is africa is the. second largest economy rather than we do have some real drama rama pozo who is actually just getting out of the conference to speak and we want to listen to his words on this compact let's see what he has to say. to you and. me and this is an initiative which was a huge potential will go on just when he comes to improving and changing the laws of soviet citizens and companies are represented today by the political leaders who have come here to the come hunch over with africa over the g. twenty is a pioneering outfit aimed at supporting african nations in this. on the international scene to try and attract investment from the international arena and from africa to africa the i dare say is rooted in the fact that a quick with economic development is possible if and when african countries resells and the g twenty countries themselves as well as international organizations are all that was really together this is a way in which a better climate for private investment can be achieved as we

mombasa is seen as the gateway to africa. at least five landlocked nations -- including uganda and rwanda, rely on this port to get goods in and out. the mombasa railway is the nation's biggest infrastructure project since independence from britain in 1963. kenya paid $3.8 billion. china arranged the financing and built what is the start of a rail network that promises to open up the passage of people and goods deep into the heart of the continent. the sgr cuts the journey to kenya's capital to five hours -- down from more than eight for cargo transported by truck. >> the belt and road initiative is, i believe, a good initiative for the region. the railway link from mombasa to nairobi, i have reservations about the price that was paid for the rail link, however, the fact that we have a rail link now is creating immense opportunities. leading to reduction in supply lead times and so on. that is what we wish for. >> there is nobody else who can compete with the chinese investment into infrastructure. however, when we look at it

country receiving exports from germany in africa is nigeria which is africa's largest economy it has two hundred million inhabitants eager to grow their economy yet in terms of germans exports that is only the sixty eighth export ranking now the chinese companies have dramatically increase their foothold on the african country and looking at the massive projects projects the chinese have been putting up are germans too late to the party. no i think the party is only just about to begin chinese companies have traditionally been state supported and been engaged in large scale infrastructure projects they're not the competitors of german assamese the german mechanical engineering and electronics expertise is not being challenged by the chinese the chinese are interested in large ticket projects often with a barter element that secures china commodities germany doesn't want to look for commodities in africa germany should be looking to invest long term train africans and to build long stirrer really long term business relationships there to that end they must invest more germy gains cons

africa relations is not colonialism a coup fellow oddo tells u.n. president not. a coup for otto mounted the podium at the united nations headquarters in new york and told the world to discard any notion that the movement of donna and some african countries towards china would result in the recall and ization of the continent by a new power quote this is not a uniquely gunday in or african phenomenon it has not been lost on us that the developed rich and well established countries have been paying regular visits to china and seeking to open new economic ties and improve upon existing ones he noted so a lot of people are telling african nations you shouldn't deal with china you shouldn't let them build your infrastructure you shouldn't let them invest in you because it's just colonisation and he was pointing out the hypocrisy that well why do all these why is google building dragon-fly for them why are all these trade representatives traveling to china trying to open up deals in china why can't we do deals with china they recognize the difference bet

korn of africa. the us sent twenty eight thousand soldiers to somalia to help put an end to a civil war. but. the operation ended in disaster two years later after american soldiers were captured and killed images of their need to bodies brought. cast around the while. for the u.s. it was a humiliating loss and they decided to withdraw. after somalia a new threats in may she now africa. in one thousand nine hundred attacks against two u.s. embassies raised the alarm in washington. massive car bombs in kenya and tanzania caused the death of over two hundred people and left thousands injured it's. a group called all kind it claimed responsibility for. its leader the little known osama bin laden became public enemy number one in the united states and the hunt to track him down it. was the to the attack on the world trade center reconfigured the geopolitics of the world the united states launched a war in afghanistan a war that would soon spread far beyond what it was a post nine eleven the threat of ter

like we take all your natural resources and you get nothing that's colonialization but africa does not have the perception that that's what's going on because it's easy to understand that what they're getting from china has enduring value it's hard money probably put it in those terms and so it has enduring trade value going forward and this is what is lost on a countries like the united states which is myer in the perception of money or you get something for nothing but some of the last shows we've done where they have this sort of thing of they don't actually want to help people they want to feel good about themselves and by giving them some money giving them some aid and not actually developing it here the gunman president says that we in guyana must build roads bridges railways ports schools and hospitals and we must create jobs to keep our young people engaged he noted also that you know we've had for the past few decades we've lived under this western sort of aid system and nothing has happened we haven't grown we're still in this situation and we need someone we need infrastruct

s new africa policy has had here. the need for foreign aid here in uganda is great but the money it receives doesn't amount to much. one point four million refugees live in the country. the north is home to the biggest refugee camps in africa. uganda depends on international aid and u.n. agencies in particular to provide these people with basic necessities but there are problems. you know who would be self is not ten now i load these to do that don't now finding that. i do quickly and that's the reason as to why oftentimes they're able to bring in what they have. and that even though uganda's refugee policy is considered exemplary these are not camps in which refugees sit around eiseley these are settlements. refugees building materials are donations they can move freely around the country they're allowed and encouraged to find work. but the situation is deteriorating there is a shortage of everything food schools teachers doctors the e.u. is one of you can't his biggest donors yet it now spends less on each refugee h

you know i heard china africa. china india brazil countries and an african country if you didn't name the individual ones as my pet peeve just writing an entire continent you cannot write not by because we're at the end of the show but i do want to hear just to make a just squeezing now with the community if i wrap up i will end with two tweets to comments rather this one is from you too who says someone says this next decade of russia plays its cards right its influence will increase by a good margin in line with china summit also as what it cautionary much heart says i hope are african leaders are taking precautions with these relations so poor. that and abdi thank you so much for being guest on the stream today we really appreciate it really can i always be online you can find us on twitter at a.j. stream thanks so much oil see you next time. brother lee the or brutal dictator. with discontent spreading through north africa time was running out for libya's self-styled king of kings. in the first of a two part se

it's no longer representative of the people of south africa, rather, as former presidentjacob south africajacob zuma said, south africa, rather, as former presidentjacob zuma said, it is now a black party. it's unfortunate that is what happens when documents are leaked... because you find out people's true feelings. his true feelings about the direction... let me tell you what president mbeki was saying, president mbeki was talking about the whole issue where it had beenin about the whole issue where it had been in terms of saying you have to ta ke been in terms of saying you have to take from white to give to black. the constitution, as i said, defends a land rights and land ownership. this is about making sure that even those who do not have land because of the past system do get land and can get land tenure so that they have security, they can use it for economic activities. this is what we're trying to address. we're not going to wake up and said tomorrow we're going to take your land. that constitution, which we were part of drafting, we respect and we will make sure that is not viola

africa command. they decided that maybe they needed a separate command headquarters that would focus exclusively on africa and so the bush administration under donald rumsfeld was running the pentagon at the time decided to do that set up a separate command just for africa. the united states is the only country to have divided the world into separate military sectors to monitor and patrol these are north caught. south can you calm centcom and now africa are. under the stated goals of fighting terrorism and providing humanitarian assistance afrikan implanted itself on the continent conducting military exercises with a growing number of african countries. but was this the only reason for africa for possibly a. little bit of the oil is there is not there are america sort of course you know or is it appropriate is up from utah is a notorious list there for so. it ought to are a serious security don't those also go to make sure i don't they are me arrested because all the screw up by going on just of all.

if you look for instance in all of my africa for instance. i believe is a success story it's of course a very partial success story a partial success story but look if we had the approach in europe but we would only be talking and dealing with like minded countries would very soon be reduced to australia new zealand south korea and japan with like minded countries doing things that work was a difference in is doing things that actually produce the results you want but you haven't produced the results you want while rome wasn't built in a day dealing with the african continent is a challenge. they were getting poured into these countries and going into the hands of repressive government you know it i know it but we both know it and we know that this has to stop and we have to fight corruption in africa but if you're trying to tell me that we shouldn't cooperate at all with african countries i didn't say that i didn't say that level this is what you're trying to no it hasn't i'm trying to say you need to do things the results you want so lovely

and girl in baba and south africa and. also but what i see of our what i see in zimbabwe where i was so i see russians at work what i scenes and other. zimbabwe. russia is interested in. mining in the mining sector there is a platinum resources in which russians are greatly interested. this is a project in which russian cooperation. measure common interest ok so i'll get. on the. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov visited a number of different countries on the continent one of them was zimbabwe and this is what the zimbabwean foreign minister. had to say about this relationship with russia have a listen it is the desire of zimbabweans that we came. a little knowledge with the russians are quite competent so that we can also develop in terms of a bloody through the. whole for example has been asked so that we can industrialize it and then create value in what we do. paul that was very upbeat foreign ministers zimbabwe he sounded positively to it and he did and i think a very very interesting to see what happens in the l

dot com africa. the last few months of weighed heavily on the german government the coalition almost fell apart there's been violence and hatred on the streets of germany and the domestic intelligence chief was accused of going soft on the far right my guest this week here in strasburg is david mcallister he's chair of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee and the former regional prime minister in germany is angela merkel on the way out. david mcallister welcomes conference so thank you let's talk first if we may about the migrant issue green situation may have eased in the sense that far fewer people are coming to germany and the rest of europe but the political fallout is killing the c.d.u. it's killing your government isn't it. this issue isn't killing my party this issue is a my late major challenge for germany and the whole european union the numbers have come come down since twenty fifteen but of course we have to make sure about the numbers stay at the level they are now and this

the g twenty compact with africa program launched by germany a year ago aims to create jobs in africa and encourage young people to stay in their home countries the current chairman of the african union says there are already signs it's working as a result of financial. reform now for gun union has achieved the savings of percent in our next budget and the member states paying it with it a share of that being. germany has also launched an even closer partnership with a group of countries such as senegal morocco and ethiopia berlin is offering extra money but the support is dependent on reforms. that form and we want the african countries to carry out reforms for africans must do more than ourselves above all on good governance and combating corruption these twelve countries are doing this it's what this proof of that is and often we believe in economic cooperation. but. on the compact for africa has generated new investment though some say progress is too slow and others question who benefits more africans or western firms but the leaders gathered in berlin were clear that this public

competition in the continent the european union for example launched an africa e.u. strategic partnership in two thousand and seven and pledged to mobilize more than fifty four billion dollars in sustainable investment for africa by two thousand and twenty and july twenty eighth the us congress passed the better utilization of investments leading to development act to compete with china's growing presence in africa so driving competition has been good for africa has been good for basically the e.u. and us corporations have to compete with these chinese investments right competition in trade is peaceful and it promotes peace trade is the peaceful way that humans have evolved for hundreds of thousands of millions of years and so in africa really the cradle of humanity the cradle of homo sapiens as we understand our role on planet earth is now ready to take on all comers as they begin to enter the twenty first century with such advantages that they like leap frogging all the fear of money banking system right into crypto currency so they're ready to be really a huge gro

in germany and south africa's t.v. i'm now a thai we have a conservation foundation and joining me is my charming colleague felicia and as b. in south africa hello felicia hi n.c. and the warm welcome from here in jo'burg one topic that we're always came to learn more about is safe and smart ways to get rid of all the excess that fills our lives whether it be leftover food or projects archana up ofter an environmental disaster . if that interests you to you've come to the right place here's a quick look up at some of today's stories. who gone i will visit a company that that's gone into gold. we'll see how it just really germany you legs really extraordinary discovery. learn how to handle every pressure like it's reducing congestion at a busy market in zimbabwe. one thing shared by many people around the world is a fear of snakes and while most snakes are actually harmless getting bit by a venomous one is serious business in twenty seven c. in the world health organization listed snake bites as a neglected tropical dis

of europe is very closely linked to the future of our neighboring continent africa and what we need to develop is a new policy on africa which will combine elements of our foreign policy off on trade policy and neighborhood policy and our development policies that deal with the eruption of massive corruption and the repression dollars that deal with well i welcome the attempts of the german government and other governments to actually talk about a marshall plan not for africa but with africa what we need is a debate on i level with the african countries and of course some african countries are doing better than others but what we have to do is find the root causes and that means in the first case if people are leaving africa because they don't have a perspective because the youth unemployment is so high people can't feed their families if they don't have jobs that's what we have to do but of course we also have to improve the track record of african governments when it comes to the rule of law democracy and. i mean is transparency international reporting in july where roughly forty

africa actually are. what is known is that the rhine mid-town subsidiary was involved in the construction of a factory in the united arab emirates and the one in saudi arabia. a group of syrian hackers released confidential documents including a secret document on a bid for a filling plant each shift was to produce hundreds of shells and mortars as well as bombs of the types m k eighty two m k eighty four and warheads from large missiles . the document appears real with a trove of technical details and plans for a turnkey factory. it's incredibly dangerous because if a german company is not controlling production how do they know what being it hit in this production process they defectively sold the production process. they are effectively saying especially if it's into a region like the middle east they're effectively saying do what you want. via santini and south africa germany's run matal is arming the military coalition in yemen with bombs from the mediterranean and entire factories from cape town sau

our africa business editorjoins us soon.nd the day after that infamous oval office meeting between president trump and ka nye west, the boss of adidas — for whom the rapper also designs clothes — says he doesn't mind his outspoken behaviour. do you agree that all publicity is good publicity? should adidas be embarrassed by ye‘s behaviour? let us know #bbcbizlive @bbcnews. yay or nay! hello and welcome to business live. plenty to fill you in on this friday. including... has the big sell off stopped? that's the question gripping investors and traders in europe, as a new day of stock market action gets under way. there will be relief for many that asia doesn't seem to have followed the overnight lead from the united states. a lot of the concern, of course, is about rising interest rates, particularly in the united states, and also slowing growth for economies around the world. let's take a look at the latest numbers. this is what the ftse is doing in london right now. up upjust over zero up just over zero points 5%. the volatil

africa produced by channels t.v. dos about on t.v. we share ideas about what's being done for the environment in africa and in europe you will learn tips and tricks and interesting stories about people who love and protect nature well here's what we have lined up for today in the idea we are company a wildlife conservation is looking for the country's last remaining live. report on an international initiative that we train is under cycle. from the ocean. and we go to morocco well young entrepreneurs have developed and to make organic food more bearable and. nowadays organically grown food is available in nearly all supermarkets at least in western countries where more and more people are demanding production that do not contain g.m.o. crops or chemical fertilizers and others is interesting organic food is also growing in africa but so far it's been an issue market for the well to do a new startup in morocco wants to change that the digital platform called appreciate very aims to make organic products affordable to more consumers and t

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and girl in baba and south africa and. and also but what i think of our what i see in zimbabwe where i would say oh i see russians at work what i scenes and other. zimbabwe. russia is interested in. mining in the mining sector there is a platinum resources in which russians are greatly interested. this is a project in which russian cooperation. is interest. on the. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov visited a number of different countries on the continent one of them was zimbabwe and this is what the zimbabwean foreign minister. had to say about this relationship with russia have a listen it is the desire of zimbabweans that we came. a little knowledge with the russians are quite competent so that we can also develop in terms of a bloody through the. whole for example has been asked so that we can industrialize value and then create value in what we do. paul that was very upbeat the foreign minister is zimbabwe he sounded positively excited. he did and i think a very very interesting to see what happens in the long ter

as africa in the soviet era probably the cultural ties were much stronger. or we also tried to develop them and their. cultural links exactly. even though for example our institute. develops. links like we always celebrate the nation. first nation celebrations of different african countries. different countries. we organize a celebration and i would discourage we're going to princes to discuss the topic of problems of this or that country and also. for example. reverse russia search on this or that country and publishes books and. articles and also one of the areas of cooperation between russia and various african countries is that really provides evidence for africa's students including sudan also. you know you. fifteen. that we've been talking about a little bit earlier on. it could just be that soft power that is why a couple of people online not very many but if you see this as a good and bad thing for african countries this is about on twitter who says russia has a positive impact on africa they are not interested economically but by strength through co

it could africa takes you on a ride to the car wash. regularly inspects is machines a local entrepreneur. he launched his business last year we've just a few now he has to define soon a part time washington it's enough we should we bring them something new you know most of the car was in africa they use a chemical product we are using not only not to our product to make because shine. and they use only six liters of water per car a fraction of the amount to used in a regular car watch the water is dispensed by a solar powered pump the pressure can be regulated. one often sees water shortages the cops running dry it's a mega city with a lot of cars standard car washes are a terrible waste of the precious resource it's estimated that a normal car wash uses approximately one hundred liters per car. the company's mobile can't sell your life irv's on private customers across kuala. its twenty two employees are firm believers in the environmental approach of the business of the new there's no need to go and charger batteries or sockets it's a

and global zimbabwe and south africa and. and also but what i think of our what i see in zimbabwe when i was a oh i see russians at work what i scenes and other. zimbabwe. russia is interested in. mining in the mining sector there is a platinum resources in which russians are greatly interested. this is a project in which the russian cooperation. measure common interest. on the. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov visited a number of different countries on the continent one of them was zimbabwe and this is what the zimbabwean foreign minister. had to say about this relationship with russia have a listen it is the desire of zimbabweans that we came. a little knowledge with the russians are quite competent so that we can also develop in terms of a bloody through the. whole for example has been asked so that we can industrialize it and then create value in what we do. paul that was very upbeat that many says zimbabwe he sounded positively excited. he did and i think i'll be very interesting to see what happens in the long ter

does africa city offer going to urban living what does africa really. for most africans urban living still means enduring slum conditions many managed says there's a need for this new generation of african designers to come up with solutions that's going it's a strong belief that means that we have a very a choice in this country and on this continent to do things right at this particular moment can africa rise to that challenge christian ben amana and others are trying to make it happen. urban planning is a huge challenge how many sit. can the climate cope with and what about human health according to the u.n. at pollution now contributes to the deaths of four million people a year so how can we keep the admin major population centers clean. cities have always had a strong appeal they offer medical care educational and job opportunities infrastructure and cultural institutions and other attractions is anything lacking at all yes nature but why do we need green spaces in cities. for food for example with so many people in cities it makes sense to produc

the seventy seven percent of the platform for africa is charged. an unusual friendship. this is the story of paul and. one is a student from cameroon. the other a filmmaker from germany is rather would know likely never be able to say whether he chose me or i chose him whatever the case this is the story of how many. on europe's most dangerous quarter. was good. luck. what began as a documentary. for my parents sacrificed everything for i can't go back and be handed. became a story about the music. and those ready to help. when paul came over the scene from cameroon to berlin starts oct fourth on t.w. . germany has been marking its national day of unity with celebrations and ceremonies in the capital berlin politicians praised the progress made in the twenty eight years since the reunification of east and west germany while also voicing concerns about remaining divisions and the rise of populism in central berlin a right wing protest march was met by car.

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the picture is very different depending on the country in africa south africa is now seeing improvements after spending millions on fighting the condition however patients in the central african republic are unlikely to receive the help they need. sub-saharan africa alone accounts for nearly seventy percent of all people worldwide living with h. id that's despite major progress in treatment for example in south africa which was once at the center of the aids epidemic the government there is investing billions in fighting the disease today more than three million south africans that's around half of all h. i.v. patients have access to effective drugs the number of aids related deaths has also fallen drastically just a few years ago nearly half of all deaths were linked to aids now it's around thirty percent. but it's a very different picture in the central african republic religious and ethnic conflicts have kept the country in violent turmoil for years. the aid group doctors without borders has become the primary health care provider as the country's own health system has all but collaps

also this week africa's urban revolution why cities in sub-saharan africa attempt to grow faster than all other big cities in the world. plus new ways to stamp out one of the most lucrative forms of organized crime the illegal trade in endangered wildlife. three years ago the united nations commission the world's top scientists to find out if global warming could be limited on monday the intergovernmental panel on climate change published the answer yes we can limit global warming and prevent a climate catastrophe it is possible but there's a deadline we need to build a global net zero carbon emission economy by twenty fifty now while this will mean different things for different businesses the most polluting industries will need to make the most radical changes that means no coal for starters the strain is environment minister melissa priced. was quick to respond saying that she is more focused on bringing down electricity prices than phasing out coal of all the different types of fossil fuel coal produces the most carbon dioxide and australia is the biggest producer now as things st

the picture in south africa is a huge huge industry if you just think of a single one like africa south africa exports something like ninety thousand parrots other countries and it's part a lot of the original on the wall of it is going to place a big role in actually teaching people about. it. sadly birds of a dane is find many more bad than it can take in by people who can't or don't want to take care of their peace anymore he had taken leave of their lives in really to freedom a bit of fame and that of many other buds held in captivity. it might look like a salad bowl but you can use that to produce clean water pretty cool idea hey a friend's company created the new prototype as part of our series doing obits where we show you new ideas and innovations from around the globe that aim to make the world a greener place. in many countries clean drinking water is a scarce resource. in africa alone three hundred forty million people don't have access to it. population growth and climate change are making things even was. french company marine tech has come up with an idea. that produces th