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beethoven is for cars. is for. the. beethoven 20. 250th anniversary year. tick-tock c.e.o. resigns the company's called the power struggle between the u.s. and china to look at what that means for users elsewhere like in africa. tops to the rescue day and in geo has developed a smartphone application to combat illegal logging. also on the program what to do with all that beer left over from pandemic closures in australia brewery has a unique idea. hello and welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin as

always it's good to have you with us the c.e.o. of embattled social media tick tock has announced his resignation american kevin mayer took over almost 4 months ago but now says changes facing the chinese own company will transform his role in an unwelcome way may arrive from disney expecting to manage a global company at the peak of its growth to talk now faces splintering however u.s. president donald trump has demanded the app divest of its u.s. operations in the coming weeks citing concerns over security. and we'd like to focus on what that means elsewhere including in africa so i'm joined now by moses likewise founder and c.e.o. of after link that's a start up hub in berlin that's focused on african companies moses it's good to have you as always to talk is growing at an incredibly rapid pace especially in the u.s. especially in asia and in europe what does it look like in africa. thanks for having

me definitely take this strategy fairly growing joining terms of the use of software and it's also growing terms of the use of which is the the that comes out of the application which is then shared in all the social media platforms so strategically it is actually growing quite. rapidly but on and that are up so all the social media platforms us well. i would imagine that unlike in the u.s. chinese ownership of tech talk probably doesn't have quite the same significance there is of course chua way which is another target of u.s. pressure it has a much bigger presence in africa does this battle between the u.s. and china over technology companies does it really register in africa. i would say it doesn't really fast there are 2 aspects of it so there is a micro and then the micro bit of it the marker in terms of what policymakers need to make especially when it comes to the fact that they have to leverage on the

grounds that they have received and if let's say the u.s. all the developed countries i say do not use the technologies from china definitely does that but it's also the brewery a new market which is connectivity between what you call it's their machines or their prim and then being. say bond and not allowed to be use and then the ones that are actually approved by there are say do it donor countries to be us so basically what is happening is that there is now a new market of connecting the law in the high end together and that is also making it actually become more interesting and we need to know one major thing for african countries most often it's all about affordability and making it reliable so if it is reliable in any sense the test would like to use and that is on the micro level but in a micro level because of policy they have to agree to what to do in our. countries would say they have 2 years and motions want to ask you briefly data localization

which is at the heart of this us china debate over tech not that's also a growing issue in africa isn't it briefly if you can. absolutely one of the major things is that people are getting to realise that it's very important that it's not only of policies also elation and technology are always just of what it to fund and one of the things that people are realizing is that the young people are now realizing that they need to protect their own data so i think what. important is that we need to start looking at how to actually still anita locally and i think the fall you'll be she companies they need to also look at that because that is something that is really going to catch up with them or it's been inside there for moses a quad he's founder and c.e.o. of apple inc thank you very much. thank you. all right so tech talk may be an entertainment apt but other web applications have much more serious uses and gonna be a national forests in n.g.o.s developing one the monitor's illegal logging and rewards legal harvesting my demand using this up wants to remain anonymous

because his life would be in danger if the wrong people cause him collecting data here. he uses the app to report to the thieves who fell trees illegally in northwestern gonna. and i. don't surprise these illegal loggers in the act because they're dangerous an armed. can. only report their actions once they're gone. and therefore on this teak tree an endangered species was spelled illegally sworn into pieces and a large part of it was taken away they must have been between 5 and 10 men involved with heavy equipment. to track down the wood perches the n.-g. o. nature and development foundation sends local observers into particularly affected areas across the country. that in the trade is one of ghana's most important

industries tropical woods are sold all over the world thanks to dread timbers that sell for high prices. junk guitar and company is the largest in the processing in north western gonna it says it's committed to forest management says cation the label guarantees that good products come from sustainably managed. the nature and deforestation foundation not only works to prevent illegal deforestation it also mediates between local people and industry resistance to the timber monopoly has eased and instead there is more cooperation in the village of big deal in the south of the country residents are using taxes from the timber industry to build their own hospitals. every day hundreds of timber transports from the region head from markets throughout the country to places like a suburb of a crop. in this big timber market the origin of the word is not ticked too closely

but the head of the market association insists that the proportion of wood with a certificate of origin is on the rise in the north of ireland however we have taken that to mars our business does not demand it for it's not our business so this is what that. things may be changing in forestry sector but there is still plenty to do for the local monitors who make fresh discoveries of illegally fell trees almost every day. right now to some of the other global business stories making headlines the e.u. has inked a 336000000 euro deal with astra zeneca for up to 400000000 doses of the british pharmaceutical companies potential coronavirus vaccine and that vaccine is still in trial but if licensed the e.u. says it will be distributed in the $27.00 member countries according to population and meet. the global cruise ship sector is

a high profile casualty of the corona virus pandemic but officials in tokyo are hoping to refloat the industry as they prepare to open a new cruise terminal at the 370000000 dollar facility officially opens next month . a general in italy is another major port for the cruise industry and as in japan it's been hard hit by the pandemic ships now stand like ghosts in the harbor but there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. it can make you pause for thought the view across gender was harbor for decades there was constant traffic here now the calm is almost ghostly vast cruise ships night deserted during the pandemic no one wants to travel in them. italy's most important port is clearly suffering right now. because the economy italy's economy has contract to buy an unbelievable 12 percent and we're seeing that reflected here in the amount of goods we're handling. the

number of containers being shifted in general has dropped dramatically by around a quarter over the same period last year experts say it's a symptom of italy's one day cannot make situation many goods being handled here come from the country's key economic regions may learn to read and. genoa has been in the wider public eye in recent years almost 2 years ago exactly the city's marandi bridge collapsed killing 43 people. the bridge represented one of the city's main traffic arteries and its last major access to the port difficult trade started to suffer finally a few weeks ago a new bridge was opened symbolizing a new start for genoa and italy as a whole. the new bridge gives people here hope city suffered a huge blow but has stood up again. our children and our grandchildren will be able

to stay in genoa find work here build a future where again overwhelming. yes the city's joy and pride over its new landmark have nonetheless been dampened the euro zone's 3rd largest economy has been hit the hardest by the coronavirus g.d.p. has fallen to the level of the 1990 s. 600000 jobs have been lost all of which is very visible here in italy gateway to the world. cup year by we're asking ourselves how long we'll be able to stick this out when will something like normality return. to the banner but the general he's not giving up more than a 1000000000 euros is set to be invested in the port opening it up to now just ships no longer trains and more lorries for better times or right what to

do with all that beer a question that usually solves itself unless you're brewer and you're talking about vast quantities of beer and that was exactly the case with an australian brewer that had too much supply on hand through the pandemic but came up with a clever solution take a look. at the big news flowing again pirate brewery in adelaide belong down brought a drink of drought. anymore it was it was tough you know 50 percent of our sales just disappeared. the brewery was left with gallons and gallons of excess brew but they found a solution they sent it here to the waste water plant where it can be used to generate green energy. as anyone who's ever drank too much of it knows there is a great trick producing gas and that's what happens here it's mixed with sludge and the gas that creates is used in the generators that power the entire plant. it's

a great way to combat waste into energy so it does help us with out carbon footprint just as an environmentally friendly way scott that this mass in the biz generated enough energy to power the equivalent of 1200 homes but now the taps are running again at the brewery the locals think they have a better use for it. and that's it for me and the business team here blood as always you can find out more about these and other stories online dot com slash business i'm stephen beardsley swashing.

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