well look at a bit further south there's another technological revolution in the making and sub-saharan africa mobile phone penetration still remains very low at the moment less than half the population across that region owns a phone but that proportion is growing fast and mobile technologies account for seven percent of g.d.p. across the region already generating about one hundred ten billion dollars per year that of opportunities for many african businesses google play the app store for android devices now allows developers from some african countries to earn a commission directly from apps sold on its platform it's a major opportunity for mobile games produces in africa globally the likes of pocket go and candy crush accounted for nearly half of all revenue from all apps africa's games industry alone could be worth six hundred forty two million dollars by twenty twenty one that is more than double what it was just two years ago so some up developers on the continent could be set to rake it in sub-saharan africa that could take a leaf out of south korea spoke to the gaming industry that exp

thousand and one he used to call them the bric nations and that was brazil russia india china and sub-saharan africa i think over the emerging nations in sub-saharan africa is somewhat to look because of course there's a great percentage opportunity for growth and a lot of the the real commodities which are more in demand now it's very interesting we did some the other day on australia which hasn't been in recession you know twenty five years or so on but the youngest of any developed nation so our history really went out in the netherlands crusie crazy us i guess is pretty difficult to predict what's going on given the current circumstance. but you know what sort of trends you see there in the desert leave it were you know i think of trade was on healthy but i think there's going to be an even ing out i think the one thing that's concerning globally in terms of inequality is the tremendous gap actually in skills skilled labor the good news is inequality actually is the lowest it's been since one thousand nine hundred one it peaked forty four percent of the world was below the abject positive positi

need to understand this so here's saying china sub-saharan africa india will be space economies by the end of this if their productivity catches up you know you. lot of these countries have major problems with corruption and that's why i call you third world countries that's what it seems like. very unlikely to people to partner with the like i think that like in twenty thirty forty years well it will be it seems very likely there will countries yeah but if you look at china go back forty years ago in china and this was a completely impoverished country there was nothing there basically in terms of. capital infrastructure if you go to shanghai today they have a river in the middle shanghai. they have seventeen bridges across the river they've got ten tunnels the u.s. new york city has a river dividing it from new jersey we have two tunnels that were built decades ago and we have one bridge. so you know you just see these enormously. you know i know i normally see konami growth right in front of your eyes happening in china so that could be replicated in other places it has in southeast

there are very few countries in sub-saharan afterry cab that have even a modest level of economic freedom. only seven countries out of the 49 that we measure in sub-saharan africa have levels of economic freedom that we would classify as even moderately free. so there's a very small base there to inform that blue column for sub-saharan africa. the regions are not consistent in their commitment to economic freedom. the middle east, asia-pacific and the americans, in the middle of this graph, they all have levels of economic freedom that are on average approximately the world average of economic freedom. you can see at the top that europe does significantly better and at the bottom, unfortunately, again, sub-saharan africa lagging significantly behind. but good news for those countries that are lagging behind, it's not just the level of economic freedom that's important. there's a very high correlation, a very high relationship between changes in economic freedom and economic growth rates which of course represent the change in levels of prosperity. and we find that whether you're looking at just the past five years, the past 25 years, whatever time frame you loo

to iraq's new meant racks of drugs sub-saharan africa that certainly wasn't the case just two days ago so and in some states as their reaction against the pope this is a measure of the six states that their kind of reaction to the service reactions from some leaders is also indication of the visibility and openness as you noted yes all right graham read from human rights watch in new york times this monumental day for angola repeating a colonial iran will thank you very much indeed thank you. for the day is nearly down but the conversation always continues online you'll find is that d w dot com or on twitter at d w news or follow me as well at talon a c humphrey is my handle and remember whatever happens every now and then tomorrow is another day i can now. cut. the legend the constable. the funder knows you're going to be a sense. the drayman most urgent shall get the sun's love the friendship the scorn the success the will and the body are schnabel. the i'm going next song w. . european stars deliver rousing performance of play come exploding there is something alchemy. come said ali

to iraq's new meant racks of drugs sub-saharan africa that certainly wasn't the case just today it's. so and in some instances their reaction against the pope this is a measure of is that states that they're kind of reaction to the sort of reactions from some leaders is all sort of indication of the visibility and openness as you noted yes all right graham reed from human rights watch in new york this monumental day for angola repeating a colonial era law thank you very much indeed thank you. for the day is nearly down but the conversation always continues online you'll find is that d w dot com or on twitter at d w news or follow me as well at tallahassee humphrey is my handle and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow and how the day i can now. more. culture. a hair. super food. a low carb. lifestyle during. the match. followed devoted hum saif to helping karate slum dwellers. a german in pakistan. she eradicated leprosy here almost singlehandedly. she's revealed that to be static. or to follow the angel of karachi. in forty five minutes long doubling. hey listen up.

to iraq's new meant rights of drugs sub-saharan africa that certainly wasn't the case just two decades ago so and in some instances their reaction against the progress is a measure of success so their kind of reaction have a certain reactions from some leaders is also an indication of the visibility and openness that is the major yes all right graeme reed from human rights watch in new york times this monumental day for angola repeating a colonial era no thank you very much indeed thank you. well the day is nearly done but the conversation always continues online you'll find is that d w dot com or on twitter news or follow me as well at tell in the c humphrey is my handle and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day and hour. of the. above. country. talk show for journalists discuss the topic. trump has now been in the white house for two years of vision and disruption but didn't america's future president promised to make his country great again. find out on quandary just chill but i. want to go thirty minutes on. her first day of school in the jungle. ea

many of the victims were children under five, living in sub—saharan africa. head of the world health organization said with progress plateauing after years of decline, there was now a serious risk that years of hard work and investment could be lost. but there may be some good news on the horizon. many people have their hopes pinned on the world's first malaria vaccine. after passing early trials, the hope had been to administer the vaccine to thousands of children in kenya, malawi and ghana in 2018. it looks like children will now get their first shots in the coming months. the large pilot project will help researchers understand how well the vaccine works, and just how many lives it could save. time for the weather now. temperatures have already dipped below freezing in places. it is rather chilly out there and it will stay that way as we go through the next few days. there will be some sunshine but only some. large amounts of cloud in the sky. also some frost and fog patches. the mild air that was coming in over the latter pa rt air that was coming in over

and there's also also going to be lots and lots of people in the middle east and in africa sub-saharan africa if you look at the projections are just amazing we're going to be adding two and a half china's in terms of total world population in the through the end of the century we have about seventeen twenty percent of world g.d.p. right now we're heading to about five percent of world g.d.p. . so we cannot dominate the world we're going to be a small player through time a smaller and smaller player china will be much bigger india will be much bigger in terms of their share of the world's economy so. we can call all the shots and to you know to start picking fights right now with we're going to be an increasingly small kind of vulnerable position is not a clever idea but we're going to get back to this idea of by the end of this century sub-saharan africa and china india being delivering economies that's very interesting to talk about you know before that still want to talk about china in america because when obama was in the white house relations between us and china where you know because t

corruption not by documented evidence of it for africa there were few improvements this year sub-saharan africa is the lowest scoring region on the. last place for the seventh year in a row followed by south sudan despite african leaders declaring twenty eighteen the african year of corruption top performers in the region includes the shells followed by botswana and cape verde both countries scores were raised by having functioning democratic governance systems both ivory coast and senegal improve significantly.

the gained independence in one nine hundred sixty so where to now for the largest country in sub-saharan africa for that i'm joined by a correspondent wendy by she went to was in the country covering that election for us last year she joins me now hi wendy so we've seen of course this ribble stand down and people are probably wondering wendy is this the beginning of something new for. yes hi christina i think everything that has happened since philip she said katie was integrators the new president of the country many good sign actually because as you previously say there is this six hundred militia and from coming that seppuku who was writing in the past say we have to remember that this party of the country was really exposed to violence and led many people left the country we are talking about tells in the people who left from the sea and goes elsewhere. in the neighborhood countries so this is a good sign but we still have to remember that there is other parties at the zone of the country like benny where there is still many challenges of security so we have to wait for the months coming bu

corruption not by documented evidence of it for africa there were few improvements this year sub-saharan africa is the lowest scoring region on the index again somalia came in last place for the seventh year in a row followed by south sudan as despite african leaders declaring twenty eighteen the african year of anticorruption top performers in the region includes the shells followed by botswana and cape verde both countries scores were raised for having functioning democratic and governance systems both ivory coast and senegal improve significantly for the second year in a row may need to do legal and policy reforms as well as a stranger a stronger rather political will against corruption in the two countries now already of zero is the worst in terms of perceived corruption and a record of one hundred is awarded that to the most transparent countries according to their own citizens keep that in mind as you watch this report. despite its dreary weather denmark regularly features in the top five on the world happiness index and maybe that's partly because the danes feel they can trust their publ

are women but the country still is near the bottom of the un's ranking on gender equality in sub-saharan africa so we're asking what the government's reforms mean for women in the country will have or that coming up in around fifteen minutes in our show d w news africa. and finally a sad day for the tiny pacific island nation of new way as its most famous winged resident is no more known as the loneliest duck in the world and the island's only one trevor was apparently killed by dogs it's thought he had been blown across the pacific ocean during a storm and ended up nearly three thousand kilometers away from his home in new zealand the duck became famous when a journalist visited the island and found that locals gave directions to each other based on the location of traverse favorite puddle. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that's d.w. dot com and stay tuned our business bolton is up next with more on the financial cost of that u.s. government shutdown i sponsored. craig yourself with interior

sparking accusations of election rigging and fears that fresh violence could break out in sub-saharan africa's largest country. congolese voters have had enough of wait saying they want the results of their country's presidential election. but after the vote itself was postponed three times over two years now the results have been to late say. the electoral commission says the delay is due to technical problems. but the opposition says officials say using the time to tweak the results in the ruling coalitions favor which its leaders deny. these delay is looking for the if you see this indeed is israel what. they've called for calm but patience is wearing thin. you because it's waiting for the results to be announced is painful. no problem on the side of power the celebrating their victory already is on the opposition side they're doing the same in the end we don't really know who won we live in fear. and independent commission tells you in forty eight hours you will have results they postpone it for a week after a week it's suspended for another two weeks and then we had not yet sure of a time

meanwhile, in sub-saharan africa, generally, very little food is wasted.ut south africa is a clear exception. reporter: tatjana von bormann pays regular visits to the garbage dumps around cape town. she has studied the wasteful lifestyle of many south africans and says change is urgently needed. every year, ththe visserhok landfill alonene receives thousasands of tons of food was. it comes from restaurants, factories, and local farms. tatjana: we estimate that a third of food is dumped in south africa every year. this has significant ecological impacts becaususe all that fod has compounded water and energy, and from a climate change perspective, in the landfill it emits harmful greenhnhouse gas, both methane and carbon dioxide. in south africa, up to 12 million people don't know where their next meal is coming from, and yet we're wasting 10 million tons of food every year. reporter: rudolf roscher has spent years looking at ways of reducing food waste here in the western cape. he works for the regional department of agriculture. von bormann has come to vis

block's examines the diesel motor it's practically a museum piece diesel is very expensive in sub-saharan africa where fuel has to be transported long distances. a kilowatt hour of electricity cost the equivalent of one euro it's a major obstacle to development here. there are very few jobs in the village which also contributes to high levels of migration time seems to have stood still. the women especially spend many hours performing backbreaking work it's time that could be better spent elsewhere and electricity could help and it's electricity is often the first step to many other things. you can operate small machinery without a pump maybe more lights or ventilation or cooling which can help in the development of agricultural products electricity is the foundation for the also some. the next day the schreiber's pay a visit to the market it's a good place to find customers the electricity is sold not given away for free. i'm a little is home to six hundred families eight thousand people who make do with no electricity in the scorching heat. the rattle of diesel motors is everywhere the improvi

where the challenges of greatest in terms of economic opportunity in development people say sub-saharan africa is a development that's the place where the biggest challenges anybody i think we should study whether we have the right business model to do that that now i've talked to some of the entrepreneurs are for sub-saharan african countries and he has criticized at least one of them the fact that western institutions often don't research enough and actually try to implement models suggest reforms for example in exchange for some programs without really knowing how these countries work what is your assessment do you share that view and if so what are you doing to prevent that where while you consider this decision well it's certainly a great danger any institution that isn't present in a country will make assumptions that it's just like any other place of course all countries afraid of. front but they all have some similarities in terms of investment climate needs private or development needs and we worked in such a variety of countries we stretch of morocco to mongolia from a stone year to

reports about refugee crises of the future we cannot imagine nowadays, of millions of people from sub-saharan africahat would have to flee as a result of climate change, famine and starvation. the german take on this is only the international community can come up with a solution because it is an international problem. the animations would be the perfect -- united nations would be perfect to tackle this. germany wants to put all of its effort in this in the coming two years. carl: what else can we expect from germany on the u.n. security council? oliver: the expectations are high for germany. that is what german diplomats have been telling me thrououghot the last days. germany is known for its commitment for human rights. climate is another one. one more important topic germany findnds here of importance for e next two years is sexual violence against women in war-torn countries. that is where germany wants to push forward for united nations resolution. they are also considering having angela merkel o over at the unid nations leading a security council meeting. those are the most important topics he

s ranking on gender equality in sub-saharan africa. our reporter reports on the changing role of women in ethiopian society. reporter: this campus could be anywhere in the world but this is ethiopia. and something here is strikingly different. >> i'm lucky to be here at the university, because most girls in ethiopia do not have access to a university like this. reporter: that is because most girls do not even make it to secondary school. hard to believe given the fact that ethiopia made headlines when -- was named the country's first female president. there are more women in politics. in the countryside where most ethiopians live, women are still confined to traditional roles. the opportunities for women are limited. it's all about batteries and families, influenced by culture and tradition. here in the village it is still men who dominate the life of women. i see girls coming home from elementary school and ask them about their goals. >> a doctor. >> a teacher. >> engineer. reporter: though almost all children go to primary schools th

and then just help put it in context for us is and go to an an ally or are other countries in sub-saharan africa for example moving towards decriminalizing same sex couples. i think we should see and go in the context of the former portuguese colony that mozambique decriminalized officially in two thousand and fifty in although you can prior to that the minister of justice said that because the law is. acts against nation have a six is not a national so the law doesn't apply and other colonies have also decriminalized and that it's not in our line and also we've seen other countries in the region deeper last year of course so it's a high bar about actually providing a provision protecting against discrimination a constitution that carroty there are cases. kenya and botswana which was there looking towards decriminalisation seychelles to suit you have also in recent years to promote that so overall there is that tree towards the primal that station at the same time of course they still you know seem to be political capital in have a phobia we see this erupting in various countries in the region i

of millions of people from sub-saharan africa that would have to flee their homelands as a result of climate change as a result all fell fermions and starvation and the german take on this is that only the international community can come up with a solution for this because it's an international problem and the united nations would be the perfect institution to tackle this and to find a solution and germany wants to put all its efforts in this in the coming two years what else can we expect from germany on the u.n. security council during these next two years. well the expectations are high for germany that's what german diplomats have been telling me here through all the last days germany is known for its commitment for human rights climate is another one and one more important topic that germany finds here. full of particular importance for the next two years is a sexual violence against women in war torn countries and that is a field where germany even wants to push forward for a united nations resolution they're also considering having german chancellor angela merkel and you're o

africa now not only because it's too dangerous in the ungoverned states across the belt of sub-saharan africa but because editors don't care anymore there are there's no interest people people switch off so there was now carrying on with the conflicts you've seen what happened in in kenya what's happening in somalia the six year war in south sudan and the continuing conflict in the democratic republic of congo we had nothing of it it's all design hundred years since paris nine hundred nineteen the paris peace conference the war to end all wars in the in the treaty of versailles i tend to regard vets sign hours as looking back on the on the map changing decisions that were taken there with the collapse of empires the autumn and the longer they are stronger and it sounded more like the the the war to begin wars where you see a straight line drawn on a map so we say look at the borders of iraq it was drawn by the british and the french likewise in africa and some of the conflicts that we have dealt with recently the iraq war was one of the wars in africa and other diffuse was lit way back invest

managed to to work hard and achieve the millenium development goals when no other country in sub-saharan africa was able to do that we were able to build infrastructure develop our roads develop our colleges build eight nine colleges graduate thousands and thousands of air chains from the various colleges so we didn't stop working to feed us for maryam thank you well in the usa hollywood is arguably always been propaganda for the wealthy and powerful even while destroying the lives of those employed by the ogre of showbusiness is the subject of a recently published book by the son of two hollywood icons joan collins and anthony newley that chronicles the alienation felt by those growing up in the spotlight the book is called unaccompanied minor and its author the artist alexander nearly joins me now alexander while. i'm going underground so arguably your paintings sure certain alienation about the show business world elite media spotlight is on what made you write a memoir as well when i felt that i was the guardian of this extraordinary treasure trove of memories about growing up as the son of