Disposable push for a new solution superstring said you know. Earth is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive good why do you oppose the apartment to soon to global 3000 on t w i know most. European companies complain about bullying from beijing they say officials are refusing to let many of their executives and staff back into china for work after being expelled when the pandemic broke out. Also show the email below the race heats up to g. M. But else is another major electric Vehicle Partnership this time with a start up nicola. And zoom google meets how about googles though can use own web based Video Conferencing platform as good. Traction there and looks to expand across the continent. Hello and welcome to the show im seeing because of the lead its good to have you with us a new survey suggests chinese officials are using the pandemic to up the pressure on european firms their companies telling the European Union chamber of commerce in china the beijing is frequently refusing to grant managers and workers entry the findings come just days after president paying promised the Business Community to continue to open the economy to the world. In late may several 100 german executives and their families who had been forced to leave china due to the pandemic were granted special permission to return to their work places there but it was anything but a sign of getting back to normal. Many European Companies in china are still waiting for their employees to return but chinese authorities are refusing to let them in again. In a survey by the European Chamber of commerce in china at the end of july 13rd of the company said that none of their foreign employees had been allowed to return around one in 5 companies stated that only some of their expats had been able to come back and only 17 percent said all employees had been permitted to return to china. The European Chamber sees this as a further sign of tightening restrictions against European Companies. Almost half of those questioned said the pressure came mainly from the Chinese Government 44 percent said the total of Chinese Media had become more strident and more than a quarter also it had negative experiences with the communist party. While europes borders are largely open to chinese investors the hurdles for entering the Chinese Market are getting higher and higher those who manage to do so are often hindered by unfair Business Conditions in the country one big exception is the Auto Industry this is where cooperation has been improving for the benefit of both sides the European Chamber says this should serve as a model for other sectors. Or lets go to some of the other business stories making headlines Singapore Airlines became the latest carrier to announce massive layoffs because of the coronavirus pandemic singapore is cutting some 4300 jobs and thats about 20 percent of its workforce as travel restrictions devastates business the Airline Warns any recovery would be quote long and fraught with uncertainty. 2 years after agreeing to a self regulatory code of practice to tackle this information facebook alphabets Google Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder that according to the European Commission on thursday this information related to cope in 1000. 00 has increased calls for social media to be more proactive and combative issue. French luxury goods conglomerate l v m h said it would file its own court case against u. S. Jeweler tiffany which is suing its would force a merger agreement signed last year l v m h had announced on wednesday it was unable as things stand to go ahead with its planned 16200000000. 00 purchase of tiffany. Whats the 2nd electric deal for General Motors in less than a week this time a 2000000000. 00 agreement with a start up nicola to produce its electric pickup and supply batteries shares both Companies Put the pedal to the metal but what is nicola heres a look at the other Company Named after a certain mr tesla for. This is it nikolai headquarters this so proclaim disruptor of the Transportation Industry greets visitors with a variety of sleek and shiny vehicles and the entry hole socalled big rig trucks away from their off road week olds its all there its show and tell of what could be all rather off what will be in the near future says this man were an Energy Technology company that happens to make really cool big vehicles this is true of a milton the founder of nikola 38 years old and worth an estimated 4500000000. 00. His 5th Company Milton considers himself a gifted man equipped with plenty of ego and smarts of course primarily he just got lucky he says when we 1st started this it was it was a very risky you know the odds of starting a company and succeeding are normally always against you and the odds of starting a company and turning it into a multibillion Dollar Organization worldwide is like winning the lottery 2 times in a row perhaps not only militants relentless determination but also his ability to make others buy into his idea. To get. Now you start to realize that the important person in the room it takes a lot of. At this point in time with just. His great ambitions and his team do not just want to disrupt but transform the trucking and Transportation Industry into an environmentally friendly business and not only in america but also in europe and around the world. Milton is creating operating and betting on a unique Business Model that he wants to apply to the trucking and Transportation Industry is now multibillion dollar startup doesnt simply plan on selling cool vehicles powered by hydrogen and us. Wants to be a 0 emissions one stop shop for truckers and Transportation Companies how. When you buy a truck all your fuel is covered all your service your main its all provided by us so thats the advantage that were going to be building 50 hydrogen stations throughout europe and just never big for his company well build and deliver up to 2500 electric garbage trucks for america 2nd largest Waste Management company when the needed analysts and perhaps some investors complaint the reason so far only really sold t. Shirts and pants but no trucks of the vehicles or hydrogen stations and maintenance packages. Will be one of the top 5 companies in the world but remember is a startup maybe its past is not long enough to say definitively more about its future then perhaps promising. From one startup there to another this time in africa or began as a chat room for a mobile gaming app before becoming its own platform. Has become the 1st Video Conferencing web web platform from africa to take off during the pandemic now its aiming to expand its reach. The goons i developed as i sucked him customized in africa prefer a pain as you go on demand use a platform with unlimited talk time not a Monthly Subscription as offered by the International CompetitionRonald Malone doe who runs a kenyan taxi startup says google has come in handy with more than half of his team working remotely due to the continued social distancing directives bonzo has really helped us to make our life in 2 ways one its more for the better its profitable of all the competitors who are owned and then 2nd the toughest of all this obvious is basically that we actually need in order to be able to walk. Across different locations despite having the highest mobile device penetration at 350000000 smartphones and many african countries are struggling with limited Internet Access there has been skepticism over the Video Conferencing platform being exclusively web based with no downloadable app available we spoke to its canadian founder and chief executive using the games a platform but he wanted all their phones are all smaller memory trying to make our own and so theyre hesitant to load native apps and so we believe that this makes them so much more attractive much easier for people to start you get only clicking youre right in that meeting a major concern for most Technology Uses is the security concern to avoid bombings and hackers interrupting the virtual calls we answer that by having registration were the other everybodys phone number we know who they are their real name is. The host of the meeting can see if theyre like that you know before they enter the room and their name and phone number so they can choose whether or not that person and even if somebody does make it into a room it does something inappropriate now we have an audit trail as to who who they are the 3 month old platform has had over 100000 minutes in meetings majorly from kenya we focus on Small Businesses and institutions of learning doing virtual conferencing. For the very 1st time schools like this one in kenyas capital nairobi are piloting virtual lessons for students using with plans to use it until schools in the country reopen more student and i was not able to interact with this because i need to. And then ask a question or get a comment from a student with more interactive and improved features the black could be an affordable option to consider. And staying in africa as a french colony algeria was once one of the largest exporters of wine to europe before seeing as wide brush and dry up in the 1990 s. As the countrys islamic government crackdown on alcohol now an economic crisis sparked by the Coronavirus Crisis means production is back as the government tries to boost revenues. Cd bella best province used to be a wine growing center in algeria but production stopped during the countrys decade long civil war in the 1990 s. Now im a man who wants to revive production in the region and just bought for sellers under 40 hector vineyard. Here in our cheerio we used to be among the worlds premier wine exporters we used to produce about 22000000 hector liters during the 1940 s. 1950 s. Or 960 s. But now weve lost the market and we only produce about 400000 hectare liters per year for me before that. During the French Colonial era algeria produced some fine vintages and a man who wants to produce wine that is good enough to export but breaking back into the market takes time and it costs money. The corners of the world also may or not the. New policy could want to revive it but we need help from the government to plant the grapes theres a school near we cant keep up with the demand up on the long bus we have the local market and the external markets to think of you know much unfairness or not so there are not a mature into the extra time on a says that this years vintage is excellent and the hopes that boosting our cheeriest Wine Industry can help lift the country out of the economic doldrums and the for and thats it for me and the Business Team here in blood as always you can find out more about these and other business stories online dot com slash business Facebook Twitter m c theres like always a swatch. To the point. Clear positions international perspectives. This information is going viral damn i cant give in that goes to conspiracy theories like those of you are not how dangerous our conspiracy theory. Topic on to the point joining us. The point of. View 16 s t w literature invites us to see people in particular. I like to see her as the kids. Growing up her. Choice is to. Do the books are new to. This is doing everything is africa coming up on the programme she is up a looming ecological disaster in east africa water levels are rising at kenyas great risk very now theyre off fears to swollen lakes could merge shrinking hundreds of wildlife species. And getting into a safe its things every day full of people commit suicide in kenya ill be talking to the same is now working on a bill she hopes will save lives in the country