david: many companies outside of africa like to invest -- would like to invest in africa.ld you recommend they invest? in nigeria, south africa, kenya? obviously, you are probably partial to nigeria, but are there good investment opportunities for non-africans in africa? aliko: there are opportunities for everybody. and i think protection for everybody. as we speak today, even following -- let me give you an example. in nigeria, if i have a partnership with you, and i am investing, i will not have what you call minimum taxation. by the companies owned on myself alone, as a nigerian owner, a nigerian entity, i have minimum taxation. that is quite a lot in terms of inviting foreigners to come and invest in africa. but countries i suggest in which to invest, one of them of , course, nigeria. ghana is also a very good place to invest. cote d'ivoire. you know, can you. kenya.know, kenya is also a very good place to invest. david: i first met you and number of years ago when i was raising my firm's african investment fund, and you invested in it. today, the boom seems to be off

perhaps a way to funds for africa to. do interventions to monitor the pandemic are now concerned with their own domestic issues so that is certainly something that we've observed. in there for calls for african nations to look most deeply into their own. economy to raise this additional monies of science that would provide you know sources for me to getting the images that they're putting in place and so one of the things that has been discussed at length is. countries coming together a huge level holding discussions in the u.n. in order to have another initiative which is essentially all. you know low income countries to sort of have debt relief efforts over there be able to have written off the score space within the economies to baltimore and to put those funds towards put in place and to get in measures do you have a 2nd level of course that i've come to essentially for us we're going to spend that debt repayment essentially to put in place that debt moratorium so. whatever plans that african nations had. to submit in

china says its policy towards africa hasn't changed and denies discrimination against what it calls its african brothers this is what the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hack to say about accusations made by the us. dunton would usually under the current situation where the international community urgently needs to work together and fight against the epidemic it is irresponsible and immoral for the us side to make those remarks and so discord we urge the us to focus on containing the epidemic at home its attempt to drive a wedge between china and africa's relationship will never succeed. in response to the recent african sides concerns regarding their citizens in guangdong province the guangdong authorities have already conducted an investigation in taking a series of new measures we believe that the issue will be properly solved through the joint efforts of china and africa. let's bring in our guest now from beijing victor gao vice president of the center for china and globalization for mohan is gabrielle until a medical student from uganda and from hong kong keith richburg direc

organization that is helping young people travel to africa to examine their roots every here but africa sends people of african descent on us fill trips that highlight the experience the african diaspora before an all expenses paid trip to come on that is more of what the 21000 program made to one student. my name is jay my intention was to be a sponge marcie soak up everything. that i'm experiencing here everything that i'm learning and be able to be. burned out in the united states so i can give you energy. knowledge everybody cold so they can become sponges as well. ghana is just one country that is welcoming thousands of african diaspora visit has looking to learn about their heritage and these are some of the hash tags driving the conversation from african heritage go back to africa about that in just a moment but helms that return year of return 2019 that mots 400 years since the 1st enslaved africans arrived in the new world one member of our like community says heritage tourism to africa helps inspire new ideas and could spur long term investment in africa and we also got a vide

in africa it's only directed. for treatment that's public to launch $28.00 african countries that apply and up to now it's only flaw that are almost ready to start because they did not provide the required documentation and also they did not receive their required approval from the committee and i want to reassure our africans that this trial cannot be done it can stay we of there are 3. instead strictly. of standardize and organize and you have to go through the kind of committee you have to have the profile of national authorities and the average joe is so are also looking at sort of the process so it's not so easy that the african thing betty is necessary it's necessary also to have some challenge in africa for medicine that i'm utterly cheat our conscious does michel i want to stay with you for this next question on twitter and it's from felix and felix says what about the victims deol congas many ungallant conflicts as a spread of the crime of ice extent it's across the country they also have to focus on a ba

measures we believe that the issue will be properly solved through the joint efforts of china and africa. let's bring in our guest now from beijing victor gao vice president of the center for china and globalization for mohan is gabrielle until a medical student from uganda and from hong kong keith richburg director of the university of hong kong strong alyson and media studies center thank you all for joining us we appreciate it very much. i want to start with you gabrielle you so you're and obviously which is where this and pandemic started just what is daily life like there now what are the restrictions that you are still dealing with. it is big news but one so far the locals it's mostly the chinese people who are important going to the supermarkets and the banks and shops of foreigners not so much because we haven't been created for you have been shipped and we have been shipped to what holds the health courts that we need in order to go to the banks and the supermarkets and all the other places other ways we're able to who we can get permission to leave so on sent walker on the stre

how will africa deal with coronavirus the pandemic is slowly reaching the confidence vote for public health infrastructure and an inability to enforce law what's the impact going to be this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter know it's taken the coronavirus longer to reach africa than other parts of the world but experts are warning of a possible large scale outbreak on the world's poorest continent of 1200000000 people and if europe or the u.s. were struggling to contain the pandemic the potential consequences across that continent are possibly devastating if not catastrophic one example mali has 56 ventilators for a population of 17000000 africa is still reporting low numbers of cases compared to europe and china but that could change and change fast coronaviruses reached almost every nation on the continent and as you see there the infection rate and the death rate well they are both increasing for most of the african countries the question now is not how and when do we test but the moment they simply can't the question now is when people start dying. south

warns that africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related deaths so far african nations have reported just a small fraction of the world crisis but there are fears that the continent could see millions of infections in the coming months also on the program. in hong kong police arrest 15 democracy campaigners in connection with last year's massive protests we'll hear from probably democratic opposition about what the crackdown means for their movement and. will make the civil defense volunteers i need to cheer up residence on the lockdown in spying for the spot of song and dance. anatomy how would welcome africa has officially recorded more than 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the united nations economic commission for africa predicts the pandemic will likely kill even in a best case scenario at least 300000 people on the continent and it could also push 30000000 into extreme poverty africa's 54 countries have so far reported a small fraction of the world's coronavirus cases but health officials. that's because of limited testing capability they warn that in the next 6 mon

go africa sometimes right. join them as they set out to save the environment and learn from one another and work together for a better future. many cars do you own what you mean it. look at africa. in 90 minutes on d. w. . org. for. staying up to date don't miss our highlights. program on line d.w. dot com highlights. beethoven is for me. beethoven is for you. beethoven as for helen. beethoven is for her. is for the. beethoven is for us. beethoven is for the month. most beethoven 2020250th anniversary year on dio no. this is the news live from posted signs of progress in germany's battle against the corona virus health officials say measures to slow the spread of the virus are working but they're still getting caution as the country's death toll surges of a 1000 also coming up. people in turkey i'm not for giving in neighbors it's a lifeline for the elderly and seniors and the seriously ill under curfew i depend on others for the daily essential goods.

some companies in africa turning them into jacket shoes and homs. a french town to reproduce this letter for luxury accessories like card holders and handbags. and all measures which used to transform fish skin into leather because today it's a way studies thrown away by the food industry and the catering industry i wanted to question on the advantage of fish skin once it's been the scale it is that it has a unique texture and it's one of the strongest the most durable leathers in the world and very supple. the tunnel really removes the remaining flesh and cleans the skins and rotating drum. just psyching an eco friendly town instead of to dry. then most skins are softened and died with various colors. and now the company is processing around 2000 skins per month. scans that would otherwise just be useless waste. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. whether there was bikes on trucks in most places hope to be changed every now and then lon

and i always tell my brothers and sisters not intended come to africa. there they are embarking on their lives changing. this a life changing. because that is. what their balance is this where you know i can and mostly they are or by 800 african men in most of the african men definitely. it's their dream. so you can in my unit. is not helpful so any time i live in the top i always on fridays my. tours that these should not but what i once was just went black people absolutely. you know her strong people you should never. you don't have to deal. with that. i just want to say that i've gotten a chance to take anthony's tour quite a few times because the cape coast dungeon is one of the places that we visit with our black and abroad experiences so. the you know we have groups that we bring and i can tell you the spiritual fortitude and connection that our guest walk away with is indescribable. you know of course we there is a balance of history and a little bit of time but i'll tell you the most important and the most memorable experience from from our gonn

i mean 1st of all and africa's got so much more to deal with than this virus unrest famine even deadlier diseases and severe measures to contain covert $900.00 leaving so many people fighting to survive that includes south africa's huge migrant population a nation wide lockdown means those running businesses need to apply for permits that are mostly off limits for foreigners. to corona outbreak is a battle for survival for this and bubbly and family in downtown johannesburg. you know for years because of this. move. to for. the future of the miners. is. really. a 5 week lockdown brought most businesses to a grinding halt including the restaurant where and cars are more local milo eked out a living for the last 9 years. but he needs a permit to sell something that he doesn't have forcing him to sell illegally. because i'm an illegal immigrant. to get. this spinach. outside my building so that even when they come. inside my building. the country's informal sector provides up to 2 and a half 1000000 jobs. but the government put strict restrictions in place during the lockdown and threatened

he'll be looking at the impact of the pandemic on south africa and don't forget you can always get the latest updates on our website at www dot com or follow us on twitter at news thank you for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special and next on d w. n n gemini with demi at any time any place using news video never have i don't like the crowd. to sing along to see this to come from super fun seats. for. interactive exercises. everything is online. and interactive benjamin to free 50 w. . this is not enough this is under to be both going on looking just like. i don't think i'm up or that there was something i'm doing what you cannot die of god i'm not going to. do it don't. defiance over south african president cyril ramaphosa strict lock down. what the protesters say his measures are leaving millions of people struggling to support themselves. like many other africans they've been left with a choice hunger or infection. only a tiny fraction of the continent's total

down to africa. according to the latest get help with the number of african open source projects has increased by 40 percent in the last year more than anywhere else in the world. one of these projects is run by a nigerian team using drones to map parts of lagos more than 1000000000 people worldwide but in places that don't have an official address which makes it hard or even impossible to locate them sometimes these. people cannot claim state support or get medical treatment and in case of an emergency authorities have no idea how many people are affected let alone where they are. whole in lagos this is one of the largest shanty towns in africa. around 2 thirds of all nigerians live in this type of settlement nobody knows exactly how many people are in morocco latest estimate said the population was around 90000 but code for africa's lead technologists david thinks it's home to many more his organization is working on creating the 1st ever map of. iraq or exists as a essentially a block or google ma

wants that africa could see hundreds of thousands of corona virus for a later date so far african nations have reported just a small fraction of the world's cases but there are fears that the continent could see millions of infections in coming up also on the program. in hong kong police arrested 15 democracy campaign is in connection with last year's massive protests we'll hear from pro democratic opposition about what the crackdown means for the movement and. grace begins freeload can't read like a thing unaccompanied children from its under threat of microcaps to other european countries germany has already welcomed the group of nearly 50 manas begin a new life is. a method held welcome africa has officially recorded more than 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the united nations economic commission for africa predicts the pandemic will likely kill even in a best case scenario at least 300000 people on the continent and they in their estimation it could also push 13000000 into extreme poverty we begin our coverage in h. . this cairo rubbish dump is home to employ him saeed and his family.

warns that africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related fields there are also fears that the continent could see millions of infections in the coming months also on the program. will make the civil defense volunteers i mean to cheer up presidents on the lockdown in spain but this fall of song and dance. i'm anthony howard welcomed contamination at a tree in the united states was responsible for the delayed rollout of coronavirus test kits that's according to an investigation by the washington post it says that kids produced by the centers for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results the faulty kits then had to be recalled hampering early efforts to contain the spread of the virus in the u.s. . well i'm joined now by david will man from the washington post the author of that report david just how serious was the impact of these faulty kits on early efforts to contain the virus. well it was quite permission is. imperative to get test kits out around the united states to try and surveil in advance of the expected arrival of the coronavirus to the united sta

africa health expert and entrepreneur and stock order joins us from cape town you helped pioneer africa's 1st hiv treatment rollout of botswana even vies numerous governments house the constant dealing with this out bike. well as you've just been highlighting the systemic deficits that exist in the content in terms of tackling gargantuan pandemic such as this. as well you can see treatment is not an option right if you compare the kind of resources and infrastructure and you have intrigue sample europe where they are struggling where they have about $4000.00 beds per 1000000000 people that's 4000 critical care i.c.u. beds per 1000000000 people africa has made about 5 bad per 1000000 people if you look at certain countries like south sudan for example you have a population of 12000000 people with 4 ventilators according to the i.r.c. so we have to get prevention right and that is why you'll see in most african countries in particular the example of south africa leading with a very aggressive lockdown is really the way to prevent this thing from taking hold because if it does take hold as i

the outlook is native to north africa. clearance poachers under changing the ecosystem have put their survival in jeopardy say international conservation groups. the tunisians want to see the gazelles inhabit the region once again and the chances of the reintroduction program succeeding are high says the director of the national park. the animals feel at home in these high altitude climbs. this man out of downtown we've also made efforts to raise awareness about the animals among people who live around the national park. and now of course we hope that they'll be safe here and the 10 years from now there will be a big herd of these because elsewhere in this reserve. is the population of the atlas because there has been growing so have visitor numbers to the nature is a. there's a lot of interest among tunisians in the story behind the reintroduction adventure . for them the animals are also a cultural icon of their region. such that we're going to protect them and do everything we can to ensure that they settle in successfu

but south africa had an advantage. and to watch other countries' mistakes. now, the government here has a hard earned reputation for dithering, for being all talk. but last month, it took a firm decision to act early and aggressively. and so just ten days after that first case, south africa declared a state of disaster. schools and restaurants would be close, foreign imposing a lockdown just eight days after recording the 100th infection. and south africa's lockdown was far stricter too. enforced by soldiers. but soon, more tests confirmed the slowdown was genuine. the department of health is here. the reason clearly was that south africa's early interventions were now paying off in the next stage was equally impressive. because it spent years dealing with hiv and tb, this country already has an army of some 30,000 community health workers. they have now screened more than 3 million people for the new virus. tomorrow, south africa will start to ease its lockdown. and so, a five—stage strategy has now been published exp

the leftovers of south africa's most profitable industries. and within the life some disturbing secrets. now it seems that heart wrenching journalists must time to do has uncovered the shocking truth of exactly what's in these mind types and just how deadly they may be. sunrise america river basin. one of south africa's largest freshwater reserves. bridget corrigan is a botanist. and a specialist in the region's biodiversity. this is a very special catchment for a lot of reasons if it's a unique biodiversity from not just the terrestrial but also the 1st one of our diversity is very special it's got about 14 species of fish and a lot of really endemic species of invertebrates and quite insects that contribute to the health of the sort of this river system. there about $200.00 tree species in america. that's 17 of them. and about $400.00 in the various places. it is a national treasure and the north west doesn't have a lot of these river systems a lot of the systems in this province are heavily degraded. the crown jewel of this not true treasur

over 90 percent of malaria deaths around the world happen in africa. mosquito nets offer protection but there might be another solution. electrical engineer julie is trying invented a more natural way to ward off the pesky bucks. in africa exposure uganda we have some hard news they have as which helps us mean that they're paid the mosquitoes i appointed to have this like 5 of them i mean to them under the shadow to maintain. after collecting the arabs he drives them and crushes them into a powder he puts that powder into his battery powered mosquito kit. when it's turned on scented air flows out of these tiny holes. says that mosquitoes don't like to smell so they avoid the area. it has a range of 15 square meters about the size of an average bedroom in uganda. the divide. this is powered by a built in solar panel. 3 hours of sun a week is enough to keep the battery charged. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. doing your bit. we share your stories. the fashion industry is driven by

long before the colonization of africa they're called to. open a season see video evidence for the fact that africans have been writing before the arrival of a few europeans he is part of a movement that is aimed at preserving the ancient african symbols. it's a movement that gained more attention after the c.p.d. writings were featured in the $28000.00 movie panther. and c.b.d. is one of the official written languages in the fictional country who are kind. african art experts say the movie pays homage to the almost extinct language on the bottom to be ignorant of history is to be ignorant of life because it is who we are it is our culture it is a great heritage we need to protect its with our lives we need to prove preserve it with everything we have got. be no ses always in copper in c.b.d. right into his twigs the symbols are stuck with him since he discovered them a number of years ago. screenshots from the internet you know and i so the thing embraced me too because i came to understand a way of being able to you know get through and gi

south africa's reserve forces are deployed to enforce the lockdown.orces writers and bookstores to celebrate stories on book day. ♪ figures released from the u.s. paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus. in just five weeks, all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out. last week, another 4.4 million americans filed for unemployment benefits. this was the third week the number of new claims has declined. a sign the worst of the shock may be over. a record 26.4 million americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production. that is more than 15% of the u.s. workforce. members of the u.s. house of representatives has returned to washington where they are expected to pass a 480 $4 billion relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals. some people in georgia and other u.s. states are preparing to return to work. the moves angered even president trump. he says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was in violation of lockdowns -- of guidelines released by t

west africa. host: one of the discussions about coronavirus is the idea of contact tracing. talk about its application not only in covid but was it used in the ebola outbreak into what success? when you don't have a vexing of a disease, you use public health measures. for example, you do testing, you trace the contacts, you give them treatment that is available to treat the symptoms of the disease. same with covid-19. contact tracing was one of the key parts of the 2014-2016 ebola outbreak. it can help and covid-19. personsidentify, expose and prevent secondary infection. is one very critical missed contact can keep the outbreak going and going and going. contact, nos, if no further spread of the disease. iss is why contact tracing one of the tools we have in our toolkit. it needs to be used and we can stop covid-19. host: this is our guest joining us and if you want to ask him about contact tracing and other lessons he learned from tracking ebola and how it can be applied to the covid pandemic, y

hello to you wherever you're watching from a welcome to the 77 percent that show for africa. and it's great to have you on board. so what's coming up on the show. into the shady world of online fraud. and how do you feel about. we travel to kenya to discuss the sensitive topic. in nigeria we meet who uses an ancient writing system to create a mess for. now have you ever wondered where all those emails claiming that you've won a $1000000.00 actually come from well that's happening a lot in one of west africa's hotspots where cyber crime and internet fraud young people tried to make a living by scamming people online we met some of the frost this. as night falls on the streets of across the web is just beginning for internet's comics like. his real name he doesn't want to be identified which is understandable it's a credit card who would face several years in prison meant if he got caught. right now he tells us a bit about his occupation even how he operates with russia. i don't know how to do it. so we get it. all. started coffeepots hundreds of cards for chart rooms all websi

focused attention worse and- africa. what are the key does that that focus attention mean what's your m. s. offering in terms of how out foror as the continent tackles the spread of coronavirus. well what that is up to look at very seriously the financial needs of africa. and we can call that there is a very sizeable a hundred and fourteen billion dollars needs to support the off. what it have come up along way. i met has rapidly approve emergency financing we got over forty countries that came to us asking for urgently for support. already we are delivering for just about one third of these requests we will continue in the next week a total of eighteen billion dollars that come from the imf. on top of that we also into our shekel and said we need more f. here this meeting so requested. yes to get. triple of the concert for is fine gone which we up rely and we got 70% of our us we ask for seventeen billion dollars seventy perfect is all. in our hapappens and they to me is can boost for what to delete for africa and the t

south africa as a reserve forces are deployed to enforce its lockdown this cape town reports are winds of looting. and the lockdown forces writers and bookstores to find a new way to celebrate stories on world books say. hello new figures released in the u.s. paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for unemployment benefits this is the 3rd week the number of new claims has declined so a sign the worst of the shock may be over but it does mean a record $26400000.00 americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production and led to mass staff furloughs that's more than 15 percent of the u.s. workforce meanwhile members of the u.s. house of representatives representatives have returned to washington where they're expected to pass a $484000000000.00 relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals meanwhile some people over in georgia and other u.s. states are now preparing to r