ah, discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. with this is d, w. d, as africa coming up on the program, can africans benefit from europe's energy needs as the democratic republic of congo pond as plans for the world's largest hydropower dam? we ask what's in it for the average citizen? most of the energy will be used to produce hydrogen. everything that's produced a will be brought to the center to the west. the we don't think that we've already covered the electricity needs of our country. also coming off all that smaller back to whole tentative, we meet the nun who's generating goodwill in the community by producing power for

her neighbors. and they're flying like birds in the sky. the select circles of gone as para gliders attracting hundreds of enthusiasts. wishing for the wind to lift them up high ways. see if what i look like doing what you're doing like oh, i could also get into. so what i'm saying, just feel has been really more to be a lot of people like ah, ah hello, i'm told me a logic. well, it's good to have you with us, with the war in the ukraine intensifying many european countries are attempting to win themselves off russia and gas, and seek all the trade partners and energy sources. the government of the democratic pollock of congo is in talks with an australian energy giant to create

the world's biggest hydropower dam and provide green hydrogen for a global market. that's a potential energy source which is climate neutral. but there are questions about where this would leave local people in the darcy, whose energy needs are still unmet. units good in was in mattie close to where the grand ingo damn is planned. and he sent us this report. my tardy in western d r. c is the home town of glory. pon su, he's the president of the country's association of pharmacists, and he is out canvassing his members again and again. he has the same complaint, the lack of a stable electricity supply, either local political. ah, lizzie thermo, a power consists, the ventilator says that he did, ah, lucy thermo, and the cooling system is also down there lip or nuclear amolla bill. many medical

products i need continuous cold temperatures for their stories law is studied, is it? but the chain of cooling cannot be maintained and guaranteed on us that i showed before. a power cut recently took out these refrigerators at one of the pharmacies . henry's cell is a blood substitute, if not properly called, it can cause complications. so it was thrown away glory pants, who can't understand why power outages are still a fact of life for people in my tardy the country's biggest hydroelectric dam. inga is located just a short distance upstream on the massive congo river completed between 1972 and 982. the 2 ingo dams alone account for 70 percent of the country's power. most of the d. c. power is hydro electric, but just one in 5, people have access to electricity, palmetto co, n day,

a service manager at the dams it should be a few less short. the today, population in a democratic republic of congo has almost found and we are now approaching 100000000 people left. we saw the power generated by one and 2 as they are currently installed, is not enough for we need to pass on with anger. 3 in got poor to plan to build africa. the biggest hydro electric plant have been circulating for decades now for to skew future industries. and australian company is in talks with the countries president the river congo would be redirected to flood the bonding river valley story. water behind a huge concrete wall to plan has the potential to increase power generation $25.00 fold. but a recent presentation explains for to skews motivation. it wants to use the

electricity to produce grain, hydrogen, to sell on the world market. a probably not a new soccer, is the coordinator of a local con, believes development n g o. he is well aware that europe wants to reduce carbon emissions and dependency on energy imports from russia. he's not convinced for the skews offer will benefit the d. r. c. with the support of put the other i most of the energy will be used to produce hydrogen, not the kamala lucy, that's the concept of the center and the periphery. everything that's produced, a will be brought to the center to the west where they are facing. the challenge of the energy transition is all was o d and they think that they need to acquire hydrogen. it boston fully, but we don't think that we've already covered the electricity needs of our country . what is up where live is there? an electricity benoit rippey. there is a different view in kinshasa, the capital of the d. r. c, alexia k. m. b

d. bomb. pender is the special advisor in charge of infrastructure to the president . he sees the damn as a motor of the countries industrialization. he has a blunt answer to those who want to supply electricity to all remote areas. even if we go to live every household, even though the job don't to be in the position. so we look at station where the electricity says those the local a good back in my tardy. there's only one thing for sure. for motions of the local economy, like laurie pon so power cuts are a fact of life for businesses like his for some analysis of the plans and the d i. c. m. join now by brian command, the, an independent energy analyst based in south africa. and he joins us from

johannesburg. ryan, welcome to the dublin. he is africa and out can we begin by getting your thoughts on our, the statement from the president's special advisor. he says the plan is not intended to supply electricity to people in the whole of d. r c. so who is it for? thank you. yes. so there is a increased demand for production of hydrogen and physically an industrialized nations. policy shifts in particular have driven an interest and investments in production of hydrogen as a fuel which may and a future point in time, replace the need for it and you get used for you to main before electrification. but it does have some other locations as well, including transport. so there's not much use, not much demand at the moment in africa for hydrogen, so those hydrogen vestments, most likely, going to be for your particular drive from this obviously coming as

a result of the, the tensions within the contract between ukraine and russia, which has sent a gas prices, all right? but essentially this will be generating power. is there a way that this electricity can also be distributed to citizens in the d. r. c, for domestic use? not just going out. see yes, and that from the challenge unfortunately, historically has been in pub in africa, that mining corporations typically multinational have front of the money leveraged government to put the investment in for power stations. and if we visualize it like a body, they have put the transportation from the passive generators that they are listed in the arteries go into the mines and heavy industry, very minimal, heavy, heavy industry outside of south africa. but different if you

a lot of minds see them. yeah. and then vanes where they do exist, goes into major towns and cities. and largely we provide electricity which benefits largely wealthy residents and government buildings and a few floor industry. so that has been the historical trend, and unfortunately the situation is much the same. the grounding or project has held a lot of present promises, a massive infrastructure project the, the potential capacity for them is tremendous. the financial arrangements that have been structured to finance the granting has mental mining capital has been part sized and it's unlikely we have already seen the committees have nothing unlikely that will change unfortunately in the short term. now there are already 2 inc. adams, which are operating well below capacity, what's to say that this 3rd one will deliver on what it promises. so

the challenge of buying reliable, stable tricity that is also affordable to both residents and industry like is very much tied to building a capable state in the dfi. unfortunately, the 2 ingle want to get to projects you mention as well as the aging transmission infrastructure have been the result of poor investment planning from government and also lack of lack of regulation, lack of implementation, pharmacy. this has been an issue and also the, the over indebtedness of intimately tied to the over indigenous of the d. c. and the unfortunate position, if not almost criminal position and it finds itself in starting, ever since the assassination patrice, remember? brian, can you sum up what a more just model of power generation would look like?

great, so i think in good them is, is actually and an excellent case study of some of the central problems within, within africa when it comes to infrastructure. finance is that at the moment, you know, a lot of the financial anger comes to a bank and it just in time to particular forms that have resulted in the liberalization of the electricity in the sea. and yet we see in other parts of the world in south africa in china and brazil major rural electrification in particular, large part of the israel has been front of my probably finance and that it's typically done so because building transmission restriction room areas is very costly. and it's unlikely that no way to agricultural workers and with this more industries as well, but those residents will be able to pay the cost of that infrastructure. that's one of the reasons why you don't see the power lines connected to the villages. but you

do see them connected to mine. so in order to make this just, we need a regime that cross subsidizes need. it needs to be a tax regime. it needs to be strong institutions that can also regulate. and the planning of our infrastructure is developed. and that is all intimately tied to building a capable stayed within the seat that is no hope of adjusting days in our building and equitable energy industry. i also need to know the dfcs has hung to some of the most precious minerals and that they've been reported to report. yeah, yeah. but the amounts of elicit financial flows that have flowed out of the contract. and so one of the ways to cover that is to have an adequate tax connection regime which is tied again to capable state which can help redistribute some of those resources to those who need it. okay, brian comanche and independent energy analyst based in johanna. but janice bag many

thanks for speaking to us. so big business, big finance and big power generation obviously come with strings attached and they're of limited value for the small scale power user in the d r. c. i even where communities are on the grid. supply is patchy, but could there be another way? let's take a look at small scale power generation with a project that has transformed life in a small community and showing the provision of vital services in east and darcy. not your usual. none. this is system. i'll francine caesar in how come boots and white helmet. she spends most of her day here managing this local power plant. it took her 3 years to find the finances and built his hydro electric plant, alongside bible studies. she earlier trained as an electrical engineer navigable

with the plan. the the convent only did an electrician, wendy, a technician who could help. and they saw in many that talent electrical engineering naperville, so they offered me an opportunity to get what to go study the technology. i legally is catherine. that's where it all started. is he on the, is it in what to say this constant outages and deep frustration with the lack of power inspired says the often seen to start racing funds in 2015 now the hydro electric plant lights up her local community including her convent, the local church, a health clinic and 2 schools all free of charge i think really poor ha, e one for the with the electricity we produce for the school and we can train young people walk in for more and with the power that we supply to the hospital. yeah. we feel that we serve the whole population because we are there for the poor. well,

up would be less and it is in the hospital that we meet people from poor background . if they to so at the local hospital. this transformation has been crucial on bus m. m good, you know we, we sometimes had to spend a whole night without electricity at the hospital go a lot less did and you can understand the importance of power at night in a hospital we saw that it was difficult going without electricity. and it was like a resurrection when a neighbors helped us by supplying the power we need to the was a, was a delay without system of francine, his determination, her local community would have just a few hours of power per week. now there are 3 of the problems that plague the rundown and miss managed national generating system.

ah, you're watching the dublin years africa still to come shaking up gender norms in ethiopia. we meet women mix ologist will behind the bars in adis. and the game ends taking to the skies as they promote paragliding in a country, not usually keen on extreme sports. the effects of russia invasion of ukraine also extend to farming even in africa. plans need 3 basic ingredients and they're fertilizer, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. and russia is a top supplier of all 3. so the growing conflict translate into scarcity for farmers and rising food costs. but nigeria is looking to diversify as d w america. acoya tells us from all your state

james strickland is business is lab skill farming. he grows mays and other food crops. so he depends heavily on fertilizers to boost his harvest. getting enough of it was never a problem for the farmer. typically took with his sauls is his what allows us directly from russia, was seen the russia ukraine invasion. he's not able to do that. he also says, the fertilizers locally, but the door they as locally sauced the prices have now doubled last year. i. why conveniently without even thinking twice, i could buy $150.00 pounds of fits or more, right? not only how something bugs will fertilize due to the change in price and what i like it or not, i just have to source for one to actually get north. it allows us to come from sure what i'm doing here. so it's really up to me negative. she could, he says he has no choice but to increase the price of his farm produce. meaning

that the rising costs will hit the price of food nigerians are put in on the tables . international sanctions mean russia is no longer an option for nature, and farmers as a source of fertilizers compliments because of the problems of the kids. if you watch russia now, you can look good nights and many other countries, us and the deuce wind rush. so other countries of wind, other countries to why we are looking at you was somewhat of we must look, he was just a month ago, african sweetest man, a legal angle. he opened the continent largest fertilizer plant in league us. it has the capacity to produce 3000000 tons of nitrogen fertilizer. every year. the new land will make man, you know, thought the fusion put leather production was excess capacity to it's what the other african, my guess, and the racial gold. our broaders have already reached africa market and song

in the united states, brazil, india, and mexico. and what is production? make counterfeit. eliza scarcity in nigeria, but for now the prices remain too high for famous lecture, according to afford to, if he appear now. where bars typically have only men behind the counter in a society where gender norms are hard to break, more women are learning to master the art of making cocktails and are even joining bartender competitions. it's a form of social and economic emancipation for many of them. maria gets sent us this report from addis ababa cigarette and lumps her job. but being a female bartender in ethiopia is considered highly unusual. it can also be frowned upon because it involves working at night. now even cigarette as husband wants her

to find another job. and look with it. i think the main problem is the fact of being a woman. many people don't believe women should work. when you're a woman and you come out in the evening in our culture, people will usually assume you're doing some other kind of work. not a normal job approval on this, but it's becoming more common to see women behind the bar, some bar owners or even encouraging their female staff to take part in bartender competitions. we focus on put emphasis on and hiring women white fingers because i personally feel women give better service in this industry to give them the opportunity to work in the service industry is very, very important because they, they, they don't get the opportunity to do that. the night is young at this popular bar in addis ababa. and tonight, a big, i'm willow is the manager. but being a woman in charge can be challenging in

a male dominated society. some customers simply don't like it. a baby though is proud. she can set an example or a meeting and our, our cost to one lady. it's very difficult to and one customer come if he has money, you want to buy you dyslexic. know, the boise, everybody's lucky and here to fix his internet. and he has gave you getting money for them and phone companies like paying the salary. so nobody's telling me working at night means a baby is spending less time with her family, but the job means she can provide for them. she shares her one bedroom home with her daughter and cousin i have enough for the situation. so i, it's, i will and i'm paying how soon before it was very difficult for me because i sleep at daytime closed my door. and i, when i wake up, just thank shout in day,

go to work. so i don't meet with anybody. now everybody understand me and say no, what am i, am i working? what am i being but a baby won't stay here. she hopes hard work will enable her to fulfil her dreams. her goal is to one day manage her own bar, or even her own luxury hotel. ah. when you think of paragliding gonna may not be the 1st place that springs to mind, but event organizers in the west african country. a trying to change preconceptions with their annual festival in the hope that god could one day become a paragliding hub. the taking to the skies again gun us annual paragliding festival and carnival was grounded for 2 years because of the coven condemning. but now hundreds of paragliding enthusiasts are back in easton,

ghana, on a mission to spread the word, spread your wings and be free as a bird. was to put things in our safe sports. eh, and people have like it mentality of like, oh, no desire for white people. that kind of thing. but an artist who said at leave never been here. quai was one of just flor ghanaians flying solo. but the tight knit group are proud to represent the home way you see people don't look like you doing what you're doing the like, oh, i could also get into. so i'm saying. so phil is going to really motivate a lot of people. once people fly for the 1st time, according to clay, many i will to make sure it's not their last the always discourage their face don't do how india friends come any goods. and i have like, is that easy like that to why having to have in daylight at any yes,

i'm going way. can i then, how do i go about it in houses like you, their information. quai is the only gonna and certified to carry others into the clouds. but the scene is growing thanks in part to what he says. it's the sports in a quality for fostering community. my main agenda mostly would be like to have this morning somewhere where people could come. i renewed at o e palace every we came, come to loud, fly. how fine and pledge, whom let such as a chill outside to create a community by helping others to fly, quite hopes to pass on principles like patience and tranquillity. to a growing community of ghanaian para gladys. that's it for now. be sure to check out other stories on d, w dot com,

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