goals in for instance the africa development bank now is no longer offending called projects that have been ongoing on the african continent and are opting for bringing about energy solutions which is something that the european union easels and looking forward to so these and other initiatives as well are falling in line with the e.u. deal of the century if you call it rather embarrassed and i are ok thank you. siemens may end its involvement in a new coal mine in australia the german industrial giant was selected to supply rail signalling infrastructure for the carmichael mine in the country's north east it's led by indian company adani but environmental campaigners are demanding the german company pull out to help stop more coal being burned climate change links to fossil fuels is widely regarded as a major contributing factor for the disastrous blazes that currently ravage australia. your job is a met with german climate activists in berlin today to discuss the issue is what is said after the meeting in terms of the in direct involvement now in tacoma and the opus the need to make

with me isjoel kibazo, partner atjk associates, and a former director of communications at africa development bankt's start with the daily mail and the coronavirus here. big headline, you know, big picture of a lady here in glasgow, actually, protecting herself with a face here, and the words taking their chances on the streets of written. let's just try and put this into context. i mean, a british man in wuhan, which is where we understand this virus started from, has described the city as being under a blanket of fear. i we not in danger with headlines like this of doing precisely that? i mean, how many people have died in london, for example, this week of sepsis? i mean, where are we with this? is this a real emergency, or is this sort of scaremongering? well, victoria, what i have noticed is the fact that the united nations has not yet declared it a global health emergency. it may do as yet, but for now, it hasn't happened. so what we're getting are these sort of... in many ways they are scare stories, and in this case the daily mail does report that there are... was at five people in scotland

be explaining all withjoel who is a partner and former director of the medications at the africa development bankhappy new year to you. we've got a lot of news to start the year. something that has surprised people a lot in the last few hours, the killing of an arabian commander. politico at the forefront of this, this article is looking at the question of this elimination of what they call a dangerous us foe, but at what cost? hello that's the thing, and we have seen the way in which markets have already had to this action by oil prices spiking, and for me the key thing was what one us official said, i can't believe it. the immediate concern for me is what is the next step from a run? is this the beginning of a regional confederation. the markets are reacting to the fact that this is not just reacting to the fact that this is notjust tension between the united states and i ran which has been increasing over the last 18 to 2a months, but is this something that would bring in saudi arabia, that would bring in saudi arabia, that would bring in syria, iraq, and so many other countries, and of course

be explaining all withjoel who is a partner and former director of the medications at the africa development banksomething that has surprised people a lot in the last few hours, the killing of an arabian commander. politico at the forefront of this, this article is looking at the question of this elimination of what they call a dangerous us foe, but at what

flights because of because of cash shortages the bailout package from the government owns development bank of southern africa immediately releases 2000000000 round as a has not made a profit since 2011 without more than 20000000000 round in bailouts over the past 3 years. and other developments in the aviation sector brazil's antitrust regulators approved boeing's deal to buy the majority of aerospace manufacturer embraer the u.s. plane maker wants to take over its jet division to compete with europe's airbus in the market for planes with less than $150.00 seats they will still need to be approved by regulators in europe boeing and embraer have been in discussions with the european commission since late $28.00 team. now the u.k. has made its decision can be involved in its 5 g. network to some extent at least that's despite the white house urging the brits to freeze the chinese company out the decision could put a strain on the u.s. and the u.k. famous special relationship. our way was not mentioned by name in the british government statement but british cyber security officials said they had always treated

some flights because of cash shortages the bailout package from the government turns development bank of southern africa immediately releases 2000000000 round s.a.a. has not made a profit since 2011 and as have more than 20000000000 rounded bailouts over the last 3 years. well now let's bring in our correspondent in cape town. ellis just remind us what's behind all of essays problems. well i must have to do it matt ministration and that's corruption and that's something that we've seen meanly under the previous president jacob zuma in a lot of the 1st seats on the stage and surprises so a lot of uses enterprises are rotten there is not the right people that i met and i was why would say that from where you sit here in south africa a lot of people are saying i'm not for a bailout how many bailouts are we going to give south african airways and might there be a time that we need to say we just have to have to give it up or privatized it has that much south africa's investment cough it's not being good for the credit ratings and then yet again as for government has said we don't want to let go and another

have enough to eat that's roughly one in every $900.00 most prevalent in developing economies in asia and africa and the world bank says $65.00 countries including egypt saudi arabia south sudan north korea and singapore do not have enough arable land to produce the food they need which is where international trade comes it so what can international trade play in addressing world hunger. it works in the field of food security you are here for that agricultural forum we mentioned on the sidelines of international green week and you said millions of small holders and work as a going hungry anyone involved in agricultural trade should protect the human right to food but what do you mean by that. the reality is that many of these farmers and small holder farmers in developing country are producing also for international markets like cocoa like palm oil like sugar cane and these farmers have the same times are going hungry for several weeks a month a year so i agree carter tray must take more regard on the situation of a very close and from us in the value chain and address this issue it's ironic that food produces a g

says 800000000 people don't have enough to eat hunger is most prevalent in developing economies in asia and africa and the world bank says $65.00 countries including egypt saudi arabia south sudan north korea and singapore do not have enough arable land to produce the food they need. to santiago is from ghana and was at the forum he says international trade is key for achieving food security. that's not true it is important as we sell enough rekha because not all countries have the oil resources to produce food to feed deflation so as you can you can see some african countries start under huge climate change issues so droughts and so soft and sort of and a lot of these so de are not able to produce enough food to feed their entire population and if you are not it would to feed the entire population with a food that you produce what do you do you do how does that population get food because the consumer is also important they need to get food they need to get food to eat and nutrition and to be healthy to be able to work no 2 to support the economy so this is where truth becomes very much important so you need to imp

development bank. the african from import export bank. david: many countries would like to invest in africa. do you recommend they invest, nigeria, south africa, kenya? you are probably partial to nigeria, but are there good investment opportunities for non-africans in africa to mark aliko: there -- in africa? aliko: there are opportunities for everybody. there are protections for everybody. it me give you an example, if am investing, i won't have which you call minimum -- if the company is owned by myself alone, as a nigerian or nigerian entity, we have a minimum position, so there is quite a lot in terms of inviting foreigners to invest in africa, but countries i can suggest that are good to invest, one of them, of course, nigeria. ghana is a good place to invest. kenyaory coast, you know, is a very good place to invest. david: i first met you went i was raising my firms african investment fund, and you invested in it. to be off bloom seems the rose and african private equity investing. it was attractive four or five or six years ago. today it seems less attractive. is that because economi

bank again slightly topping the dax index of blue chip shares in frankfurt but in an exclusive interview africa correspondent chelsea delaney asked boss christine saving if he's satisfied with developments. well in in the core businesses and these are those businesses where we are not only irrelevant but leading and which are the future cornerstones of torture brink we have done good progress and in all business divisions of course we are suffering from the low interest rate environment in particular in europe but therefore we have grown parts whether it's on the loan side whether it's in the investment funds whether it's in the debt capital markets we were very successful and hence i would say from an operational point of view from an operating performance point of view we see the growth we have seen the momentum in particular after we announce the restructuring and hence we are satisfied with the development. some people have said this restructuring is sort of a trench but. global ambitions do you see it as that no i don't i think this restructuring wars to focus on that what we can do best and where we are leading and you have seen that with the restructuring we haven't closed down o

bank for reconstruction and development. here's its president. this is an investment in what is now the largest solar park in africa, one of the largest in the worldn built there and it gives an opportunity for egypt to hit this extremely ambitious target they have got of trying to get 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2022. on top of it, of course, it gives electricity to 1 million top of it, of course, it gives electricity to1 million homes top of it, of course, it gives electricity to 1 million homes who we re electricity to 1 million homes who were without before. one of the great things about the renewable industry is that if one country does so, it isn't just industry is that if one country does so, it isn'tjust doing it for itself, it is a first mover push that others often emulate, we see this and other countries we working, not just egypt, but this and other countries we working, notjust egypt, but central asia and kazakhstan, once they started going down that route, other countries bordering wanted to do the same. and we will talk in a few minutes about the big decision coming from the uk government about huawei and from bori