now, as we just mentioned, krista mina, georgia. eva is about a number of big names here in berlin for a major conference focused on strengthening german business ties with africa. leaders for more than a dozen countries are attending the g 20 compact with africa conference. as the concept becomes increasingly attractive to economy seeking to diversify supply chains, developed green energy projects. now germany is no exception here, but when it comes to investment, it is still playing catch up. you can see it here. it's training far behind china, the united arab emirates on the united states when it comes to foreign direct investment in let's talk more about this with thomas chief i. he's a member of the board at forks on group, on the chair of this investment to summit mr. schaffer, thank you so much for joining us. now. african leaders are not short of countries wanting to do business with them. how is germany selling itself attractive partner especially compared to the likes of china? i think there's definitely room for improveme