Thank. This africas Digital Economy developing too slowly a un report suggests that while mobile Broadband Access is growing across the continent most of the money is being made by platforms overseas. Also on the show limiting Climate Change means planting more trees to capture c o 2 and increasing the size of the worlds forests is not that easy. This is the business africa im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us the u. N. Is calling for a global effort to spread the benefits of the Digital Economy in a new report it says 2 countries have made have more or less cornered Global Digital markets those countries the United States and china each is home to many of the best known names on the web in fact 90 percent of the money made by the world 70 biggest digital platforms goes to firms based in one of these 2 countries if we broaden out further look at the combined might of asia in its entirety as well as north america we see there almost total dominance together they account for 95 percent of the market capitalization of the global Digital Economy europe meanwhile comes in with a comparatively tiny 3. 6 percent and even her even further behind is africa despite its 1300000000 people africa claims just one of the worlds top 70 digital platforms that south africa based naspers only latin america with its much smaller population sees less of the wealth. Now for more on this im joined by g. W. Correspondent in nairobi joy doreen beera there you are joy nice to see you joy weve seen the report here shows that africa is falling further behind if anything in this Digital Economy what does it need to keep up is that education infrastructure policy what do you see. Its a combination of all those that you just mentioned because what were seeing is that the Digital Economy is actually generating revenue for economies on the african continent and 2017 i think Subsaharan Africa generated about 100 10000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars from the Digital Economy so why have African Leaders need to do is embrace these new technologies the Disruptive Technologies like robotics and fish intelligence you know the use of drones and also technologies like chain that can even proved in the view of services and also Education Needs to be emphasized across Subsaharan Africa and africa in general as well to ensure that the citizens are able to trust that the data they speak collected is going to be protected and only used for the right purposes because one of the biggest setbacks today is trust most of the citizens might not have as much trust that the government to protect their details but also the support technology as well like creating infrastructure. Basic support systems like access to electricity require a long way to improve access to the Digital Economy services but truly think about Development Funding sources for after we often dont think about funding in Digital Infrastructure where do countries go when they need to find this kind of funding. Most african countries and had to sell fire and some old these projects like digitizing their Government Services but then also Bilateral Agreements between african countries and countries in the west or countries in the east kenya for example has had Bilateral Agreements china through partnerships with Companies Like well wait to implement some old Additional Services that the country needs in rondo we have seen partnerships weve south korea to help implement the Digital Services as well so there is a lot of old self funding from. Own pockets of these countries but also partnerships with Bilateral Agreement agreements as well or a joy the reindeer are there for us in a rover thank you very much kenya sugar imports have almost doubled over the past year as the countrys own producers struggle to recover from drought just 5 of kenyas Sugar Factories managed to operate for the entirety of august the country imported 285000 tonnes of the sweetener during the 1st 8 months of this year as compared with around 150000. 00 during the same period of 20000. 00 january to august also saw 7 percent drop in production compared with last year. Over a lot america russia has pledged to double grain exports to venezuela in an effort to alleviate crippling u. S. Sanctions its a lifeline for president Nicolas Maduro who came to moscow this week looking for help before the trip madeira even said he would be willing to meet with President Trump latest sign of a shift in his approach to keeping power. Together again Nicolas Maduro needs all the allies he can get and blood in me up putin has extended not just the hand of friendship but of help. Oh is very nice to be here in moscow no wonder who has pledged to boost basic Food Supplies and. It worked because we believe any deviance from the dialogue to be irrational and detrimental to the country posing a threat to the nations well being. Of the socialist president s mind was on food rather than friends when he indicated he was ready to hold talks with donald trump. Your 30 only push. I would be willing we would be willing to initiate a process of conversations dialogues and negotiations to try to establish a relationship of respect in the 1st place between the government of the United States and the power of the United States and the government and the power of venezuela. Doing its work. At the United Nations this week donald trump appeared in new move to talk i dictate in the. Cuban public. Protected by cuban bodyguards hiding from his own people well cuba plunders Venezuelas Oil wealth to sustain his own corrupt communist rule and if you venezuelans in the room or even less interested in listening prefer a biography of seaman believe in state in this night. In recent days the beleaguered venezuelan government has been trying to rally support for its opposition to trump this truck a partly loaded with some 30000000 signatures collected against the u. S. Blockade the latest attempt to shift attention from the suffering of millions. A top director of the European Central bank has handed in her resignation germanys sabine a lot and she did not say why she quit 2 years early but it came after she publicly questioned the need for the banks stimulus policies the e. C. B. Recently lowered its key lending rate further into negative territory and the nets new quantitative easing policies came in for criticism in germany as they were seen as a way of propping up weaker member states. Chinese firms have ordered considerable amounts of u. S. Pork and soybeans in a sign of a potential breakthrough in the long running trade war for more than a year the 2 sides have been slapping each other with billions of dollars worth of tariffs u. S. Farmers have been hit hard by the collapse in exports but china is also facing a severe shortage of pork following the spread of african swine fever which has ravaged its applause. And lets take a look at some of the other Global Business stories making news. Leading east cigarette maker jewel labs has announced a change in leadership and pledge to suspend advertising in the us following a write a recent regulatory backlash as follows the deaths of 9 people from a mystery long illness mostly linked of a being a legal black market cartridges containing t. H. C. Is the primary active ingredient in marijuana. Britains biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will shut its u. K. Plants for a week during november with britain due to leave the e. U. At the end of october the companys c. E. O. Says the closure will help it cope with a potential no deal brags that jael are runs 3 car facilities and one engine plant in the u. K. Well limiting Carbon Emissions is central to the fight against Climate Change theres also the matter of capturing carbon already in the air the simplest way would be planting more trees millions of them ideally thats actually not so simple just take a look at germany. Pennsylvania c do you think its possible to measure the health of a tree how many leaves are needles that sheds is one indicator. There are 600 douglas firs in this forest piece of one of the trees originally from north america and the development is being closely studied. But this leg of a long dry spell is lets say 6 weeks without rain 6 weeks of drought in the trees shrink they dont grow they shrink and the wood starts to contract. The douglas firs have small slit like openings in their bark they close when its dry in order to stop the tree from drying out. They help the tree retain its moisture its an adaptation to the dry climate that the trees evolved and. We dont see any problems in this area. The trees are growing even during the dry spells the tree tops also look healthy so we can say theyre dealing well with the dryness. Its a very different picture 150 kilometers to the south. Recent droughts have destroyed 110 hectors of forest land. And thats created a new problem for forest owners and rangers alike. The invasive bark beetle is spreading fast they borrow their way into the tree trunks if the trees arent quickly cut down the beetle spread in danger in whole forests Forest Managers have to cut down huge swaths of forest land. We need to speed up our replanting efforts webbing thats a mix of as many different types of tree as possible will allow us to better manage the risks. Recently theyve begun adding trees from the Mediterranean Region or Southeast Asia to the mix theyre used to the warmer conditions. But scientists warn beating the heat isnt the only problem. Theyve stung him enough to visit them that there are still risks if we introduced trees like these to germany then they could thrive during the warmer months so they have to cope with lakes frosts that have the potential to greatly harm the. Good isnt. Just giving it a try and seeing what happens isnt a viable solution and once it and importing new tree species is expensive. A single kilogram of douglas fir tree seeds cost 1200. 00 euros but its a worthwhile investment douglas firs have shown that there are a good fit for germanys forests. And thats it for me and the Business Team you can of course find out about these and other business stories online at the dot com slash business also follow us on social media facebook and twitter heres a quick look at Global Markets at this hour im sitting theres a bullet lets watch. W. C. Talk show strong opinions clear positions from the international perspective. Saudi oil fields are loaded powder to us is a rand came close to wiping the fuse coming up onto the point will discuss the gulf crisis no threat it poses present problems real life she joins us. In 60 minutes w. 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