A close ally of president putin has secured licenses for mining gold in guinea russian element in produce roussel is digging up bauxite and in zimbabwe russia wants to dig for platinum until now russias trade with africa was muted last year exports to imports from the entire continent well value that only 20 1000000000. 00 in comparison chinas trade volume was 10 times bigger as the more than 200000000000. 00 and africas largest trading partner of course that during that time was the European Union with nearly 340000000000 dollars of total trade russian officials have said that in the medium term they want to triple trade with african countries might be helpful that russia is still seen as a partner with out heavy colonial baggage well at the russian african summit the russian government is hoping to seal some deals d. W. Caught up with one of the companies presenting its products to potential investors at the forum in sochi to find out more. These flushes fight infections and medical devices created by the Russian Company military generate ultraviolet light that kills dangerous bacteria in minutes. The company which was founded by doctors has been producing these units by hand in moscow for nearly 15 years they started selling the devices in south africa 2 years ago and say theyre competing with european and u. S. Companies for the African Market. We arent afraid of competition our prices are more competitive and our quality is high. And we produce our own bulbs for the equipment. We also have more experience using these devices in the medical syria than anyone else worldwide. Militar is one of the handful of companies that builds machines like these the edge they could have in the African Market is exceptional for a russian firm in overall trade revenue with africa russia lags far behind competitors like china india and the u. S. Even if it has doubled its trade with african countries in the past 5 years. Russia doesnt have a strategy on the African Market and so we see a hectic back and forth from one area to another chinese interests in africa a wide spread and then a universal russia cant compete with them. But 2 representatives that my little mistake they hope that medical equipment to shine at the russian africas summit and allow them to look a new business on the continent. Are reported on the chin both joins me now is taking a closer look at the subject on the in terms of economic relations between russia and africa what can we expect from this summit thats going on right now well we can of which they expect the leaders who are there to highlight the areas that will be important Going Forward and we had flooding reports and mention trade being doubled in the next 4 to 5 years from the current 20000000000. 00 a year of imports of imports and exports between russia and africa so thats one area another area of course of cooperation is the defense russian News Agencies and they have this news today that 2 bombers that a cable carrying Nuclear Weapons where flew flying over from russia to south africa for a Training Mission so that just highlights military cooperation between the 2 countries but of course russia is focusing on defense with other african countries as well and then we also have energy and mining as 2 other areas of focus between russia and africa in the last couple of years actually weve been reporting about chinas investment in africa and the. Growth projects and all that can russia compete with china in africa is even trying to well compete with a belt and Bold Initiative which is muscle which is huge i mean china is everywhere almost when youre in africa when youre traveling in africa you see you see chinese presence in several parts of the continent and its hard to miss to be to acknowledge will rogers is a major thing theyre doing theyre building airports roads bridges airports name it everything and of course russia just doesnt have the money to do the same and they recognize that which is why they are carving out certain areas. Focusing on the fans for which of course you know they are the biggest supplier of arms and weapons in africa and they want to do more of that Going Forward they also focusing on energy trying to sell Nuclear Technologies to african countries starting next year theyll be building a Nuclear Reactor in egypt for instance theyre building 2 Research Centers one of the few o. P. O. One in zambia for instance so theres a lot of areas that they are really focusing on as just nice areas but that those are areas that allow them to have long term relationships with certain african governments so its mainly energy and. Resources that russia is focused you know i dont dance of course you should thank you very much for this inside for. Now mercury in Drinking Water air pollution that Dangerous Levels series and of environmental incidents in vietnam has triggered a public backlash the government stands accused of disregarding Environmental Concerns in the name of Economic Development but more and more vietnamese are asking does economic progress necessarily carry this kind of an by mental preist. Feeling containers with clean water supplied by the government because these residents can no longer trust whats coming out of their taps at home after toxic river waste contaminated the water supply of several neighborhoods in the vietnamese capital affecting about a 1000000 people. Around. The local authorities were slow to act. They didnt warn the residents soon enough because when the snow the people didnt know how to deal properly with these incidents. I think the authorities should intervene and inform people as to how to keep the environment clean also the authorities should do something to give us clean water to live to have a degree and when that map out all didnt really dont mean i would guess that it doesnt. Its not just the water however rising manufacturing output increasing vehicle emissions and the dust from a construction boom meantime noisy air is getting hard to breathe the mountain pollution crisis is causing worry that noise will go the way of other cities that have borne the environmental cost of unfettered industrialization. Ha noi. Resident we dont want to live another an aging polluted city and we. Dont want to be like. Paradise. Is china west over 5 percent growth in the last decade has turned vietnam into one of asias for. Asked this rising economies but the corresponding decline in livability means those concerns will only deepen. Now to some of the other Global Business stories making headlines today because michel and design issues led to the crash of a boeing 737 max jets last october in geneva thats according to a briefing given to families of the victims plane maker boeing has been under fire since that accident and another one in the opium overlock safety controls during production. Nike is changing its leadership a long time c. E. O. Mark parker over the reins to former ebay c. E. O. John donahoe while sales were rising during august time at the helm nike was recently hit by scandals including the end of the oregon project which was plagued by accusations of doping against its chief coach of the salazar. We work announced its accepted rescue package from soft bank its largest investor a 9500000000. 00 deal gives the japanese tech kongo merit an 80 percent stake in work kept a turbulent period for the coworking space from the included a failed i. P. O. And billions of dollars in lost value which. 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