Its. History you know everyone. Says this is our official. Digital africa starts december twelfth. Welcome to global Three Thousand traditionally indias reika people live with and from camels today theyre having to be a bit more creative to. Learning via smartphone we made a young man in indonesia whose bright idea is bringing education to millions but first we go to Hell On Earth a scrapyard in ghana it might well be hellish but for those who work here its
essential. Smartphones washing machines tvs and conditioners those who can afford them rarely choose to go without and indeed for a few years at least they can make our lives easier. But then. This year alone forty eight Million Tonnes of electrical waste will be produced worldwide that sounds like a lot. In fact its Four Thousand Eight Hundred times the weight of the eiffel tower in just one year. And what happens to all these old broken machines well a significant proportion gets shipped to west africa just scrap yards in countrie
now to some of the other stories making news around the world coms return to the indonesia s capital jakarta following deadly clashes between police and supporters of defeated presidential candidates proposal be on top of the former general called on his supporters to go home and announce that he would launch a legal challenge against president yoko with dodos reelections. a man known as the american taliban has been released from prison in the united states john walker lindh was captured in afghanistan in 2001 and pleaded guilty to supporting the islamic fundamentalists have been served 17 years of a 20 year sentence and has been released for good behavior a secretary of state might pump a 0 describe the release as an explainable and unconscionable sagal bomb. the author of the much loved children s book the tiger who came to taste has died of an illustrated judyth current was 95 born in berlin she fled nazi germany with her family and wrote about her experiences in her novel when hit
dedicated to combining creative ideas and commitment to make lusting change supported by the world economic forum so far they ve helped kids in colombia s poorest neighborhoods campaigned for affordable housing in japan and fought for the rights of prisoners in brazil. there are around seven and a half thousand global shakers around the world today we head to indonesia s capital jakarta to meet one young man with a brilliant idea. everyone seems to be else on. this. one mohammed smartphone is his teacher the nine year old has already used it to learn english with the help of short videos and question and answer games. ten million young indonesians already logged into their own language are up
stitched to lessons the platform was founded by. just twenty seven he now heads a company with more than a thousand workers. the languages jakarta headquarters are busting point. the curriculum is constantly being upgraded with everything from exercises for national school exams to math problems to elementary grade levels i come from a big family five c. source no brother and the youngest in the family yet i m the first one who graduated from college for my whole family right so i ve seen how then when you get exposed with quality education you can completely transform your life i ve seen it to myself and i really want to impact others by giving them access that they might not have before. the company aims to spark a digital educational revolution in indonesia a man and his team launch their startup in twenty fourteen they want to offer content this interesting and interactive things state education all too often isn t