members, fight for races, state route. why white supremacy? what we're talking about here is not only disorganized violence, it's not only terrorism. it's politics. founded over 150 years ago. it's repeatedly died out, but always been resurrected. the ku klux klan starts may 11th on d. w 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 ponders plans for the world? the largest hydropower dam. we ask what's in it for the average citizen? most of the energy will be used to produce hydrogen to model. 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 over also coming off all that smaller

vector, 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 paraglider is attracting hundreds of enthusiasts. wishing for the wind to lift them up high waves. see people don't look like you doing what you're doing for that. oh, i could also get into what i'm saying. so phil is gonna william wants to bake a lot of people's lives with hello, i'm told me a lot voids good to have you with us. with the war in the ukraine intensifying many european countries are attempting to win themselves off russia ross and seek all

the trade partners and energy sources. the government of the democratic republic 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. eunice, 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's out canvassing his members again and again. he hears the same complaint, the lack of a stable electricity supply. either local political, all is them or a power current to stop the ventilator fit that he did. ah,

this is irma and the cooling system is also down there. liberal need the, i'm all i bill many medical products. i need continuous cold temperatures for their story, loss is studied, is it? but the chain of cooling cannot be maintained law and guarantee law that i showed before. a power cut recently took out these refrigerators at one of the pharmacies . hemenez. so is a blood substitute. if not properly called, it can cause complications. so it was thrown away glory upon su, 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 197-2900. 82. the 2 english 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 up will be less short. today, population of a democratic republic of congo has almost found and we are now approaching 100000000 people left. we saw the power generated by a one and 2 as they are currently installed, is not enough for we need to pass on with anger. 3 in got poor plants 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 body 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 the skis motivation. it wants to use the electricity to produce grain, hydrogen, to sell on the world market. putting out a new soccer is the coordinator of a local congolese development and geo. 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. marla, 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, who is on 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. alexi 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 going to still need to every household it 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 motors 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 comanche,

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 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, there is a increased demand for production of hydrogen and physically industrialized nations . policy shifts within the year in particular have driven an interest in investments in the production of hydrogen as a fuel which may and a future point in time replaced need for energy gas 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 investments

are most likely going to be for europe and in particular drive from this obviously coming as a result of the, the pensions within the contract between ukraine and russia, which has sent gas prices, sorry. but essentially this will be generating power. is there a way that this electricity can also be distributed to citizens in the d. c for domestic use? not just going out t. yes. and that from the challenge unfortunately, historically has been in pub in africa, that mining corporations typically multinational. i have front of the money leverage to governments 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 archery is 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 grander project has held a lot of present promises, a massive infrastructure project. the potential capacity for them is tremendous. the financial arrangements that have been structured to finance the granting has meant of mining capital has been part sized and it's unlikely we have already seen the committees have nothing unlikely that that will change, unfortunately in the short term. now they are already to 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 providing reliable, stable tricity that is also affordable to both residents and industry. like it's very much tied to building a capable, stating that the se, unfortunately, the 2 angle 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 policy. this has been an issue and also the, the over indebtedness, intimately tied to the overages of the d. c. and the unfortunate position is not almost criminal position and it finds itself in historically 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 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 from the bank and it just been tied to particular forms that have resulted in the liberalization of the electricity sector in the se . and yet we see in other parts of the world in south africa, in china and in brazil major rural electrification in particular, large part of the israel has been fronted by 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 fronting 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 can also regulate and the planning of our infrastructure is developed and that is all intimately tied to building a capable stayed within the d. that is no hope of adjusting days in our building inequitable energy industry. they also need to, the dfcs has to some of the most precious minerals and that they've been report on the report. yeah. yeah. but the amounts of elicit financial flows that have flowed out of the economy. and so one of the ways to code 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, enjoy 100 johannesburg. 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 this hydro electric plant, alongside bible studies,

she earlier trained as an electrical engineer mad visible on the planet. the convent only did an electrician winding a technician who could help out for it. they saw and made a talent electrical engineering and it before so they offered me an opportunity to get what to go. study the technology. i legally, catherine, that's where it all started. is he on visit in what the say this constant outages and deep frustration with the lack of power inspired says that often seen to stop 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 vaguely pool. 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,

vic, 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 . it's a little so at the local hospital. this transformation has been crucial on both him and 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 our neighbors helped us by supplying the power we need to the was a, wasn't good enough without says the al francine is determination. her local community would have just a few hours of power per week. now they are free 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 and addis and the game ends taking to the skies as they promote paragliding in a country. not usually keen on extreme sports. now the effects of russia invasion of ukraine also extend to farming even in africa. plans need 3 basic ingredients in their 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's. america acoya tells us from all your state

james strickland is business is lab skill farming. he grows nice cassava and the 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 what is sauls is his, what allows us directly from russia was seen the russia ukraine invasion. he's not able to do that. he now saw this, the allies locally but the door they as locally sauce. the prices have now doubled last year. i. why conveniently without even thinking twice, i could buy $150.00 pounds of fits aliza more, right? not only have 17 bundle fertilizer 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 finish or what i'm doing here. so it's really up to me negative. sure,

good. 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 foods nigerians are putting on the tables international sanctions mean russia is no longer an option for an adrian farmers as a source of fertilizers, cumberlands was of the problem. so because of the cookie, even if you, what russia now you have a good night, you know, i'm many other countries, us seeking attitude to wind rush. so other countries of wind, other countries to why we are looking at you was somewhat of out. we must look the ones just a month ago, africa, sweetest man, a legal angle. he opened the continent lattice fertilizer planned in league us. it has the capacity to produce 3000000 tons of nitrogen fertilizer. every year. be new land will make maneuver, thought the fusion put leather production with excess capacity to it's what the

other african mike is on the racial world. our broaders have already reached africa market unsung in the to 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 equity 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 loves 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 on this, but it's becoming more common to see women behind the bar. some bar owners are even encouraging their female staff to take part in bartender competitions. we focus on put emphasis on and hiring women. white fingers goes, i personally feel women give better service in this industry. i had to give them the opportunity to work in the service industry is very, very important because they they don't get the opportunity to do that. the night is young, it is 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 of it. i had a meeting and our, our cost to lady, it's the baby, it's a capital. and one customer come, if he has money, you want to buy, you disconnect the voices. everybody is lucky and here to fix his internet. and he has gave getting money from them and phone companies, the company paying the salary. so nobody paying 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 dissertation. so i, it, i will, and i'm paying house in before it was very difficult for me because i sleep at

daytime, closed my door and i, when i wake up just i think shower and 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 might 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 garner 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 cove it pandemic. but now,

hundreds of paragliding enthusiasts are back in east and 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 their own or desire for white people. that kind of thing. but an artist who said at leave never been here. quade was one of just flor ghanaians flying solo. but the tight knit group are proud to represent their home. when you see, people don't look like you doing what you're doing the like, oh, i could also get into should i'm saying i feel is gonna 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 there. last the always discourage their face. don't do how and our friends come any do they have. but is that easy like

that to why have in diving greenlighted any? yes, great. and i then how do i go about it? didn't house, it's like you, their information tray is the only ghanaian certified to carry others into the clouds. but the scene is growing. thanks in part to what he says is the sports in a quality for fostering community. my name at jim down whistler would be like to have his morning somewhere where people could come either today or we palace ever we came come to loud fly. how far? pledge google met up to the chill outside to chris 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 our other stories on d. w. dot com, forward slash africa, or on facebook and twitter. and we'll leave you with these pictures of that paragliding festival and east and gonna where that back aloft after 2 years of waiting to see you next time. i for now with

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