The day youre right up to date with all our top stories more news of course on the website is there for you all the time aljazeera dot com im back after innovate africa season. We understand the different cities. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it down to zero it will bring in the news and Current Affairs that matter to you aljazeera. This is innovate africa a series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent thats on the rise today how africas forging new paths in the world of entertainment. Puppets and politics topical comedy a new smartphone. In the form of. African superheroes on the rise in gaming i just love it i dont know because. Its virtually unlimited and in a new music platform featuring Award Winning african tower. Here in Africa Technology and the digital revolution are Opening Doors for homegrown talent in todays program we meet people who are taking african inspired ideas and creativity to a global audience i travel to ghana to meet a young man who is not only building a new industry but putting african superheroes in the spotlight. The players. The gaming industry is driven by Sophisticated Technology billions of dollars and more recently the excess ability of mobile device and. Here in gaza as capital city a crock a Young Company called lady odds has identified a new opportunity in game design by creating a uniquely african superhero universe. Policing this is in. The gaming industry in the us is a big movie and the Music Industry combined. The whole focus of the companies to fill in the vacuum in africa to the gaming industry in africa all come to the office as a team im going to talk on the opportunities and lead artist and he bring our superheroes like our vision and into sketch we are trying to make it tight its africa culture does bring in all the characters together to form a certain superhero calls like that of rangers i was a geek when i was very young. Thats how we grew into nice food all i thought was. The rules to make it fun to see what this is sort of cycles so this was the best comic i need to give i was always trying to copy. Western life something that i think that will get me thinking when i said to my growing up that we could make. Superheroes with africa on our. Africa smidgens video game where its back to fighting game oh so you would have a combination of sort of modern day five to act is going to mine coal mine with the ancient one yeah yeah. So we have. People who are fucked. Up walk up just like a man see so we have greedy president s who are willing. To sell any second for this occupation to pay some of that. I went out last sunday nuveen mythology does because i love in the of ranges so im seeing people like looking at google be like wow this guy has a really cool powers well where did he come from then become go and read on we keep on. And know that this guy is a villain actually. Hes a pirate somalia pirates you do captain america was created at the time of war people needed superheroes to clean so you also want to do with god you want to see bottom on giving a call to. A muncie hey help me save to go see me and youre. One of the lead characters of africas legends is a man thing based on a character from him in the college and. We wanting to be a boy and im nancy who is like im. How old one look its been in the true spider but im assuming spiders to split and we know he was a trickster and manson did this and this and so its going to become a monster. This is the game theyve gone only on if you read the announcer call me youll see the amount of us parts to craft of the almost awful forces on earth keva how youve actually taken what the myths and the stories am tied that into the game action so my goal is python as lying down there i have to. Pick up all my webs. Quick enough to tie him down. So you go to the place google africas legends and you will see that this fall everyone has bets on the form just for winning games on they are forced to play games people play games but they are not psyched to local content is tedious quite difficult so. It quite difficult to know where the weather is so. We have to build those games to make people excited about. The press. A key goal of the emerging gaming industry in africa is skills sharing. Internship program is growing young game is into design is. Kevin had an interesting story he intended b. S. He didnt he doesnt have a computer and laptop but he had produced stories and he did. The nintendo d. S. Use what you have to a disposal to actually view. Hes done. Stuff like he has a super hero union of all he writes stories design crap theres all this passion. When i was in no imagination in my generation this is just amazing and what is it that you like about the kind of story telling and capturing african stories that theyre doing here have. Stuff mixed up i really want to see what its all become like good and some things im not sure what to expect but like i just love it i do not just love it. So we seem. To be the future for you see the game in the us with the future of our people and weve been yes its is a strong but i want to be walking on the street and see a kid looking on the phone all. This and its not in the game but. A local game thats will be my greatest powerful. Government control of the media has long been a feature of life in many parts of africa but today Information Technology is offering new platforms with censorship can no longer stand in the way. In many parts of africa expressing opinions about governments and politicians is a risk. In swaziland a newspaper editor and reporter have recently been jailed for criticizing the kingdoms chief justice and in ethiopia bloggers have been arrested and accused of using social media to create instability in the country. But as access to the internet increases and information is more freely available digital platforms are becoming soap boxes for thousands of young africans. Who need media is a Company Riding this wave of. Innovation. They have created africas first video on demand platform. T. V. Is a web and mobile Distribution Platform for high quality pan african videos. Young politically aware mobile phone uses now have access to material banned from broadcast content like the controversial x. Y. Z. Show is now available to anyone with a mobile phone and tonights. A follow up interview with the commander in chief is of the Kenya Defense forces and hes also the president of the people of kenya ma a real brother from another. R c c. What no no no no no no being at this you lead as commander in chief of obamacare does try to error seem to follow you everywhere sir i hope they dont follow you to the hague this week plus one that. I dont want to be going to the x. Y. Z. And show produced by bonnie at their studios in Nairobi Kenya is daring political satire often forbid in across most of africa level you need to go a lot doesnt it with all the shows aim is to provide an african audience with homegrown humor playing on local issues featuring characters that they can relate to threats thats what happened when we were dealing with the canals very seriously or i hope so indeed the police are working hard to keep you safe but the police are shooting people dead for example in nairobi we have a shoot to kill order you know to be on its gaff if you do suspect to use a code of blood. Were here at the go down arts center and ill be speaking to the founders of the x. Y. Z. Show and hopefully meeting some of the famous puppets to. Keep the peace going on here. Im sitting here more because you know. That satirical shows like this one have been banned from the airwaves in many african countries like the exwife it showed bypasses the gay keeping as its freely available on any mobile device its also africas First Political satire Program Featuring a life sized latex puppet. So these are some of your heel character creations. All right got home one is the most well known newspaper cartoonist in east africa three years his biting satire has provided political commentary and entertainment for an eager Kenyan Audience his cartoons with the inspiration for the x. Y. Z. So what is it about satire that appeals to you what is you know you come discuss very serious issues. Especially in this part of the world where certain subjects. Are off limits. They are no more goal is getting you guys over there but the whole my supposed to do was dont have a cure plus this i just really kick my ass and it works so well in the words but it isnt working. You know something about genetics and i see this one is barack obama and obviously in the american system theyre very very used to satire takes all kinds of different forms but even within that System People still get into hot water about how they represent their leaders and the things that they say have you ever had to deal with a situation where others felt that perhaps you went too far you know threats you know. Some politicians for attending to take us to court what we do is not about right and wrong its about provoking a debate about discussing serious issues. Hopefully we can make people think which character did you work on and you really felt like this was this was your favorite mugabe has always been fun to do or. Provides plenty of. Zimbabwes president Robert Mugabe is a regular feature on the show his multiple trips to sing the postal mystery medical checkups have often provided working material for x. Y. Z. I have. A. Retiree my. Every time. I mentioned the shoes and the sea i feel is sharp the need my you know a. Good a very good boy style and you see. I. Strictly design. You know what they say about big feet. As they do men with big feet should definitely run for there. So manuals you are the voice of the big guy himself president Goodluck Jonathan from nigeria how does it feel to be the voice of the president says its one of those things you know. Its one of those things you probably get to do once in your life its its funny now mr president i dont know if you seem x. Y. Z. But how do you feel and how does being be a big personally i enjoy. My wife enjoys it as well since its something that i. Look forward to. Coming to the. Conclusion im looking at. Is the cofounder of the new t. V. I would say your process for good is really an explosion of the media space of television of online beauty. So its a very exciting place to be definitely on the industry thats on the rice the x. Why is it show now has ten million online feelings when broadcasters refused to buy the show it was new guy who teamed up with gado to get it out there without the help of traditional broadcast channels my. Deal wasnt what customers are not ready to pay for it in this market we will finance it in different way and well go no crew or money from foundations and donors i might be interested in a show that will talk about corruption and democracy in governance theres obviously the more explosion across africa that means that everybody has a cell phone people now want content anywhere at any time on any device that they choose done ten seasons of show so were on television were on radio were in buses weve done to be d. s and obviously were online on t. V. As well thank you for visiting is to do is to hearten the best at the cost and we welcome you friends from china you are studying dry correct not if you make you nothing is off limits x. Y. Z. Did the massive influx of Chinese Investment in africa is a rich source of material we have rules well he said coconut trees and fresh rubbish it says how could you not have the artistic beautiful how much money just five hundred cheating so i thought it was maybe you dont always go for making me the discount been there for you. Four hundred twenty five zero no no still too much to hide my own tiny for oh look i show you i got the chinese meal got the no little goat thats also to. With the help of platforms like this one in large parts of africa politics is fast rising up the agenda of young people who no longer feel the need to stick here since to political subject. To. Be increasing popularity of the x y z it show is a sign of the true continental shift. I i i i i do have any African Music doesnt african section Vinyl Records may be prized connectors items but some things from the vinyl era a best left in the past it was a time when many African Musicians were exploited by Record Companies and didnt receive the money all recognition they deserve musicians and composers were paid minimal fees which often included the rights to the songs but even in the new Digital World of online content sharing and music downloads many artists are still losing out piracy is getting in the way of African Musicians being paid their dues you know. Its best to have something they just like this is a Company Called spice that is trying to change that. Was a good. Example of that and this is the kind of thing that people are ready to try and create Something Like this horrible artist that spies have Just Launched an app called easy. Ziggy is a growing online collection of popular music that can be accessed via any mobile device once the user has signed up and created a profile they can stream and listen to the music for free the files are encrypted so that they cannot be used outside of the construct. The app can share to Facebook Twitter the email s. M. S. And the u. R. L. Can be copied so users can share their favorite tracks and artistically and thats why perhaps you could take a digital i room the guy is the c. E. O. Of spice and the biggie project leader was shot. Is a service that is focused on african continent spy. As a mobile Value Added Service company at least in africa is primarily an entertainment value other Service Company content is therefore the most important element of what we offer to it to the consumers and within content music surely is the largest piece. Youre quite in touch with how the current consumer likes to buy new listen to music how do you think that this has changed from say ten years ago consumption of music more and more is happening on digital platforms these days what we believe is that streaming is going to be the biggest format in which people will consume music even in africa. People want music anytime anywhere using any device which is with them phone tablet or even their own laptops Services Like they offer that capability to the consumer because the content is actually stored in the cloud and it is not dependent on the capability of your device or the capacity of your device listen to me in a sling. There are no borders to it to an f. And the artist gets visibility across borders not just within africa but even beyond that many of the artists we have a direct relationship with them almost eight hundred artists are signed directly to our company. For a cease. Fire see as you already know is fairly rampant across Subsaharan Africa the artists they just console themselves that fine if ten thousand c. D. s of my songs are getting distributed at least my face my name is spreading across and then it helps them to become more and more popular when they want to do shows but thats not the way it is supposed to be theyre supposed to be making money from every play of the song that they work very hard to create ok that unfortunately is not happening so when you are downloading the song using the. It does not actually download to your device it is downloading to the environment its an encrypted part of the data that has come to you and it can only be played as long as youre a distraction to the app is valid. One of the most popular artists is time in platinums a bangle flavor or time zone in hip hop artist hes also the bass and i know my oh. Thank you. That was awesome so damning what do you think of the tanzanian music scene at the moment i music started to grow right now just dont go to sleep good good you know music obamacare or flavor like nobodys business youre in south africa tonight for the channel awards can you tell us how you nominated what are you going to be doing at the awards first of all i have four nominations its a big night for you telling im telling you are you feeling nervous how you feeling about never a second. Im so excited also so i can away because theres people been waiting for me and i believe in votes so youre going about are fickle go oh so if you believe in yourself if you walk out we can get there and i believe in god we go our own test we got something that if anybody here if it. You know. And a huge issue for musicians around the world in africa particularly is piracy i want to. Use more painful when somebody download your song and send it to somebody else. So one thing about music if somebody download your music. Youve got no chance decided somebody else so you have to go to the first new you have to just go to just on music you have to buy it from there. But then finally with the arrival of the cd african artists made last be able to keep control of the rights to the music theyve made popular across the world but man. Next time innovate africa how african scientists a fast track in the continents future. Looking to the stars to improve lives on the ground personal stuff is on the coronal clicked on the one who has information about truth controls the future and african scientists manipulating cells with light in some of the way that i do in the live ten science into science fiction. And a new innovation to bring low cost internet to the remotest parts of africa. Next time innovate africa. The way we communicate is what defines us. We dont ways has been. As innovation in technology continues to shape our lives. 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