Hello and welcome to the d w debates of the World Economic forum to our viewers watching us from home were coming to you from the most visited city in Africa Cape Town my name is edith q money now according to u. N. Figures by the year 2050 every 2 out of 4 people will be african well thats quite staggering when you think about it does that then mean that if the population is going to quadruple here that our data will also quadruple and what does that mean for the future of data on the continent this morning were asking the question is data africas new oil and im going to be helped to answer that by my Student Panel and im going to be introducing them now im joined by sylvia my carry on my extreme right shes the head of geospatial technologies on the cofounder of have to undergo 6 base in kenya but also joined by mr alex new who is the managing partner and chairman at 80 kindy if youve been to the World Economic forum a few times you might have seen his face. On my right my immediate r