a in 45 minutes on d, w. these places in europe are smashing all the records. stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you up to record breaking sites on your back, youtube and now also in book form. this is d doubly nias, 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 with everything that's produced . a will be brought to the center to the west. but 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 none 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 has power gliders attracting hundreds of enthusiasts. wishing for the wind to lift them up high ways. see what i look like doing what you're doing for that. oh, i could also get them to. so i'm saying so, phil is going to really motivate a lot of people like ah, 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 all for russian gas 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. 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 hometown 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 has the same complaint, the lack of a stable electricity supply, other local political. ah, lucy thermo, a power count to stop the ventilator that he did. ah,

this is irma and the cooling system is also down. live would need a little more light bill. many medical products i need continuous cold temperatures to their stories law is studied, is it? but the chain of cooling cannot be maintained and guaranteed i love that i shall before a power cut recently took out these refrigerators at one of the pharmacies. henry 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 hydro electric dam. inga is located just a short distance upstream on the massive congo river completed between 972 and 1982. the 2 ingo dams alone account for 70 percent of the country's power.

most of the diocese power is hydro electric, but just one in 5, people have access to electricity. palmera co n day is service manager at the dams lose your v a population. there today, let the population of a democratic republic of congo has almost a little little fung and we are now approaching 100000000 people. it up we saw in the power generated by ng a one and english 2 as they are currently installed, is not enough. what we need to press on with anger 3 nga or ela plans to build africa's biggest hydro electric plant had been circulating for decades. now fortescue, future industries and australian company is in talks with the countries president the river congo would be redirected to flood the bundy river valley story water behind a huge concrete wall. the plan has the potential to increase power generation $25.00

fold, but a recent presentation explains 40 skews motivation. it wants to use the electricity to produce green hydrogen to sell on the world market. so i think a pulling 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 to skews offer will benefit the d. r c, with the support of wood river i, most of the energy will be used to produce hydrogen at the kamala lucy, that's a concept that the senator in the periphery. everything that's produced, a will be brought to the center up to the west where they are facing the challenge of the energy transition or is, or was, or the, 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 busy and illiteracy? they've been noted a b. there is a different view in kinshasa,

the capital of the d r. c. alexi k m, the dba 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 went to the late into every household to get a job, going to be in the position to pay that system. so we look at station where that electricity and says can post code back in my tardy. there's only one thing for sure. for motions of the local economy, like glory punish, power cuts are effective life for businesses like his for some analysis of the plans and the d. c. m. join now by brian command v,

an independent energy analyst based in south africa, and he joins us from john as bug. brian, welcome to the w me as africa. now 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. 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 in investments in production of hydrogen as a fuel which may and a future point in time replace the need for elaine g guess used for you to main before electrification. but it does have some other questions 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 your a particular drive from this obviously coming as a result of the, the tensions within the contract between ukraine and russia, which has sent gas prices soaring. 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 t. yes. and the challenge, unfortunately, historically has been in fact, in africa. mining corporations typically multinational and 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 granting or project has held a lot of present promise. it's a massive infrastructure project the, the potential capacity for them is tremendous. the financial arrangements that have been structured to finance the grant has meant of mining capital has been part sized and it's unlikely we have already seen the communities have nothing on like you to 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 buying reliable, stable tricity that is also affordable to both residence 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 invest in tanning 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 over indigenous of the d. c. and the unfortunate position is not almost criminal position and it finds itself in starting, ever since the assassination officer, 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 to a 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 the 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 and 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 and 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 inequitable energy industry. they also need to, the dfcs has to some of the most precious minerals and that they've been report on to report. yeah. yeah. but the amounts of elicit financial that have flowed out of the economy. 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 needed. okay,

brian comanche and independent energy analyst based injure 100 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 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 in that talent and electrical engineering and it will so they offered me an opportunity to get what to go study the technology allegra is catherine. that's where it all started. is he on the, is it in what the state of the constant outages and deep frustration with the lack of power inspired says that often siena to stop racing funds in 2015. this is 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 have poor background if they to so at the local hospital. this transformation has been crucial on bus him a little didn't 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 and 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 good deal of that. without sister, often sinister termination, 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 adis and again 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 glad skill farming. he grows nice cassava 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, both scenes, the russia ukraine invasion. he's not able to do that. he now saw this, these 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 eliza more right. not only how 17 bugs or fertilizer due to the change in price and what i like it or not, i just have to sloss for one to actually get north. it allows us to come to show 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 pro is 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, because of the problems of the cookie. even if you, what russia now you have a good nights, you know, i'm many other countries and the deuce wind rush, some other countries of wind, other countries to why we are looking at you was a somewhat of we must look was just a month ago, africa sweetest man, a leak, what angle he opened the continents largest fertilizer plant in league us. it has the capacity to produce 3000000 tons of nitrogen fertilizer. every year. be new land will make man, you know, thought the fusion put leather production was excess capacity to it's what the

other african mike is on the racial gold, our broaders. how already reached africa market unsung 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 farmers like chick woody 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. look, put together. 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. does 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, 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 of a meeting and our, our cost to lady if the baby is a capital and $1.00 customer come. if he has money, you want to buy, you disconnect the no, the voices, everybody's lucky. and here to fix his internet. and he has gave getting money from them and phone company is 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 visitation. 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 to say thank shower and they go to work. so i don't meet with anybody. now everybody understand me and they know what am i, am i looking? what am i being? but a beta 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 garner could one day become a paragliding hub, they're 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 nice if sports eh, and people have like it mentality of like, oh, no desire for white people. that kind of thing. but i'm all just 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 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 just fil 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 discouraged. yeah.

phrase don't do how and our friends come and they do. they have but his debts easy like that to what happens. i've been delighted any, yes and great, and i then how do i go about is didn't house? it's 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 is the sports a nice quality for fostering community. hm. i mean, i deemed out mostly would be like to have is more honest, some way where people would come. i'd be new to all the pilots, every we came, come to loud, try how fine and pledge google met up so as a chill out sweat to crazy 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 wear that back aloft after 2 years of waiting. we'll see you next time. i for now. thank .

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