads and this fits. she receives up to 7 orders a week and has already made enough to invest in an oven her daughter's cell powered they are happy to have their mom back home. where did you miss most of her

immunity and the most places. when her friend to talk to. and after living in the city cynthia is keen to offer advice many of us is on the boat being married having kids. but it's not so many young women that are uplifted or independent but getting to see women. 'd in the light is it encourages me it helps me go on how we move and it hasn't even begun. cultivating fruit for export is just one of the business opportunities she could explore here in the village. since she has full of ideas and optimism for her new life in her home village but also here in the rural areas people are feeling the pain. virus crisis and the economic consequences of the lock down.

since the i was determined to persevered in the backyard she's already working on her next project. i want to. create a small person this small place like i'll be sending. people. so that people do not have to go to to get pizza so they can only. look at the list of getting from baking is one thing that i'm trying to say so that i can be able to do that cynthia timebomb is happy to let her daughters moved to the city to continue their education but she is certain her own future lies here in the countryside so. we go to nollywood makes the home off nigeria's movie industry away the producer off a film focused on a lesbian love affair plans to evade census by premiering the work online and.

outside of a lego's court house a lineup of alleged lawbreakers gay men heading for their day in court $47.00 charged with public displays of affection in a country that criminalizes same sex relationships. elsewhere in that same city filmmakers prepare for an intimate scene between same sex lovers discussing relationships. while. the film's director the actors all face prosecution if censors decide their work if they promotes homosexuality in the past nollywood has depicted queer characters as mentally ill or deeply troubled but the crew of the movie see their work per training normal life for a sizable percentage of nigeria i feel like for a very long time we've been told one by that. and the story is not complete if it does not represent all the groups in the society so what i wanted to us until the

full story by representing the people in 1000. efface trailer was released online last month it advertises a film that touches on a shared theme and some nigerian families being forced to choose between family and happiness i understand where they're coming from in that in nigeria it's not accepted and so doing something like that puts you where you feel like it's not it's not the norm but but but i don't feel that it's. it's ordinary i feel that it's my life just being shown on screen but it's been beautiful beyond family and stigma same sex relationships in nigeria are in theory punishable by up to 14 years in prison and depicting such relationships on the silver screen or on you tube or netflix may be considered just as unlawful. and i'm now joined by the producer off the field if they have an ad is joining me from time to get to

see you if this is the 1st film off its kind tell us about why you made the film and what you hope to accomplish with it. so thank you for having me christine indeed if there is one of its kind it's the 1st film coming out of nigeria that centers the love story of 2 women. and we really wanted to make this film to add to the merits. about l g b t people and a bunch of beauty rights because when you look at most of the narratives that come out of the major. film industry and more you want. people including. usually portrayed as people to be. people that sort of mentally ill and people of the interest of children all of which are quite all right and i am

one of 2 a sort of get assault on the perspective too to the whole story. that you're going to have to be releasing the film online because the national film and video censors boards won't allow it in cinemas in the country. do you think that nigerians want to see films like this it. first of all there hasn't been any fear might released in the nigerian ones. i want to see in the major landscape i knew least a major incident so it will be really difficult to tell whether or not millions want to see it so in many ways this is going to be a test to see the kind of content that nigerians already to see. if it goes right pamela one of the things that this film is set to do is to show the lives of women in nigeria and you've already alluded to the fact that

a lot of people as a country the way people in your community have been portrayed are people have a fear etc but there are a lot of people who believe that homosexuality your lifestyle is a corrupting western import what do you have to say to people like that. well 1st of all the thing about it is homosexuality is not a lifestyle. it is a person's sexual orientation just like being straight a sexual being you know or whatever it's not a lifestyle so i just wanted to say there for us. ok in terms of how it's been how we've been portrayed i mean you know i don't i'm i'm not really sure what what they have informed the negative portrayal. but what i do know is that such portrayals have been on have contributed to the way that people

place see homosexuals people in that area and it's affected it in they can see the light and solo things are really hard to do with this film is also to help to change perceptions to help to give people. lips into into the lives of of lesbians in nigeria and what it means to be in a same sex relationship in their tyria and the struggles and the challenges but also to show people the beauty of it all and to and to say that you know we're not people that should be feared we are just like everybody else we have our lives we love our families we have fears we have dreams and you know and we're just living it every day every day and we hope that people see this film. will to see that as well all right that's the producer of the movie it's a panel at

a talking to us from great on spec you panel. now the national film video incenses board already has the film on his radar i had a dire thomas is the executive director of the nigerian census board he joins me now from bush welcome to the japanese africa mr thomas why will you not allow this film to be screened to the nigerian public we need to look at the content and if the content negates the constitution of the country then we go ahead on classified sense on trust and if the negates we would give up over principle only what i've read about. if. it's not allowed so if you look at. the courts of law. it's becomes very necessity for all smoking parmeet

sorts as well so does the sun asked me a city if you quite rightly say that the film is about portraying the l g b t community but let us consider the argument that film is about portraying reality so not necessarily about what is right and what is wrong and the reality is mr thomas that they aren't gay people in nigeria however one feels about that. for every society every society is based also side in place equal on eve's depreciate pool has been accepted but it goes to show by the people themselves which has been a strain in the course you shocked what you call comes on if it is not it becomes and if one goes to. the point to be frank with me what. i could not content we have the right to obvious sense so i'll be classified on the get if in that gets. us to be persecuted. and diatom as

the executive director of the nigerians. was talking to us from the airport you know which of that is it for now be sure to check out our other stories on data on for it's cash africa we're also on facebook and i predict the next time. what secrets lie behind small. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore the world heritage sites. w world heritage 363. now. i'm not going to the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and when. the german thinks deep into the german

culture looking at the stereotype clad in you think this new country that i'm. going to take his grandmother there to me it's all that good ok. i might show joins me from egypt and from d.w. . post. greetings from berlin and welcome to arts and culture under normal circumstances it would have been impossible but for the past 6 months nothing's been really very much normal anyway which is why the impossible orchestra came to be we learned more about it and also coming up today. the 1st of 3 that all laureates for 2020. of the. artists and curator brought indigenous art in the international. and in our

series meet the germans rachel stewart to get the lowdown on germany's special relationship with books back. when the covert lockdown hit in earnest back in march mexican conductor. like so many musicians needed a way to combat the silence and to commune online with her colleagues and imagine the network that she could reach out to when she decided to make a covert video with mexican music oboist violinist maxime venga of horn virtuoso sarah willis and many more came on board to be part of what she called the impossible orchestra and with d.w. as media partner the result is a thing to behold. i

was sent home. and i couldn't conduct so what could i do. i was imagining what would be an orchestra to have an artist to have the world's best seller lists. call my friends 1st i called all the people that i had their phone numbers and have i had worked with. it's a coroner project obviously it would have never happened if it wasn't for the situation . it's impossible orchestra because in the normal situation if i had to call them up they would say that sounds great but i have this concert and that concert and we can plan it for 2024 have someone that would have not been possible without a doubt but suddenly everyone was free.

we're all wrong. i don't want it to seem homemade. it had to look professional as if we could go to a concert hall or an opera stage. 2 the impossible industry aims to raise awareness and trace funds to help from the issues in mexico help women and children in many aspects. that had to be a mexican piece for this project course piece that people would recognize in my country and that people around the world could be fascinated immediately by it it's all of us as the authors above all of us and. then some of those

players to the market as well because it's an amazing piece of music that moves people so much and i have probably. that's prone to be said conduct at the most in my career so it's been my friend since i started my career. and hats off to along for putting together this impossible orchestra with absolutely marvelous piece of music the done son number 2 by attitude of medicare's fantastic musicians and of course that gorgeous mexican prima ballerina. company in adrian canada here to speak to me we heard briefly in the report that this project is supporting women women's charities in mexico just tell us who will be benefiting

from this production and not just women's charities project will raise money for save the children and for a foundation which helps women who are victims of male violence in mexico the situation of course for women and children has not been improved by the coronavirus locked down one direct beneficiary is the coax women philharmonic orchestra which supports the artistic development of indigenous women the main source of income performing live has been cut off by the pandemic restrictions case so it's great to hear that they're getting some support from this now obviously with the plethora of covert videos that we've seen in the past couple of months many of them were very tricky to put together but this one of course really stands out it's visually striking what can you tell us about the making of power wanted to get away from this. aesthetic that we know from lockdown videos from artists

she wanted to make it more stylish musicians recording individually or in small groups they chose a very classical black background because they needed something that looked sleek but could easily be recreate. in the various prices they recorded los angeles new york valencia paris and of course were mexican. principal dancer at the ballet recorded contribution. she is. poetry in motion and kudos of course to the very own christiane bagga who played director for this effort and so for our viewers information you can see the full music clip on the 5th of september edition of arts 21 where that will be featured so try to catch that thanks very much to adrian kennedy for bringing us that story thank you so many consider him to be germany's

shakespear johann fund good to great poet and writer best known for his masterpiece drama forced and every year on his birthday august 28th this friday there are to institute awards it's good to medal which is given to luminaries whose work actively promotes international cultural exchange while the 1st of this year's 3 winners is. bolivia a weaver artist poet and musician whose indigenous roots are key to her creative drive. bethought ica a bolivian artist poet essayist musician and weaver she fought hard to succeed in a world that traditionally sidelines women and indigenous cultures. the belief that every civilization is complete in its way has its own language its own forms of artistic expression be it textiles wood cutting ceramics.

it's not always painting the pictures on a canvas. she was 6 when her mother taught us how to weave but she wanted more this determination led her to leave her family and she financed her higher education herself. the 1st time she saw baroque art she was in a charge and was instantly captivated. getting in the thick of the what do these paintings mean people who have put them there why are they so important that the priest explained this art to me its importance and he also told me i could train as an artist myself. my curiosity was sparked and you know i went on to study us in the past. i was the 1st to indigenous dress in the academy award up in a sauna called sort that i hated because i. was over a show's reader she devoured texts on anthropology medicine archaeology and

linguistics starting indigenous languages but she was especially interested in textile out our colors traditionally might she traveled throughout the andes researching ancient craft passed down from one generation to the next in the oral tradition. that i was in peru in chile argentina ecuador and of course all over the livia on the high plains and in the valleys and i wanted to learn as much as possible about these. techniques and this expertise together with weavers we want to experiment with various techniques and combine them with modern contemporary techniques. in 2013 f.r. i was appointed director of the national museum of adds knowledge and folklore in law passed as expected she gave it an extensive revamp displaying traditional art from various countries in

a contemporary framework today the museum is widely seen as one of the most important cultural centers in bolivia it came as a shock when in spring this year it was announced that she would be giving up her position after president evo morales resigned and 2019 and bolivia fear that the current government will regards the country's controversial opening up its ambassadors of art and culture including as better i can see on going exchange with regard to institute is more important than ever. i congratulations to everyone who hopes to keep up those relations between bolivia and germany going forward well germany's reputation as the land of dished out want to thank our or poets and thinkers goes way back and has a lot to do now with how germans experience books as we'll see next. once upon a time limit the place. to. the girls that was the 1st

what the critics would also say they should by chopping off. the prints is not. true. at the wedding. of. the brothers grimm a twist on european folklore back in the 19th century thanks to them and writers like good angela germany has long been known as the land of poets and think of an avid reader in germany as an owner of a bookworm. book cruel or rather charmingly a reading rat so let's see how well these reading rats know their book. but i will die in order to. go there. there have to talk of a need especially. too much money books can be pretty pricey here because all shops have to sell new releases at exactly the same price the idea is

to protect independent bookshops and to ensure that a diverse range of books gets published the bestsellers also the full prize essentially help finance the more nice books and works but unknown authors what do the germans like to read there are a few regulars in the bestseller the dictionary the bible anything by or about the pope but there are sometimes a few surprises ready for story time how does pooping vomiting. a few facts about these really and. truly charming bubbles is a deep dive into the human digestive tract it was a runaway success in germany. one genre dominates the fiction charts is that for me or for i mean these come with gloomy covers and ominous titles like. the homes in the. german books don't always make it onto the global market but there have been some resoundingly export successes like michelle and there's never ending

story or bernard schlink the reader and off and of the j.k. rowling of germany nearly a phone call has captured the imagination is world wide with a world series about a little girl who loves to read there was another reason why maggie took her books whenever they went away they were home when she was somewhat strange they were familiar voices. and that's all for today so all the best from berlin and until next time stay safe to say. i'm. going. to.

enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful 4 months to go to the presidential elections in america so no trump is sinking in the polls and now is former national security adviser says he isn't fit to be president any one job also is my guest this week from washington how much damage trump has also done to america and the rest of the. conflict so for. 90 minutes double. been robbed of their soul that's what a people experiences when their heritage is taken from them. countless cultural artifacts were brutally stolen from africa by colonialists and carted off to europe . left wounds that have yet to heal what should be done with a stone or from africa. or stolen soul starts september 7th on d w. the

world population is increasing the climate is changing it's getting warmer and there are going to be more and more places where connel growth predicts no probs we have to fix that some the white to do that is to use the model genetic modification methods to make that across it is a lot safer than anything we've got by traditional genetic modification we take one gene you know exactly what it is. you put it into another plan to come out exactly where it's gone i think we will be able to provide enough food for people by 2050 if we can make crops that were grow under 70 arid conditions this will achieve a much greater stability in the food supply that we have at the moment.

this is the the news live from baghdad to death in the 3rd night of protesting can know sure wisconsin shots fired apparently by civilians as demonstrators protest against sunday's police shooting of jacob black a 29 year old black president also on the program america's 1st lady makes her bad public speech at the republican national convention declaring that the american people deserve total honesty from the president. and dozens feared dead after torrential rain cultures floods in afghanistan destroying thousands of posts and

trapping people beneath the rubble. i'm still gail welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump says he'll be sending federal law enforcement and national got to cut notion of wisconsin as after 2 people were shot dead and several others injured in a 3rd night of racism protests over the police shooting of a black resident. take a blake mr blake who was shot in the back multiple times on sunday his family says he's not paralyzed from the waist down and may never walk again since then the situation and has been chaotic and poss due to the appearance of civilians. chaotic scenes on the streets of. violent protests broke out again wednesday night despite a curfew. police used tear gas and flash grenades to try to disperse the crowd.

then young man armed with long guns appear believed to be part of a local militia video showed demonstrators trying to disarm one man then he starts shooting hitting several people and wounding 2 of them fatal. shooter then approached police with his hands on but was not arrested they appealed to eyewitnesses to come forward. the canossa county sheriff says he's confident an arrest will be made soon. has been rocked by protests since the weekend after police shot jacob blake and. in the back. jacob blake survived the shooting but his family says he's paralyzed for life his 3 young sons watched as police shot him blake's mother has called for peace. the violence in the destruction. would be very.

wisconsin is home to many private militias state law allows people over 18 to openly carry a gun with no license required. all those disturbances in can unfold against the backdrop of the republican national convention after a combative opening night state 2 was supposed to strike a different tone of reconciliation and unity. one was about the pending apocalypse of a democrat when from washington d.c. . public and national convention. to soften the image of america's most unpopular president in almost 40 years oh i'd like to avoid john's wife jamie to join us greg john i'm sure you know there's a full. pardon so i'm not one of his friends but for

a former. the theme of redemption set the tone for a night which cast trump as america's savior. family drafted in to sing his praises this is a fight that we are in right now and it is a fight that only my father can win as a recent graduate i can relate to so many of you who might be looking for a job my father built the riding economy once and believe me he will do it again my problem i'm speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem looking out of the doors the appearance of the secretary of state a figure normally kept out of party politics that rankled diplomats. this was the convention the group with convention trump delivered her headline speech from the white house in a breach of ethical norms offering a message of unity charged with the 1st night's warnings about democratic demons. i

don't want to use this precious time attacking the other side because as we saw last week that kind of talk only serves to divide the country for a day the farce lady then touched on her husband's controversial relationship with the truth. the only knowledge ana champix no secret about how he feels about things . total honesty is that the as citizens deserve a president that their you like it or not you always know like he's thinking. her remarks to the republican party's appeal to undecided voters ignore trump's malls and give him a 2nd chance. a less pick up about point with the w.'s washington bureau chief in just a poll welcome but in this so trump of that making a rare public speech what was her role in this what was she what was the party

trying to achieve with. right 1st of all the you have to keep in mind that she's part of a patchwork we should be misled by her like rather smooth speech you know there were also people appearing who are against abortion rights or who really attacked joe biden really aggressively but however she represented herself as a unifying figure she kind of wanted to prove. the trump donald trump a small that only these harsh aggressive man that he's a man of truth she talked about her own american dream percent of herself as an immigrant and reaching olive's to immigrant voters so she kind of try to smooth this whole appearance of the harsh and sometimes even brutal president donald trump

and as we see. these images from no show wisconsin was that was there any message or indeed any hope in this convention for black voters like those who live in day be fear of being killed by white police offices. it's very interesting that you see so many african american speakers and representatives of other minorities at a republican convention i think that is not mainly to reach out to african-american voters they're very difficult to get in larger numbers. from the republicans but i think the idea behind that is to show why it may be swing voters white voters who do not know if they really can stick with the party who is led by a by donald trump to show or to prove listen we are not racist we give minorities a voice so this is rather addressing why voters who are not quite sure yet if they

want to vote for donald trump again on the coronavirus of course is everywhere and this is the big issue will the president's handling of the pandemic help or hinder his chances. there was also interesting that actually milan the trump was pretty much the only person who addressed the yesterday's convention day. most definitely this will be crucial on election day all the before election people start to put in the mail in ballots because as you said i mean the figures are devastating we expect to hear tens of thousands more people dying of the wires so this will play a very important role during these election come pain in his poll in washington thank you. and we'll take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a u.s. congressional committee is renewed its subpoena to deutsche bank for president trump's financial records house intelligence committees looking into whether there are financial links between president trump and the russian government a bank says it will cooperate with all authorized investigations. aurukun hurrican laura is rapidly gaining strength as it bears down on the u.s. gulf coast it's expected to make landfall as a powerful category 4 storm with sustained winds of up to 250 kilometers now understood thousands of people in texas and louisiana appeared ordered to leave their homes. the great coast guard says it has rescued 96 migrants off the island of how key in the east and the jihad they've been traveling in a yacht that was found partially sug most have now been transported to the nearby island of rhodes. just 2 prominent hong kong opposition lawmakers are among more

than a dozen people arrested in connection with last year's mass anti government protest nama job and ted quickly were detained after early morning raids on their homes their arrests are being seen as part of a widening crackdown on opposition figures in the territory. a rescue teams are searching for survivors and for bodies after flooding in northern afghanistan to rancho rain caused flash floods and meaghan province are washing away thousands of homes but local officials say at least 100 people are confirmed dead but the final death toll is likely to be much higher they say it could take weeks to determine the number of casualties. time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority vehicle was a scarce hand a few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones in there . those able to get treatment fraught with worry about their families i cut through

barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbor's house and i wanted to get my family onto the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharon destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. the more collapsed and water poured into the house i managed to rescue 7 members of my family but i couldn't save my mother. rescued. seems they using heavy machinery to dig through the mud searching for bodies hoping against hope to find survivors floods are no rarity in northern and eastern afghanistan they leave 100 stad every year. quit lot of sports and football pass

a lot of superstar little messi has told the club he wants to leave and for free is submitted an official request asking to be released from his contract after a disappointing season for barcelona many fans are calling on the club sport to step down and for him messi to stay has been with almost 20 years. the headlines the morning after fans in barcelona are still trying to digest the news that one of the greatest players the world has ever seen may not end his career in the catalogue and city. many are blaming the club's board. but i mean i mean i think it's club president ought to males fault for this is like crossfire it's now a battle between the locker room and the bosses you know they'll try to sell the idea this is messy fault but the guilty parties all wear suits and ties you know what about that. for us messi is. is messy messy is.

they won and the same. he's the symbol. and has provided years of glory a monument in an iconic part of comment to stadium should be built in his honor. the fans chanted we love you messy messy stay outside the stadium on tuesday night after news quickly spread that the forward had requested to leave the club. to weeks earlier this was the reception from barcelona fans from messi and his teammates. that followed a record 82 loss against by in munich as barcelona crashed out of the champions league. that may have been massey's last game in a barcelona shirt in an illustrious career at messi has won the world footballer of the year award a record 6 times and led barcelona to 4 champions league and 10 spanish league

titles. barcelona are understood to believe messi is release clause expired in june and that he is contracted to the club for another year with a $700000000.00 euro buyout clause. just time to mind your top story at this hour in the united states president trump says he will send federal officers to wisconsin 2 people were shot dead during the 1st night and until racism from tests that came simply shooting a black man in commercial footage posted online showed what appeared to be a civilian firing a rifle when he tripped after being pursued by demonstrators. a malani trump has told the republican national convention that her husband has done everything he can to protect americans during the coronavirus contest speaking on the 2nd night of the event 1st lady hopes to me feel because i'm small camping

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nigeria sets reopen for international flights 5 months after closing airport gates to halt the spread of the krona virus the closure threaten tens of thousands of jobs and put airlines there in a tailspin that they're still struggling to get out of our correspondent fanny fox our reports for. these roads are usually packed with cars on the way to the international airport but since march no regular flights in or out of nigeria this is the biggest and busiest airport in nigeria but for the past 5 months it's been closed for international passenger flights now they are planning to reopen in just a few days but the economic impact period of isolation will be felt for some time. that impact starts right here no arrivals no customers for the taxi drivers some of them come here anyway frustrated me staying at home. before we can

probably 55. 40. 5. companies to. answering calls from customers waiting for the orders to arrive from the u k. wonderful fasting every so basically we used to do learn to be more when people say oh i guess i didn't get a pass or didn't slow down because of the cost and if we saw it now takes 7 to 10 working days these 2 ladies founded their company in 2013 jump to get john's sense for the u.k. giddy for lagos since then they expanded to deliveries to 20 countries worldwide but with the pandemic they had to scale back that has reduced our income. streams

of income are getting in reduced our revenue although our u.k. is the biggest market but it's a reduced extra sources of income they began to diversify and have shifted their focus on deliveries within the jury to keep going. diversifying to survive not everyone can and analyzes the total impact of the coronavirus crisis on nigeria. a lot of our walk in. with some of the problems we do with. the collapse in oil prices coupled with the pandemic is too much for nigeria he says but i don't think. the economy itself is we. would definitely have. the airports planned reopening soon and that seen as a welcome development still it won't change the traumatic of fact dependent it has

had on nigeria as a whole experts fear we have only seen the tip of the iceberg. correspondent funny facts are filed that report and she joins me now from lagos' fanny good to see you international gates reopening in nigeria is the reason for nigerians to celebrate. well for passengers yes also for all those employees who depend on their jobs and people who directly or indirectly depend on the. jury pool with get the taxi driver be nice yes for them it is definitely definitely a game of pool but if you zoom in on those numbers to what the industry went through through the past 5 months it's actual reason to be shocked more than 100000 jobs have been lost in the of asian industry alone and their revenue has dropped significantly by 95 percent during the past 5 months and that just a shame history steve in industries across the economy here in nigeria have been

affected on some significant level by the pandemic which is just unfolding. all right so a very bleak outlook there for the aviation industry in particular you mentioned briefly other sectors really suffering how can we say as a whole how does the jury look economically how is it handling this pandemic. well one prominent indicator for that is the g.d.p. number that just came out at the beginning of the week minus 6 point one percent for the 2nd quarter that the number here for the nigerian economy and given assuming the numbers are likely to stay in the negative in the next quarter that means that nigeria is headed straight into a recession now this is not the 1st recession that the country if if it is going to manifest is going to go through in fact is just coming out from a recession that started in 2016 due to falling oil prices but serious peaking not only about the consequences of failing oil prices due to the pen damage but we're

also speaking about so many structural problems that have existed long before the cold the pandemic has started unemployment corruption a growing population and so on and so on and these are all problems that are for the exposed by the pandemic but also are likely to produce an if certain reforms taken into account and the government is not speeding up its game to handle these problems or you midges larger structural reforms but how is the government responding to the economic crisis right now briefly if you could one of the responses was let's turn to the international 2 lenders let's ask i.m.f. or helpless ask the world bank for for help but as i just pointed out the structural problems if there's no commitment seen on the governmental side then it's likely that that house is going to be delayed and on the domestic level yes the government is trying to help it tax revenues and loans but it's likely that this is just going to be matched with in the fullness and not by the informal

sector that's of the economy is largely made up here here in nigeria all right funny folks are reporting from what about his largest economies nigeria thank you very much. all right switching gears a little bit it's been slated as a mega i.p.o. and group has filed for a dual listing in shanghai and hong kong group is the mobile payments arm of chinese e-commerce giant alibaba group back and it was valued at $150000000000.00 in a private fund raising making it the most valuable unicorn in the world now it's aiming for more fun. the question at the checkout in china supermarkets is usually a simple one we chat or pay barely anyone here use is cash the $2.00 large chinese digital payment apps have cornered the market among the country's 1400000000 strong population. has the lion's share with almost 55 percent followed by we chaps parent company 10 cent with 39 percent.

$0.10 is ahead in another area however we chat is a very successful social media app in china and now offers an all in one service where you can buy the latest trainers grab a pizza pay for other services all within the app itself in this realm has a lot of catching up to do after its i.p.o. it will certainly have the capital to do so. all right going over to one of south america's largest economies argentina is nearing a deal with beijing that could see it massively expand production to supply the asian nation of farms in china reeling from swine fever the investment is a potential boon for a nation that's reeling from recession and that's what some argentines are not happy about the deal. this is about packing plants intensive farming and industrial

production for the chinese market several environmental organizations are behind the demos which have brought hundreds of protest as onto the streets of when i saw this. is what i'm going to get here in buenos aires one demand is to reject the agreement with china for the transfer of fausto production from save here and the other is to reject the destruction of wetlands of land clarence. is famous for its beefsteaks if china gets its way it could soon be the land of pork chops china's own industry has been devastated by african swine fever and beijing wants argentina to fill the gap the deal is worth around $3800000000.00 and tina is in dire financial straits making such an offer hot to turn down a protest is fear it will come but he would cost to its natural resources.

are right investor tech sentiment in asia is on the rise an asset managers are looking to china for growth the world's largest mutual fund manager vanguard now says it's winding down its hong kong and japan operations the move into shanghai u.s. headquartered vanguard manages funds with 6 trillion dollars and is currently working on a joint project with group trade tensions with the u.s. and security issues in hong kong mean that chinese tech firms are increasingly choosing to list in china. and staying in asia there's no substitute for explore experience rather an 80 year old street vendor in taiwan has achieved a coveted michelin guide recommendation and all because of the recipe he perfected 2 decades ago take a look. he and his steaming buns are the talk of taipei his food stand in the city's oldest nights market has just been added to michelin's big moaned list of venues serving outstanding meals at modest prices.

one of his signature. buns will cost you less than $2.00 u.s. dollar's made with marinated pulque belly a hefty helping of curry and or in fats and ground peanuts. buns is different from other people's we insist that it's handmade it's tasty because it's their soft and full at the same time very delicious you know that you know yeah. and his hodes of hungry customers agree. it's simple that no fruit is food that everyone can enjoy pretty good and that it tastes sweet inside and outside been his soft very delicious. thailand now has more than $200.00 entries on michelin's famous lists but few of them have been at it as long as we do . and that looks delicious all right for those of you who think you've mastered the

art of mass wearing it comes a new innovation out of japan the handheld mask and diners in kyoto gave them a test run this week holding their masts in their free hands and covering their mouths when not taking a bite the idea comes from kyoto saga university of arts and the prototypes are made of paper or non woven fabric with handles attached students we use input from tuesday's test run to further refine the prototypes. write the latest master knowledge that's it for me and the business team here in berlin to check us out online dot com slash business thanks for watching.

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