Africa's manufacturing Stories you have never heard about...from 4 countries

Global News Update on Africa I Gatcha, news from BBC/SKY/Bloomberg/DW family compliant…listen to the audio by clicking the link…13 May 2020

In today’s bulletin..
Bolt not laying off any of its workers in Europe unlike Uber
UK definitely in a recession
Self Employed in the UK to get 80% of they profit paid
Trump defends Telsa 
And More..

 Africa I Gatcha…
The last time we checked, over $4bn was the annual import bill for textile. Up until early 1990s there were over 180 textile mills in the country employing directly, over 500,000 people. It was the largest employer of labour after the Public Sector. https://allafrica.com/stories/202005110585.html

 "It took me four weeks to build it because this is health emergency period," he said, adding: "Now, I am trying to go through the process of certification so that government or any private health facilities can use our locally built ventilator."  https://allafrica.com/stories/202004290699.html

 Some health experts have touted hydroxychloroquine as being an effective immune modulator for patients suffering the virus disease, even though there is no consensus yet on its reliability of the drug and side-effects. "We hope to start manufacture of HCQ in about two weeks, the hydroxychloroquine raw material will be arriving later this week," said CiplaQCIL chief executive, Nevin Bradford, in an interview with The EastAfrican.https://allafrica.com/stories/202005120177.html

 There is a biscuit and flour manufacturing gap in the country, and this company is primarily dedicated to bridging this and making the products accessible to the local market, according to Fikru Hailemariam, general manager of the plant. https://allafrica.com/stories/202005050739.html

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way. Africa, you guys a tough Hey! Whoa! You gave me homework and taken me back to the drawing board to get back to school. Nonetheless, Africa, I gotcha. So today is the 13th off May 2020 and I'll greeting is at Tom Tom. If it is your first podcast, every day we have a greeting or a fact from one of the 3000 plus communities in Africa before the podcast end would tell you where it's from. So today our selection off storeys is also around manufacturing and they're from different corners off the continent. This broadcast is brought to you in partnership with erotic Unsalted Group a brain trust supporting government, public and private sector in the adoption off emerging technologies across Africa. Okay, because you've asked for it with ups are content on Africa and next week our parkas bombers will change completely to factor in your input. So today I'll stop by reading four different paragraphs and you have to try and figure out which countries the storeys are from on the after all global news. I will then tell you where they came from and how you can read them all for yourselves. bye. I hope you're all keeping. I think in general this is the place to write on. Query Your own personal road, Mac. Okay, so let's get rolling. Here's our first storey and I'll start. The last time we checked over four billion was the angle input bill for textile. Up until the early 19 nineties, there are over 180 textile mills in the country, employing directly over half a 1,000,000 people. It was the largest employer of labour after the public sector. So that's our first storey within the manufacturing section and you've got to think about which countries from. So here's a 2nd 1 I'll read the salary dot paragraph. Sorry, I yelled. Excuse me, I'll read the paragraph. Also, it took me four weeks to build it because this is a health emergency period, he said, adding, Now I'm trying to go through the process of certification so that government or any private health facilities can use our locally built ventilator. Great. And now here's our second storey. Nope, our third storey. Some health experts have tarted had rock Sikora Quinn as being effective on an effective immune modulator for patients suffering the virus disease, even though there is no consensus yet on its reliability off the drug and side effects. We hope it's a manufacturing off hacer que in about two weeks the had Roxy Clara Quint raw material with arriving later this week, said the chief executive in an interview. And finally, our last storey there is a biscuit and flower manufacturing gap in the country on this company is primarily dedicated to bridging this and making the products accessible to the local market, according to the general manager off the plant. So let's get to the news roundup from some of the hubs around the world, and we will come back to our African storeys then. From headlines from BBC News at 2 43 PM today, thiss is your latest updates from the BBC newsroom. The chancellor's verdict. The UK is likely to face a significant recession this year because of Corona virus. Recession is defined technically is 2/4 of decline in GDP. We've seen one here with you only a few days of impact from the virus. The latest figures show that economic output, that's all the goods and services produced in the U. K. Shrank by 2% over January, February and March. It's the quickest drop since the global financial crisis in 2008. In March, as the pandemic started to take hold and the lock down was introduced, it went down by 6%. Some people travelling to work in England or worried they've not been able to stay far enough from others on public transport. From today, people who can't work from home have been asked by the government to go back to their office or workplace. Some staff on the London Underground has said that the Victoria line was especially busy after trains were suspended for a while on People in England are also able to take part in some sports again for the first time in nearly two months, including golf, tennis and open water swimming. China Now and new restrictions have been put in place for the city of G. Lynn, where there's a fresh outbreak of the Corona virus. It's in the northeast, far away from the original outbreak city of Wuhan. Here's our reporter in Beijing, Steven McDonald. Only those passing health cheques can leave cluster with dozens of new domestically infected Corona virus cases has emerged there and significant measures are being taken to try to stop it spreading. The local outbreak has been traced back to a cleaner working at a large police station, and millions of self employed people can apply for grants to help them through the pandemic. Today, the UK government says the self employed income support scheme will offer 80% of people's average monthly profit up to a maximum of £7500 to cover March, April and May. It says the money will be paid out six days after someone applies from Sky News at 4 p.m. Today from Sky News Centre it to the Labour leaders challenged Boris Johnson over what he calls 10,000 Unexplained care home deaths last month. Secured Stammer says the number of people who died was 18,000 more than the April average. Bologna 8000 attributes to Covert 19. The prime minister says he's determined to stop the virus spreading. What we've seen is a concerted action plan to tackle, but what is unquestionably being on appalling epidemic in care homes on DH? Huge exercise in testing is going on a further £600 million I can announce today for infection control. The chancellor's warning the UK faces a significant recession. Figures show the economy shrank by 2% in the 1st 3 months of the year. Thie education secretary insists all teachers and peoples will be able to be tested for covert 19 if they developed symptoms when they returned to schools in England. Gavin Williamson plans to start reopening classroom's next month. Train union claims its members might stop services if they get too crowded. People in England who can't work from home are being encouraged to go back from today with reports of packed busters and carriages this morning. In other news, Gerry Adams has had two convictions for trying to escape the Maze prison in seventies overturned. It wasn't signed off by the then Northern Ireland secretary, so it was unlawful. Hidden issue been held under the policy of internment, which in hundreds of suspected Ira involvements were detained without trial. The former Sinn Fein leader says it's a damaging verdict for the British government. They process they brought in special course of legislation on, but the judgement today clearly not contact on Birmingham City Council is going to cut the grass in parks in wider than usual strips. It hopes it will help people maintain social distancing. That's the latest. I'm Robin Montague from CNBC Tech cheque at 8:57 p.m. Yesterday. I'm Kate Rooney and here is your CNBC Tech cheque. President Donald Trump defended Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, called to resume production at its Fremont, California, plant. In a tweet, President Trump wrote, California should let Tesla and Elon Musk opened the plant. Now it can be done fast and safely. Less has been pushing to resume its Fremont production The clothes, on March 23rd due to the pandemic and shares of grubhub skyrocketed as much as 25% after an initial Bloomberg report that uber approached the company with a takeover offer. If uber and grubhub were to combine, it would bring together two of the largest food delivery companies and increased competition with Door Dash and Postmates. You were declined to comment and Grubhub was not immediately available to comment. European uber rival Bolt says it isn't laying off staff Despite the impact of Corona virus, right sharing company, like others, has been harshly hit by the lockdowns across Europe, with sales plummeting 75% in March. Uber's ride hailing business suffered an 80% year on year drop in bookings in April. Well lift experienced a 75% fall and rise that month. Both companies have taken deep cost cutting measures. That's it from the West Coast will see you back here tomorrow from Bloomberg First Word at 1:21 p.m. Today, there's a little chance that the House Democrats new relief package will be turned into law. The $3 trillion proposal includes aid to state and local governments are more spending on unemployment benefits and food stamps? Senate Republicans are in no rush to begin negotiations, but passage in the House would give Democrats a market to set down while they position themselves for the election. Investors are waiting to hear what Fed changed around Powell has to say about the prospect of mass bankruptcies and long lasting unemployment. Paul speaks at 9 a.m. New York time, and he's likely to call on Congress to provide additional relief funds. Powell may also gain signal against signal that he's opposed to cutting. The Fed's benchmark interest rates below zero on the British economy has plunged into what may be its deepest recession in more than three centuries. GDP fell almost 6% in March when the lock down was imposed. It was down to percent for the quarter on things were expected to get a lot worse in this quarter, the Bank of England is forecasting a staggering 25% contraction. The judge in the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn is saying not so fast. The Justice Department wants to dismiss the case, but federal Judge Emmet Sullivan wants to hear what outsiders think he's accepting. Friend of the court briefs Flynn had already pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents. Global news. 24 hours a day on air and a quick take by Bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I'm Rich Gupta. This is Bloomberg from DW news brief at 2 p.m. Today. This is D W news and these are our top storeys. Germany will ease border controls with neighbouring countries starting this weekend, in a further step towards relaxing its Corona virus locked on measures, Thie country closed its borders to all but essential travel almost two months ago. In Turkey, Children aged 14 and under are being allowed to leave their homes for a few hours today. For the first time in more than a month, the country's elderly population is still subject to curfews. The U. S government's top infectious diseases expert has warned that the US could see a spike in Kobe 19 deaths if authorities lift lockdowns to quickly. Anthony Fauci expressed his concerns while testifying before the U. S Senate from his home. Facebook has agreed to pay out more than $50 million to content moderators who develop mental health problems on the job. It follows a lawsuit by a former employee who says she developed PTSD after nine months of checking content. This is DW news from Berlin. You can follow us on Twitter acted w news or visit a website www dot com. Okay, great. So thank you. We're done with the roundup of the world used on Africa. This's a partial waiting for so manufacturing today. Ask toys from Africa are around manufacturing and the first storey that I read out to you. The first paragraph is a storey of on textiles and it's from Nigeria, and it's titled Who Made the Clothes You're Wearing? Sadly and unfortunately, Nigeria has not been a beneficiary off the outsourcing policies from major markets despite the tailoring. Paris off cities like ABBA, then the following storey, the one on the locally made ventilator. Yes, that's from Liberia Monrovia, where a local factory has designed and built a local ventilator using local inputs. Then the storey are hard. The falling one is from Uganda, where President You Aaron was of any who has been a strong advocate off the drug, terming it as an effective solution to the Corvette 19 challenge in several office televised addresses to the nation opposition that has earned an endorsement from the Gannon Health Professionals. And the final storey on flower is about a biscuit plant, not which is actually broken ground in Deborah Sinner from Utopia. It's about 145 kilometres away from the capital and its processing local flower. It was under construction for three years, built by Yousef and Friends P. L C. And the plant is expected to offer job opportunities off between 152 100 people. So today it is all about manufacturing and, as always, all the storeys that I've just asked the Rhett some snippets off about them The lengths A doubt on the port cast here so you could be able to click and read the full storey. This poor cast is brought to you in partnership with Erotic Consulting Group A brain trust supporting government, public and the private sector in the adoption off emerging technologies across Africa OK, so is that time. Sorry. Time to leave. Remember what are routine is stay home. Stay safe Stay alive Proper upmost hygiene Wash well thoroughly with soap running water for 20 seconds Sanitise if you're not washing well with a liquid with an alcohol based sanitizers, social distancing has to continue And your mosques? I'm so, so disappointed with the way people were in the mosques. And I think also the designers have designed them very badly. And going forward, pay attention to what I'm about to say. Here going forward, you need toe where your face mosque to match and equal how you wear your undergarments. Complete coverage. Okay, So, Tom Tom, it's from the Oromo where they from now Come on, guys, do your homework. Come on. 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