A team from Queen Aversary College in Onitsha, Anambra State defeated thousands of other teams from around the world earlier this month to win the Global Prize Award at the just-concluded Diamond Challenge Global Summit. The team of seven students won with their project called Queen's Forest Labs. It's a virtual learning app that lets students conduct science experiments and two of the students, Sandra Mbafuli and Stephanie Annozia joining us this morning. Also their principal reverend sister Maria Onwanko. Good morning, Sandra and Stephanie. Thanks for joining us. Thank you very much, Matt. Good morning. Congratulations, congratulations. You've done Nigeria proud. Well done. And I'm going to start with your project. Tell us how did you think of the idea to pitch Queen Forest Labs and what exactly does the app do? You know, thank you very much for that very nice question. Sometimes last year there was an outbreak of the pan-COVID-19 which was about shutdown of the education sector. Schools were shut down and the learning process were turned online via Zoom, WhatsApp and Telegram. But there was a problem. These platforms couldn't offer practical session, especially to the science students because for science students to understand science concepts, more better. They need the practical aspect. So our team led by Master John Onibu, we conceived this idea and this is how the Queen's Forest Lab came into existence. Was it difficult to put this together? And how much work and time and effort did it take to create this? It wasn't that difficult because we've been working for months. Our masters are usually competitions, entrepreneurial skills and coding skills. So it's always more difficult and we have been working for it for months. So you went to the competition and you won the cash prize of 105,000 US dollars. What do you guys intend to do with this money? We intend to create the app more, to add more things that it's kind of missing in the app so that it's going to be more fun and more engaging for students. And how did you find the competition? You competed alongside teams from other countries. How did you see it, the whole experience for you? Yeah, at first we were a bit nervous, you know, competing with the teams from China, USA. And then we were like, how are we going to emerge the first out of this thing? But as God have it, we became the top team. Okay, and we had very great food. Yeah, okay. So once again, congratulations. I know there's a lot of work that still needs to be done.  Do you think that there's other apps that you would like to also get to work on? Okay, we're going to, you're still going to work in the physics lab and the biology lab because the, the Queen's Forest Lab, it contains tree laboratory. That's the physics lab, the chemistry lab, and the biology lab. So the physics lab and the biology lab is still under construction now. The chemistry lab is already... All right, congratulations. I want to know what your, your, how old you are and, you know, does this, you know, the success that you've achieved here, does this mean that you very likely would go into information technology, creation of more apps in the future? What do you want to be when you grow up? Okay, so I'm 17 years old and Sandra here is also 17 years old. We did this, we are going to this competition to our first student to develop digital skills for the digital destruction. It is going to help us because as you can see the world, everything is going technology. Everything is all about technology. The world is going global now and it's going technological. So we just want to allow students to acquire this digital skills for the digital eruption that's going to take place very soon. And also to show the female gender that we are not meant to hide in the shadow of men. We are supposed to voice out our opinion. That is, we are natural solution providers made by God. Fantastic. I really love that. I really love that. So I, I, I want also to hear from your, your colleague, Ms. Amma. I know Ms. Amma is there. Ms. Amma, good morning. Good morning. All right, fantastic. So talking about the app, we apologize. Yes, fantastic. Ms. Amma is in view now. So let's talk about the app.  I'm yet to find the Queen Forest Labs.  Or is that not the plan? Or do you intend to just, you know, give this to schools, for schools and students, a loan to access? What's the plan, you know, launching this mainstream? Okay. So our better test has already been completed and we plan to launch the app very, very soon as students can start to use it. Okay. So Ms. Amma, yes, let's, let's get your thoughts, you know, about this and how you feel really about your success. That challenge is like a dream come true for me. I didn't know I'll be able to get here because I've always dreamed of being a software producer since, since I can remember. And I joined this team, Queen Forest Labs at the age of 14 and I'm still 14 right now. And this makes me feel so happy for myself, my colleagues. Winning this is, it's just amazing. And I'm happy that I can serve as a room model for that girls out there. All right. Let's also get you to, you know, speak to other young girls in the southeast and across Nigeria. There's also those who are struggling with not being able to go to school in certain parts of Nigeria. You know, is there words of encouragement that you would like to give them as it stands? I think I'll leave that to Stephanie to speak on. Okay, so to the girls out there that are still struggling with getting back to school, we just know that we have to persevere to the end because there is always a way. And you should also know that being a girl doesn't mean that you should always hide under the shadow of May because just as my colleague said, you are natural social solution providers. So we should always know that even though we are girls, you should not always be, should I say, we should not always be too down or we should not let our spirit down. But we should also know that we are also people that are going to be good, going to bring our society to be good and to be better. Okay, so let's talk about your school, Queen of the Rosary College in Onitsha. About the support that you're getting from the school management, your principal. We're talking about Reverend Sister Maria Wangkwo.  I'm Sandra. Okay, first of all, Queen of the Rosary College is a all, is a all girls boarding Catholic school. And also it is a conducive, it's a sit at the, it's a serene atmosphere conducive for molding young girls to attain high moral and academic excellence. For the support we are getting from our school, first from the proprietor, that is the art workshop. He's really doing good in supporting us like he's, he's really encouraging us. Every time during the pastoral visits in our school, he encourages students by giving them scholarship award. And also that serves as inspiration to other students in the school who are not doing well because it enables them to, to start up some, as in to be, it enables them to, to work harder basically. To work harder in their education so as to meet up and get the scholarship award. And also for our principal, Sister Mariah Chidro Kiwanko, she's a very, she has been a very good mother to us. Her voice of advice and encouragement every morning at the assembly ground has kept us moving and it has really helped us in our education life. All right. As you can see, the school has been doing in competition, both essay competition and, and science competitions too.  I hope that you guys will get some of it to buy a shower or something. 1,500 dollars. Dollars, I beg your pardon. At least that you buy some goodies for you. Well, this is what I was asking earlier.  What's your future looking like? Okay. Our future for me, I want to be a medical doctor in the future. So I believe, as she said earlier, that this competition is for girls out there to prepare themselves for this technological disruption that will be happening soon. You know, the world is going digital. So we joined this competition to enable them also work and not only based on the education aspect. Okay. I hope our own and also on the technological aspect. Okay. And let's also hear from the other two, you know, we have a medical doctor in the waiting. What do the other two of you, what does Mesa want to be? Software developer. And Sandra, I believe, what do you want to be when you grow up? Stephanie. Stephanie, sorry. What does Stephanie want to be when she grows up? Oh, that's Mesa. I was hoping I can hear from Stephanie and Sandra. But thank you very much to the three of you. Congratulations once again. And congratulations also to your school and the whole state, you know, for bringing this home. Yes. Fantastic work right there. Fantastic work. I'm happy to see this, you know, young Nigerian girls and boys doing great things, you know, going out of the country, representing us and making us proud. And this is where we call it a wrap of the show today. Many thanks for being with us here on the breakfast and plus TV Africa. I am Annetta Phoenix. Remember to catch up on any of the parts of this that you may have missed. Check us out on our social media platforms at plus TV Africa, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, same with our YouTube channel. I am Osao Gie, Au Bon Juan.


I didn't know they served such fare out here upon the lane. Oh sure, her cowboy day reply was really quite her pain. I would guess their Chesapeake are blue points, don't you think? No ma'am, they're mostly herford crops, and usually they're pink. So black and gold, so cold myself. What you say could be true, and if a man looked close enough, their points could sure be blue. Oh, I don't want to bail on them. I plucked them from the murky depths and smashed them with a stone. The cowboy whist, imagining a calf with her beneath. Me, I use a pocket knife and yank them with my teeth. Oh my, she said.  How crude in a reply. Your masculine assertiveness sends a shiver down my spine. But I prefer what your knife too dull to really cut. I wedged in on either side and cracked it like a nut. If they resist, sometimes I use the pliers. Or even grandpa's pruning shears, if that's what it requires. The hare stood on the cowboy's neck, his stomach did a whirl. He'd never heard such grisly talk, especially from a girl. I licked him fresh, the sweetheart said, and laid her menu down. Then ordered oysters from the lul, when the waiter came around. The cowboy smiled gainily, so her words stuck in his crop. He finally fainted dead awake when she said, I'll have my raw.


Hi everyone, for people who don't know me, I am Balasubramanian Kanduswamy, and I work as a senior software development manager in the mass scale release engineering team. And the talk for today is no SQL, less SQL is equal to mass SQL. Safe up a statement, right, mass scale perverse the web, so you can see that we have got customers across GitHub, Uber, Twitter, Facebook, they all use mass scale. So these are only the few customers. So when we say no SQL plus SQL is equal to mass scale, the first question that comes to our mind is how is that possible? So it is by the document store that we have got, we could able to get the no SQL feature included in mass scale. So for instance, as a user or a developer, I can perform both the SQL operation and the JSON collection operation together. So this eliminates the need of a separate document, the no SQL or document store database. And the best part about that is how we implemented that is we have got something called as XDEV API, which is built on top of the X protocol. And with that, we could able to perform both the bread and the SQL operations. And we will come to the mass scale later and you could see that the application, it could connect to the different connectors that we have got, namely connector, Node.js, Python, Java, and whatnot, we have got all the connectors. Right. To summarize, when we say that it is no SQL plus SQL, we have got the full JSON support for the mass scale 8.0. And with that, we could say that you could, you know, we can perform both the operations on collections and the relational tables. And the best part is both are available in the same technology stack. And next is on the shell, which is, which is kind of the go to tool for any DevOps or the reason is, you know, I can even type in anything with regards to JavaScript. I can even quickly switch modes. I can move to Python and even I can, you know, start doing things in Python.   And it has caught the built-in autocompletion, which is what, you know, is of interest to me at least. And the best part is I can even set up my InnoDB cluster in approximately like two to three minutes. It's pretty simple to use. And as I said, it's a go to tool for DevOps. This is a snapshot that we have got. You could see that how easy it is to connect to an instance. And the second slide is like, you know, how we create a schema. So it's like, you know, I create a schema and use it. And this is what I said, you know, how easy it is to switch from JavaScript mode to Python mode. So I can say backslash py and I can even connect to the Python mode. And next is the autocompletion feature that we saw. And this is what we have for InnoDB cluster, which basically the application can connect to the router, which is a light thread process available in between the application server and the database. And MySQL shell is to manage all the instances. And it's a one product. It's got a full HCA solution and it's pretty easy to use. And all these are the features, you know, that we've got. The namely, GS support is one thing. And in case if you have questions, you can go through the blocks, which is very handy. And we have got a MySQL user camp happening in Bangalore, Kalani Magnum office, and even attended. It's a quarterly event. And yes, MySQL 8 is everywhere. Any questions you can reach out to us in the booth. We'll be happy to help you. Thank you. Thank you, Bala Subramanian. The next talk is by Anirudh Anand on secure coding with Kurgshetra.


Another tale well calculated to keep you in. In each of us, there is a possible murderer, or a man who feeds on murder, revels in the sound of it, the thrill of it. This is the story of a man who murdered for the pleasure of others. The story of Dirt Diamond, written by Sam Locke. As far as I can see, we don't need a doctor anymore. That's a pretty good job for us so far. We're in confidence. We meet twice a month at night. That's Welby talking. Robert Welby of the syndicate. He okays the murderers. So gentlemen, I think we've got to get rid of the doctor. You're right, Bob. 100% They're vice presidents. Nobody's. We see eye to eye on that. I had a feeling we would. Me? I'm the guy who does the murdering. So it's settled. The doctor must go. Right. Get rid of him. Get rid of him. No, no, no. I don't see why we should. He's outlived his usefulness, Mike. Give him a chance. We can't take chances, Mike. Not with Dirt Diamond. Not right now. What do you mean, not right now? He means that things are not so good with Dirt Diamond right now. So I'm afraid you'll have to kill the doctor. All right, when? Oh, I'd like to see it in the papers in about six weeks. And no blood this time. Yeah, that's right. The last three have been too messy. No blood. It'll be easy. The murders are coming too quick. No, Mike. They're not coming quick enough. Murder is what the public expects from Dirt Diamond. And if you don't give the public what it expects, they stop reading Dirt Diamond and go to other comic strips. They're doing that already. George, show Bob the cancellations came in this week. The Fitman chain. Ten newspapers all together. All right, so what? So what? A couple of lousy cancellations. You act like Dirt Diamond has finished. Ten years. It's been the top comic strip. All right, George. The meeting is over. You wait, Mike. Okay. And I drop you George. I got some work to clean up on that. All right, Mr. Wobby.  Dirt Diamond stinks, hmm? Go ahead, Mike. Why do you think the strip is going downhill? If I knew that, we wouldn't be here. Oh, look, Diamond is as good as he ever was. Mike, people don't read a comic strip like yours for the hero. It's the villains. But I've given him plenty of villains.  Now, it doesn't matter how monstrous I make them. They just don't go. I don't understand. Well, it's simple, Mike. This is the age of the H-bomb of rockets to outer space of science fiction. What you sell is fear, Mike. Monstrosity isn't frightening anymore. All right, so what am I supposed to do? Find a fresh approach to fear. How? What are you afraid of? What second to do? Answer my question. What are you afraid of? You. What? Will you ask me? I'm telling you. I'm afraid of you. Everybody in the synagogue is... Let's not degenerate this into a discussion of personal relationships. Stick to the subject. What have you always been afraid of before you met me? No, of being poor, I guess. Oh, that's a worry, Mike. What frightens you? What really frightens you? Death. Every fright is a fear of death. But what reminds you most of death?  Freddie. Freddie? Freddie who? I don't know. I made him up. For the strip? The strip? No. This was a long time ago when I was just four years old. You see, one time I was afraid of sleep alone. But I needed an excuse to call my mother, so I thought if I can just make up something that will frighten me enough to scream, then my mother will have to stay with me. And that's how you made up Freddie? It didn't seem like I was making him up. You know, he just stepped right into my mind and started walking toward me full of murder and I screamed, all right. My mother came. After that, whenever I wanted her, I would just think of Freddie and scream. But then one night, I started to think of Freddie when I didn't want to. In the dark, suddenly seemed to seem giggly.  And I tried to keep him screaming, but I screamed. Now, what did he look like? Well, he had a very soft face and he laughed in a kind of a high giggle. He was very blond, almost an albino, and he was so heavy.  That's it. I even like the name Freddie. That is the next villain. Wait a minute. No, no, no, I'm not going to do that. Look, please. I don't want to get started with Freddie. I suppose you think I'm crazy. No, no, no, I understand. You're still susceptible to your childhood fear. Yes, that's it. You're afraid of Freddie, good. But you also told me that you were afraid of me and that's much more reasonable, old man. Because Freddie only exists in your imagination, but me, I'm right here. And in our ten years together, you've seen what's happened when I'm crossed, haven't you? Yes, I have seen. Now who are you more afraid of, Michael, old man? Freddie or me? I'll have the first batch in two weeks. Good boy. Frankly, Mike, Freddie is the only thing that can save Dirk Diamond for you. Oh, what's funny? He didn't ask me. He didn't ask me how I saved myself from Freddie. And go on.  And then I was saved. You know what his name was? Dirk Diamond. I made up Dirk Diamond to save me from Freddie, and now Freddie is going to save Dirk Diamond and me. In just a moment, we will return for the second act of... And now here's a message from the watchmakers of Switzerland. Swiss vacation. Polly under who? Swiss vacation. Win a fabulous vacation for two in beautiful Switzerland. Enter the Swiss vacation contest. It's easy. Nothing to buy. Pick up a free entry blank at a jewelry store or other store that sells quality watches. Then in 25 words or less, complete this statement. A quality watch is the best value because there are 1,000 prizes. First prize, a 21-day vacation for two in Switzerland. You'll find a lot of Swiss air both ways. Visit many colorful places. All expenses paid for two people plus $500 extra spending money. Second, third and fourth prizes. 15-day Swiss vacations for two. Also four mink stoles. Eight Bollack movie cameras and projectors. 12 Hermes typewriters. $160, $100 watches. 812 Gala assortments of Tobler Swiss chocolates. Enter the Swiss vacation contest today. Free entry blanks at your jewelry store. Yeah. Mike, we just signed the Higgs McCoy chain. 14 newspapers. That makes 30 papers this month alone. We've got a lot to thank Freddie for. Yeah, a lot. The last two months of this trip have been wonderful. What's gotten into you? Freddie. What? Oh, nothing, Mr. Welby. Goodbye. It's not nothing. Everything goes so easily. The panel's the storyline, even the dialogue. And I don't quite understand. Not for a long time. Then one day, my assistant comes into my office with a strip of my drawings. Mike, something's wrong. What? What's wrong?  Yes, that's right. Well, you have him smiling. What? Let me see that. Oh, yeah. You want to change it before I ink it in? No, no, just let me have you erase it. Yeah. There. Mike, he's still smiling. Yeah. Let me have you erase it again. Funny, it still looks kind of like a smile. Yeah. Yeah, he's still smiling, isn't he? Well, do you want him looking frightened? It doesn't matter what I want. You see, it's what he wants. I have to do what he wants. Mike, are you all right? Sure, Shums. You won't get in.  He'll get in. OK. Hello. Get me Mr. Welby. Well, find him. It's a matter of life and death, understand? It's life or death. After murder, Freddie, within 30 days you'll be dead. It'll have to be big, otherwise Mr. Welby wouldn't go for it. No tool for nickel ideas for him. I walk through the entire apartment, back and forth. Past all the gifts and the metals and trophies I've been given by Dirk Diamond fan clubs in New Jersey to Hong Kong. Clocks and statuettes, loving cups and ash trays. A music box in my bed. With a stiletto encased in it. When the stiletto is taken out of its scabbard, the music box plays. Construction. That's what I need now. I need ingenious construction because I've got to kill him. Oh, I... operator, what time is it? 5.45 a.m. Do you wish to place a call? Mr. Union. Thank you, OK. Mr. Union, this is Mike Snyder, Barton Hotel. I would like you to pick up a package at the desk and deliver it to the Welby Syndicate. Yes, Mr. Snyder. And you tell the messenger to be very careful with the package. Yes, Mr. Snyder. Because there's a body in it. Yes. It's a joke, it's all, just a joke. Oh, I can sleep now. Oh, man, I feel like I've had chain struck my arms and legs. I feel... I feel so lucky. I feel good. I'm happy. Tired? Oh, I put that stiletto back. It shouldn't be... it shouldn't be playing like that. That unless... Unless? Hello, Michael. Hello. Surprise. It's a nightmare. Let's see, it's a nightmare. A nightmare. This is a fine stiletto, Michael. This is the one you use to kill Mrs. Blue Teeth, isn't it? No, this is a dream. Yes, Mrs. Blue Teeth. It's carved on the blade. A copy of the stiletto used by Dirk Diamond in killing Mrs. Blue Teeth, presented admiringly by the Dirk Diamond Club of Toronto. I like this stiletto, Michael. I admire it. You can't eat like that. So you're giving me 30 more days to live? Don't come any closer. I'm giving you only one day. You put that stiletto down. And then there isn't going to be any more, Michael Snyder. It's a nightmare. This is all happening in my brain. Exactly. Even this stiletto in your brain. No, I'm putting it back there. Point burn. It's still there, Cleveridge. It's Cleveridge in the headboard of a bench. Hey, look, Mr. Snyder, I took enough with them fingerprints in the laboratory, but the fingerprints aren't on file here. So the lab's wiring worsening.  FBI, you know. When will they get word back? Oh, any minute. You know, Mr. Snyder is funny. I should run into you here at the police on the counter. You know, I've got four boys at home who keep talking about nothing, but how is Dirk Diamond going to get out of this trap where he's got him in? Can you tell me now how you're going to get him on this trap? I don't know. Mulligan? Huh? Mr. Snyder, it's the lab. They got word back. Yes, yes, yes. Mm-hmm. Yeah? The fingerprints of Michael Snyder? I'm not into anybody, Miss Bennett. Mike Snyder, we'll put him on. Mike, where have you been all morning? We've been calling. What? Your train leaves in two minutes. Where are you going? What do you mean? Anywhere. No, I'm not out of my mind. No, I'm not out of my mind. No, I can't explain no time. Now, look, I sent you 30 days of Dirk Diamond this morning and you're not using me. If that's the best you can do, Freddie stays alive. You understand, Mike? I never questioned your judgment before, but this time I'm telling you.  It's him and me. It's him and me! In a moment, we will return for the third act of... suspense. 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Fitch can also leave hair up to 35% brighter. Get Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo today. Oh, it feels good. Good to hear those wheels. My troubles are being left far alone and it feels so good to be surrounded by lots of people. Huh? A man on my right is reading a newspaper. I can see a woman. I turn away to the window. That's the first time I've ever turned away from Dirk Diamond and suddenly I know I've turned away from him forever. What it well be once said You put a lot of yourself in your comic strips, Mike. Yeah, I put everything. You know, there's more of me in Dirk Diamond than there is in real life. I have been hiding in a comic strip since I was four years old. That's pretty. But I'm leaving all that behind. Tickets, please. Tickets. I am escaping. I'm free. Tickets, please. I gave you mine before. No, Mike. Oh, sure. Mike? Yes. So you don't have your ticket? Oh, well. You need a ticket, not where you're going. Let's go. You won't need anything coming out of it. Easy, Mr. You were choking yourself. Your own hands were on your neck. It was awful. You have fits. Listen, stop it, Frank. I gotta get back. Oh, don't try. I gotta go back. I got two. All right, all right. Now, the next stop is Buffalo. You can get off and take a train back. Oh, you shouldn't be moving. Joe, help him with his shirt. No, no, no, no, no. I've got to do this. Myself. Myself. I know I promised you a weekend, but this is an emergency. Now, stop whining, will you? Mike, forget it, Frank. I don't need you. Oh, so you came back. I can't say I'm surprised, not really. Listen, Freddie... Freddie has got to die.  Look, it's 3 a.m. The entire staff just left. All of us trying to keep dirt diamond going because you go off half-clock. You've got to die! Calling me up from Grand Central that you've got to get away. Well, it's not that easy, Mike. Not from me. I know Freddie's got to die. I heard you. Kill him then. But not with this third-grade stuff you're trying to farm off on me this morning. You know where that goes? Freddie's the best villain you ever had. You want to get rid of him? It's got to be the best killing you ever had. Otherwise, he stays alive. All right, start crying then. Start from here, this panel. Dirk has locked himself in his room.  I am going to kill him. That's right. Now go ahead from there. All right. It's nighttime. Dirk lies on a couch, still thinking of his problem. Suddenly in the night, Freddie appears. From where? I don't know, but he's there with a stiletto. He comes over to the couch and he plunges the knife into Dirk's head. But Dirk awakens and the stiletto stabs into the couch. But you said first it went into his head. Now how did he miss? I don't know, but he's missed. There's Freddie. And Dirk grabs him by the neck. No, no, no, no. It's too thin, Mike. Now look, you might as well face it.   Wait a minute. Now listen. See, Dirk Diamond has never been more frightened in all his life. He knows it's got to be either Freddie or him. No, no, no, no. Dirk remembers something, then. He first saw Freddie in a dream. Suddenly he realizes it. Oh, no, Mike. You see, nobody else knows Freddie. The only time Dirk's ever seen him, they've been alone together. It's just him and Freddie. And then it comes to him. Freddie only exists in his mind. He's no dangerous enemy. He's the nightmare of his brain. Now he knows the one way to get Freddie. Yeah? Dirk...  Go on. So he knows Freddie only exists as long as he does. And the only way to bring Freddie into reach is by taking his own... his own throat in his hands. And choking. Choking himself. All right, Mike. Stop it. Mike, you're crazy. Mike! You see? You see it work? Freddie is ready to reach. And now he has it by the throat. You think himself is the decoy. He's caught his nightmare. All his nightmares, all the monsters that imprisoned him, find the throat. And now it thrills him to feel Freddie's neck between his hands at last. The mouse playing the cat, Mr. Wellby. I'll do a panel of Dirk's face smiling. Oh, and now Freddie reaches out for the alarm bell under the desk. And now to a sniff of this thrashing desperate hand knocking over the telephone and groping until it reaches the bell under the desk and with its last dying strength pushing. And then, then he'll cut to the bell ringing in the office of the floor watchman and in the lobby and in the local precinct. And then, and then the floor watchman he knocks on the door and he calls out Mr. Wellby, Mr. The monsters are all dead. And Dirk Diamond he's escaped at last. Mr. Wellby. Oh, no. Who, who are you? Don't you know? Suspense. You've been listening to The Crisis of Dirk Diamond written for suspense by Sam Locke. In a moment the names of our players and a word about next week's story of suspense. 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Testing is absolutely critical, especially with a fast traveling virus like this. And so I think our testing capabilities are now, you know, the toast of the town, if I call it that way. We have tested over 350,000 cases so far. And many times some patients who are found to have this, you know, are tested many times before their release. Before they are confirmed, they're fully cured. But altogether, I think we're talking about something like one out of 145 or 150 people having been tested so far. Even though we have acted early, much of this has surprised us. And most of all, how fast it travels. Our case number one was on January 23rd, young Chinese women who was traveling from Wuhan to Japan in fact. And we caught her in transit at the airport, displaying very severe symptoms. Up to between her and up to 31, it was a really meticulously managed case up to 31. But after case 31, it just exploded. And, you know, containing this spread was very difficult. Our sense of crisis at the time was very much the same as the sense of crisis that many fighting this in the European countries are feeling, just being overwhelmed. The key to our success has been absolute transparency with the public. I mean, sharing every detail of how this virus is evolving, how it is spreading and what the government is doing about it. Wards and all Prime Minister formed a task force of all government ministries and all and crucially all city and provincial governments. We are a very devolved governance structure. City mayors and provincial governors are all directly elected. So we are a vibrant democracy that is also very devolved and it was very crucial to make sure that what we did, we did together. For example, when this region ran out of hospital beds, we asked other provinces to open up beds in their hospitals. This is indeed a global challenge and we all have to overcome this together. It doesn't matter that my country is stabilizing and, you know, coming to grips with this, the world together has to overcome this together.


Hello, everyone. Welcome to another class, another session on inner wholeness. Well, in this class, we are going to be looking at, let me just share the screen. We're going to be looking at, yeah, I hope you can see it. We're going to be looking at this third chapter, which is restoring the soul, which is the basis for our, what is the basis for our healing and deliverance when it comes to restore the soul. So we saw that the Lord wants us well. The Lord wants us well in spirit, soul and in our bodies. And He has given us, He has provided for us the means so that we can be emotionally whole. It is His will, it is His desire that we be whole, physically, spiritually, emotionally. And then we looked at that scripture, we looked at 1 Thessalonians 5 and verse 23, which talks about how the Lord, that the desire, it prays and He says that may the Lord preserve you so that your whole spirit, soul and body is kept blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So let me just read that scripture once again. So we look at 1 Thessalonians 5 and verse 23. It says, now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So we see that that is God's intent, that's God's desire. And also the Psalmist says in Psalm 23 and verse 3 that he says, He restores my soul, saying the Lord restores my soul. He's talking about how the good shepherd leads him beside the still waters and make him to lie down in the green pastures and so on. And then he goes on to say that he restores my soul. And that word restores, it has a twofold meaning. It means to return back to God, to return, to take back to where it was or where it should be. And it also means something being repaired, something being refreshed or taken to that state in which it was restored, well-being and wholeness. So you're saying he restores, meaning that God restores my soul. So we talk about the soul, we're talking about the mind, our will, our emotions, our intellect and everything. That God is the one who restores our soul. He wants to take us back to that place, he wants to repair whatever is damaged, whether it's our emotions, whether it's our imagination, whatever is damaged, God wants to restore us and make us whole. So this involves healing, this also involves deliverance. This restoration process in order to bring back involves healing, which means preparing, making well, making everything whole. It involves the process of healing. Healing is to whatever is broken, maybe needs to be put back, whatever is lost, maybe needs to be put back. And whatever is hurting needs to be healed, God. So whatever is damaged needs to be made whole. It involves healing. And also it involves, it could also involve deliverance, which means to deliver, to set free, to make free, or to take someone from bondage to freedom, from bondage from somebody who's in bondage to the demonic spirits or evil spirits, the person to be set free from the bondage and made free. So that is deliverance. So when we're looking at wholeness, we're looking at how can a person be restored and made whole. It involves healing and deliverance and journey and a pathway, a process into wholeness. Some of the times the healing happens instantaneously, healing happens maybe it's just an instant and the Lord heals. But also when it comes to something to do with our emotions, something to do with the inner wholeness, we see that it could be a process. It could be something that we journey into and stay on that and sustain that healing and wholeness. Now when we look at the basis for our healing and deliverance, it's important for us to know what is the basis or based on what can we say that there is healing and there is deliverance. Based on what? Because it's very important for us to know that, because if we know that this is based on the word of God, that this is based on scripture and it based on the truth, then we can stand in faith and we can be bold and confident and say that, yes, I'm going to pursue this and there's no second thoughts, there's no doubt, there's nothing that is no doubt that is crossing our mind so we can be bold and strong and we can stand in faith. So we need to know, it's very important for us to know what is the basis for our healing and deliverance. So we see that healing and deliverance is provided for us on the cross. This is the big one. This is the basis for our healing and deliverance, what was provided for each one of us on the cross. So the finished work, what we refer to as the work that was finished, the work of healing, the work of deliverance, that the Lord Jesus completed on the cross. If you recall, we know that the Lord Jesus on the cross, he declared it is finished, meaning it is done, it is completed. So that cry was a cry of victory when he said it is finished. That cry was a cry which also had a legal connotation, meaning all that is required legally, that was completed, that was done, it was a cry of victory, it was also cry when he declared it is finished. It also meant that yes, whatever is required legally, whatever needs to be fulfilled, has been fulfilled, it is complete, it is finished. When we look at Isaiah 53, so we're going to look at the basis for healing and deliverance, looking at the finished work of the cross and so on the cross, what was done for us. So we have studied this earlier in our earlier classes, but in our earlier subjects also, maybe in who we are in Christ, but it's good to go back to it and we remind ourselves of it. Isaiah 53 and verses 4 and 5, if you look at Isaiah 53 and verse 4, it says, verse 4 says, Surely he has borne our drifts and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted, but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our inequities, the chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. So here, Isaiah prophesies about the Messiah and what he's going to do on the cross, he's prophesying about the Lord Jesus and he's saying that he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our inequities, the chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. So which means the punishment, the chastisement, the punishment, he took that punishment in order to bring us peace. And by his stripes we are healed. So that word peace, it goes beyond just quietness or lack of confusion or peace of mind. That word used there is Shalom, which means deliverance, goodwill, healing, health, prosperity, safety and so on. So it's a power-packed word which includes all of this. So the punishment for our Shalom was upon him, and by his stripes, which means the punishment that he took, the blood that was shed, by his stripes we are healed. By his wounds we are healed. And the word healed there means Rafa, which means to make a hole, to cure, to heal and so on. So we see that. Not only did he take our physical sickness or symptoms, but also emotionally. Whatever was required for our emotional wholeness, the Lord Jesus carried on the cross. So when we look at the finished work on the cross, it means that the Lord Jesus completed whatever was required for our emotional wholeness as well. He finished whatever was required for our emotional healing and wholeness. So we see that. Second thing we see is that because of the work of the cross, the finished work of redemption on the cross, we see that something has been done for us because of this work of the Lord on the cross. He carried our sickness. He carried our sin. He carried our curse upon himself on the cross. And because of that, we have actually been taken, we have been delivered from the powers of darkness, from the kingdom of darkness, from the bondage of darkness, and we have been released into the kingdom of light. So that's something beautiful. That's something glorious. Colossians 1 and verse 13 says that He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. So we have been delivered. We have been stretched. We have been taken away from the powers of darkness and we have been conveyed and released into the kingdom of light, the kingdom of the Son. And so verse 14 says, In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Acts 26 and verse 18, To open their eyes in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. So this is what happened, that as dark as kingdom is to light, or darkness is to light, as contrasting as darkness is to light, it metaphorically is talking about the kingdom of darkness and what light means, the kingdom of light and the kingdom of Jesus. So we have been delivered. So which means that darkness does not have any more claim over our lives, which is great news, which is good news. Darkness has no more claims. So it's like how we have been, the citizenship of another country does not have any hold, the rules of another country, the rules there, the restrictions there, do not have control. We are bound by the rules as long as we are in that country or nation. For example, if I'm driving a car in India, I need to drive it on the left side of the road. Now that's the rule. Wherever we go, the length and breadth of the country, I need to drive it on the left side of the road. Now, if I move from India to go to the United States of America, then the rules change. I cannot continue to drive on the left side of the road. There will be utter chaos and there will be accidents because everybody is driving on the right side of the road now. So if I'm driving on the left side of the road, I will see the oncoming traffic. Everybody is on my lane. I cannot drive on the left side of the road. I have to drive on the right side of the road. So the rules of this nation are null and void. When it comes to driving on the left side of the road, when I move to the other nation, which is the United States of America. So similarly, we are not bound by any of the legal claims of the evil one because we have been delivered. So no more right over our lives, no more oppression, no more inroads into our minds and thoughts and imaginations. We have been delivered. So the basis for healing, emotional wholeness, the basis for deliverance is the finished work on the cross by which we have been delivered from darkness and released into light. So if there be anything to do with the bondage, which is from generation to generation, we're saying that some so and so, my great-grandfather had a drinking problem, my father also had a drinking problem. Therefore, you know, it has been passed on to me. Well, all that ends because we see that 1 Peter 1 and verse 18. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 18 says, knowing then you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ as of a land without blemish and without spot. So he's saying you were redeemed, redeemed from, redeemed with incorruptible things, the seed word of God. And we were redeemed from the aimless conduct received by tradition from your forefathers. So, you know, these things received by tradition, you know, these things that you could, that was handed down from generation to generation, even through your bloodline. Everything has been, has ended because of the cross, because of what Lord Jesus did for us on the cross. Now, the other thing that we see is that we have been released into blessing.  Every curse that was upon us, that ends because of the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus on the cross. Now, he has redeemed us from the curse of not keeping the law. The curse that is rightfully there because of our disobedience, that we have been redeemed from. Galatians 3 verses 13 and 14, it says, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. Now, if you want to get some more insight about the curse of the law, we can go to the book of Deuteronomy, and we can look at Deuteronomy chapter, I think it's 28. And we look at, you know, verses 1 to 14 talks about the blessing of keeping the word, the law, the commandments, and then verses 15 onwards talk about the curse. Now, we have been delivered from the curse. We have been redeemed from the curse of the law. Why? Because the Lord Jesus became a curse for us on the cross. And verse 14 says that the blessing of Abraham. Now, this is the reason he went to the cross. This is the reason he became a curse for our sakes, so that the blessing of Abraham might come upon all of us and come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. That's one of the things that we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus. So he has redeemed us. He has actually redeemed us from the curse of the law. What else do we see because of the finished work of the cross? We see that Colossians 2 verse 14 says that he has wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross, which means that whatever legal requirements that the law had because of our disobedience to it, because of the very nature of sin, all those, the Lord Jesus moved it out of the way, he took it out of the way because of his work on the cross because he kept the law and he destroyed whatever was against us. The curse, he removed it, he destroyed it because of his work on the cross. The finished work of Jesus on the cross also talks about Satan's defeat. The Lord conquered sin, Satan and death on the cross. Several verses talk about that. Colossians 2.15 in the New Testament says, having disarmed, the Lord Jesus, he says having disarmed, which means this is the work which is done, this is the work which is completed. This is the work which is in the past, which means on the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. He disarmed, which means whatever power they had, it was taken away. Whatever arms they had or weapons, it was taken away. He disarmed principalities and powers and he made a public spectacle of them and he triumphed over them in it. We see in Isaiah 53 where the prophet prophesies over Jesus. He says he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he has poured out his soul unto death and he was numbered with the transgressors and he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. He is saying that because he poured out his soul unto death, he shall divide the spoil with the strong, which means there is a plundering that the Lord did and he gave the spoils of that victory to others. So we see, he is referring to us that the spoils of victory were given to us. So the victory he has given to us, the victory on the cross, he has turned around and given to us. So we see that this is the basis or this is the background or this is the reference point because of which we can actually say that yes, emotional healing and wholeness belongs to me. So it's not based on anything, it's not based on any assumption but it's based on the finished work of the Lord on the cross. So it is something which is based on truth, it is something which is based on what was done, what was completed on the cross, therefore we can stand strong in faith and we can pray for ourselves to be walking in emotional wholeness, for healing and wholeness in our emotions. We can minister to others as well because of this. So then we see the new creation life which happened to us because of the cross, which we have received because of the cross, the new creation life. Look at 2 Corinthians 5 and verses 17 and 18. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away, behold all things have become new. Now all things are of God. So which means that I've become a new creation and we've learned about this, that we became new creation in our spirit man and our soul mind will emotions intellect now conforms, needs to conform to Christ likeness. So as new creations with new identity we have every right and we have the empowerment to walk away, to walk freely, to walk away from anything and everything that enslaved us. That is part of the old identity. Our old identity could be that we are sinners, slaves to sin, that we are dead to God, alive to sin. That's part of our old identity. Now because we have the new creation life in us and because we are new creations in Christ and because all things have become new and we have new creations in our spirit, now we can walk. Now that dominates us. The new creation life dominates us. So we can walk in newness of life. Anything to do with our emotions, anything to do with our thought patterns anything to do with our imaginations which are part of the old creation, our old identity. Now we have the freedom and the ability to walk away from it and to conform to Christ likeness. So we are transformed and conformed to Christ likeness. So there's no more right, Satan has no more legal right to keep us conformed to our old identity, our old nature. We have become new in Christ. In fact, 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 21 says, I think it's good that we read that, 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 21, he made in who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him. So in Christ, we are considered as the righteousness of God. Now that's a big thing, right? The righteousness of God. Not righteousness of man, but righteousness of God. So in him, in Christ, we have become the righteousness of God in Christ. So our emotions, our thoughts, our passions, our desires and everything. It is consecrated unto God because this is our new nature. So we live out of our new nature. So that's the basis again for healing and deliverance. Then next we see that we have been given authority as part of our identity because we are no longer dominated by our old nature but sin has no domain over us. Romans 6 verse 14 talks about that. Now we have been given authority and we are in the rightful place of authority. What is it that we see? Mark 16 verse 17 and 18 says that in my name the Lord Jesus says, in my name and this is talking about those who believe. These signs will follow those who believe. In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak with new tongues. So in my name they will cast out demons. And how do we cast out demons? Because of the authority that the Lord has given us to cast out. So we've been given authority. In fact Luke chapter 10 and verse 19 and it is the Lord Jesus talking to the disciples and he says, behold I give you the authority. I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. So he's given as authority to trample over serpents and scorpions. He's also given as authority to cast out demons. So we're talking about the basis for deliverance. The basis for healing and deliverance is the authority that he's given us to walk whole, to pass down every attempt of the enemy to keep us in bondage, to keep us enslaved, to keep us in oppression. He's given us the authority. Then we also see that he has anointed us by his spirit. The anointing that breaks the yoke or all kinds of bondages. The anointing which is the work and power of the Holy Spirit. So the work, the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit brings healing and wholeness and the anointing removes burdens and yokes. So this is something that we see in Isaiah chapter 10. It talks about how the anointing breaks the yoke and removes the burdens. Isaiah chapter 10 and this is verse 27. It says, it shall come to pass on that day that his burden shall be taken away from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. So there is the breaking of bondages, the removing of yoke and heaviness and oppression because of the anointing. In fact, Isaiah 61, the Lord, Isaiah prophesying about the Messiah, saying, the Spirit of the Lord, God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. And we see that the Lord actually reads this when he goes to the synagogue. He has a portion of it and he says that today this is fulfilled in your hearing. And we see that in the book of Luke and chapter 4 where the Lord says that he opens it, opens the book of the prophet Isaiah. The scroll is given to him and he's reading it and he's saying the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. He has anointed me to preach good tidings and he says he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach the gospel to the poor and so on, to proclaim liberty to the captives and so on. So we see that this is something that is again possible because of the anointing or the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. So again, because of the anointing of the Holy Spirit I can boldly say that this healing and wholeness in my mind and emotions is made possible and it is God's desire. That is why he has anointed to heal the brokenhearted. Then we see the Word of God, the engrafted Word. The Word of God has intrinsic power and ability to save or again the Word used there is sozo which means to heal, preserve, protect, deliver and do well or be whole, to make whole. Now the Word of God is able, when we receive the engrafted or the implanted Word which is able to save our souls. When we receive the implanted Word it is able to make us whole and save us and bring sozo into our lives. It is able to sozo our souls. Sozo is a parallel Word in Greek, just like Shalom. So it talks about salvation, save, protect, deliver and heal, preserve and so on. So able to sozo our souls. So all this is the basis for our healing. So what should we do? What should we do? What is our responsibility? The main thing is that we cancel all association, all agreements. In other words we are saying we cancel all the ties, all the bridges that we had built, all the agreements that we had made with the enemy and we cancel all that and we close all the entry points or we close all the open doors. So Ephesians 4 talks about how we can give place to the devil. We ourselves, we actually have the ability or sometimes in our choices, in our decisions we give place to the devil. Ephesians 4.27 is about don't let the sun go down on your wrath. Ephesians 4 talks about that. To be simmering with rage or anger. Don't let the sun go down on your wrath. Don't let it be there and it says not give the devil a foothold. That place, the word place, Greek word, it means foothold for the devil. So a foothold is to, you know, why is there a foothold so that you can actually entrench, one can entrench yourself, one can carry, one can use it to that advantage. That foothold is given to use it to that advantage. Maybe to climb up, maybe to go, we want to have access to and so on. So since you not give the devil a foothold, access point or a convenient place to take advantage of. So we are God's property. Yes, the Lord is actually the owner of our property. He owns us, we belong to Him, Spirit, Soul and Body. But He is, we are the tenants. He is the landlord, we are the tenants. As a tenant, the landlord has actually given us, the authorities have given us, okay, you stay here, you live here, you have permission. But as a tenant, I could make some choices, I could make some decisions to open the doors, to open the windows and, you know, and whether knowingly, unknowingly and let someone in. And so because of my actions, because of my choices, I could let the enemy come in, step in and take authority, right? So that is something, you know, I need to make sure that these entry points and these associations, these agreements with the enemy, are in fact broken down, okay? In our next session, we talk about, in chapter four, we talk about, I mean, that section four, we talk about receiving healing, receiving deliverance and how do we go about it and also the pathway. So that is for the next class. So with this, we come to the end of this session and I hope we can practically implement these, right? It's good that we are learning these truths, but we put it to practice, intentionally put it to practice. I say, you know, you know, this is the truth and this is what I choose to stay with, right? So we looked at, so today we looked at the basis for healing and deliverance. So thank you for joining this session. We hope it was a blessing. So we will end this and we'll continue in the next video. God bless. Thank you.


Hello, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us today for this second issue briefing on the day two of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit. My name is Oliver Caen, I'm head of strategic communications at the World Economic Forum. We're here to discuss one of the, one of the standard reports and research projects at the forum along with his partners has been involved in the roll-up to this meeting, the Global Battery Alliance, it's formed a few years ago initially in an attempt to eradicate and the child labour and poor labour conditions of folks involved in extracting the minerals that go into batteries, but of course has morphed into a larger project now, aimed to try to understand the role the batteries and battery technology can play in helping address the sustainable development goals in general. So issue briefings, 30 minutes shorter than your average session, there's a reason for that, we like to keep things lively, we like to keep things engaged and interactive, encourage anyone to throw up their hand up at any time, encourage disagreement, please if you have, I think this goes for you on the power of two, if you have anything to say, which you don't agree with, please do say, the time will go very, very fast, we've got a big issue to talk about here. So Global Battery Alliance, the report I was involved in the media launch of it last week, some pretty kind of high impact numbers, we believe after having done this research that emissions in the transport and power sectors can be cut by 30% by 2030, power and transport of course accounting for 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We also believe that 10 million jobs could be created, we believe that $150 billion could be added to the global economy and most importantly, 600 million people could gain access to energy to electricity for the first time. That's a lot of impact over a lot of areas and that's where I want to start. So quickly introduce my panel and we'll get cracking. Benedict Sabocca, chief executive officer of the Eurasian resources group based in Luxembourg. Mr Liushau Shi, executive deputy secretary general of China EV on my third down there. Anna next to Benedict, global vice president, corporate and government affairs of the international justice mission and my far left Riccardo Politi senior director, energy and extractives at the World Bank based in Washington DC. So let's get a few, one quick question each and then let's enter into the kind of more fun interactive side of the session. Benedict, let's start with you. So we're looking at, and this kind of summary, it kind of is a good summary of the work we do at the forum. We try to not just promote public private partnerships but get to the complexities of them. We're looking at efforts to control and eradicate child and illegal labour practices. We're looking at avoiding e-waste crises and other external nasty side effects of batteries. We're also looking at how do we actually empower this technology to bring about those cuts in emissions that we so badly need. Which of those are the hardest to achieve? Thank you. All of those are very difficult challenges and it will take a multi-stakeholder approach to try and resolve them. The challenge we've seen is if you think 100 years back when the supply chain of the current automotive and transportation electricity sector was built, it struggled with the same issues. Now as we come to this transformation of the lower carbon economy where we've got a significant shift into the electrification of the transportation sector and the electricity sectors, we have to make sure that we don't replicate some of the issues that we had when the supply chain in the carbon-based economies was built about 100 years ago. When you see the role that batteries will play in this in achieving those climate targets, I think we understand that this is very important. Batteries, because the sheer volumes of batteries there will be requirement storage solutions for electricity that will be required over the next years we set the target of 2030, the numbers are staggering. We have to make sure that the supply chain is built in a way that it's efficient, that it avoids in itself greenhouse gas emissions, because at the moment a lot of the extractive industries that produce products that go into batteries are not very clean and generate a lot of emissions. We have to make sure that there's circularity in the supply chain which at the moment does not exist to the extent that it could be. Most of the mobile phones in this room will not be recycled at this moment and a lot of you in the audience will have plenty of mobile phones lying around at home that are not being recycled and that's something we have to solve so it's not just a question of e-waste but we've produced over the last 25 years lithium ion batteries, millions of tonnes that are lying around that are not being reused and that's a big waste. Of course the other big element is at the moment the value that's generated across the energy storage and the battery supply chain is distributed very unevenly and I'll give you an example a typical mobile phone will cost about $1,000 in the store, the actual material cost of this mobile phone is $150, the battery is three, the cobalt which is extracted predominantly one of the poorest countries in the world on the DRC is only 30 cents of $1,000 of economic value generated in a mobile phone. The mobile phone would not exist without the Congo. So we have to find a way to distribute that value across that value chain much more evenly and more sustainably because people that are sitting at the beginning at the value chain are not seeing some of the benefits that we believe they should be seeing in terms of sustainable and alternative livelihood sustainable jobs and that's again where batteries when we distribute value along the value chain we have to make sure that this is done in a sustainable fashion and particularly in Africa and South America and some of the poor vulnerable regions that generate and produce the materials that we all need for our electronics product and for the electric vehicle revolution thank you. And the report says I believe scaling up production by 19 times is necessary so there are some pain points pain points what are you most worried about? Very specifically we should all be worried about the environmental impact of lithium production in the world because it's a very water intensive production we should be concerned about the environmental impact of nickel production particularly in Southeast Asia we should be very concerned about child labour in the copper belt it's a problem that's very well known and it hasn't been solved and it hasn't even been addressed so this is probably the error that personally is most at my heart is because that's something we shouldn't be we shouldn't be tolerating we shouldn't be applying 15s or 16s or 17th century labour practices in a in an industry that is responsible for the fourth industrial revolution or high tech products that we all benefit from so I think these are the three areas that we believe have to be addressed most in this part of the global battery lines we're doing a particularly surgical intervention into child labour through our cobald drop map or we're trying to address that issue it does sound like batteries could could do more harm than good um well definitely they're doing more more more good than harm the question is they're doing good to some of us and they're doing harm to others and evening out those imbalances I think is one of our responsibilities so let's move to you Anna you know this week has been a it's not been great news let's face it we're seeing global emissions going up when they should be going down likewise forced labour is and basic basic human slavery and all lots of labour relation issues are not getting any better in the world why is this and and what can you do about it and and how is how is this alliance do you think going to going to move the needle well it's true forced labour is persisting around the world over 20 million people in forced labour today but the good news is it is stoppable it only persists in locations where governments don't have the capacity or aren't enforcing the laws and so a lot of the work I think that needs to be done is around building institutional capacity to really strengthen child protection systems the same is true for child labour where there aren't sufficient systems for protection of children that's where child labour does persist the country we're focusing mainly here of course on Africa which where a lot of the extractives in case I'm I hope I'm not mistaken a lot of the minerals are extracted what what kind of ability and capability do you have to work with governments in those countries and put those partnerships in places so badly needed well we've seen we've seen tremendous progress working alongside governments and building institutional capacity international justice mission works in a number of countries around the world where we've seen a reduction in prevalence both in child labour and forced labour and so we have great hope that this alliance can also bring together the right partners to achieve similar reductions through partnership I think the great strength of the global battery lines is that it's public private and civil society coming together like you said it started on the on the issue of child labour but has become much more ambitious in its scope and the the report's recommendations on scaling up responsibly I think are going to be key in the implementation and has benedict referenced the roadmap I think we have a clear action plan moving forward to to do together are there any best practices from your work with other industries of the value chains that you think need you need to see applied we need to see applied when it comes to batteries I think so I think collaboration with the government is is always key that's always where we've seen our greatest success and making sure that there are partnerships in place that can sustain the work and strengthening civil society one of the partners that's a member of the global battery lines is a good shepherd sisters the number of the members of the global battery lines are working with and they're doing tremendous work around child protection and education and providing for for children coming out of mining so I think collaboration across all of these sectors is key mr lou your you represent EV 100 which I understand was initially named because you had around 100 organisations as part of your part of your coalition but now that has has mushrooms coming from China which is of course such a huge huge influence when it comes to battery production and electric vehicle manufacturing one of the lessons you can share on the practicalities of scaling up responsibly battery technology let's see back to the very beginning why we China wise choose the electric vehicle and China is actually last year produced 1.25 million electric vehicle more than 50% of the worldwide production and consumption also the ownership of 50% actually the strategy started 10 years ago in 2009 China has a lot of problems compared with other countries we have any problem because China imported 70% of children and we have a development problem because China has 150 cars for 1,000 people and the US has 1,000 people has 800 cars even Korea has 400 cars so as long as the economy grows the people need more cars but actually petroleum we cannot afford it in the world so we have to find a way to solve any problem develop problem the third one the China suffer having air pollution the particle matters is three times or four times compared with US or world standard last one carbon dioxide China is the number one carbon dioxide producer in the world and so all the problem accumulate together push China to find a way except no from the the way to figure out without petroleum what we can do so that's the so we call the battery technology because battery takes 40% of the cost for the cars so China has spent a lot of time or effort on battery development so until now we can see China has made a great progress we are the top three countries with technology and capacity and last year probably China produced more than 60% of the worldwide batteries and also we have more than 50% of patents worldwide we have the controlled that for the technology wide so with three countries we have to share the technology we have the capacity to stimulate in the trade so the cost will decrease year on year based 10 or 50% until year 2025 so that means at that time the Chinese made EV cars cost will lower than the you know all your burn cars also by that year and the Chinese solar power cost will lower than coal burning cost so that we we can ensure for economic side for your for your mental side we can make progress so we have the expectation by year 2030 China can produce 10 000 electric vehicle annually the ownership 80 million so that's the Chinese goal we can surely which is which is tremendous progress and and we'd like to maybe share the hear your thoughts on how that can be replicated in other parts of the world but but first what are your views on how successful China has been in ensuring that alongside such rapid transformation and growth in that sector that the correct processes have been in put in place regarding the you know the the issues we've been talking about as part of this alliance that you know the forced labour the child labour the e-waste and the end of life issues regarding a lack of recycling at the moment what are what are the efforts that are kind of being built around this this huge growth in in production yeah actually is a the building apps the capacities the reputed growth the last 34 years annually 60% growth rate but the arms actually volume is still not quite large so we can see until now all the batteries hike in second life or recycle and first we have found a major use for the retired battery for the telecommunication base station you know the China has a huge telecommunication system have 3.5 million of telecommunication base stations in the world in China you know the nationwide so that can be used because they can use all the retired batteries for that purpose also has energy storage perhaps some of the province build up the energy storage facilities for the power you know power industry so in the future we we think here we we can build up the more energy storage for the for the shifting the 12th or a peak of the electricity daily cycle that be we can save 100% totally electricity consumption nationwide that may be tremendously progress lastly it's for the material recycling the special show tender ribs by tree the nickel the cobalt can be a fully recycle and that to cost that that can create the i6 create about 10 12 billion rmb industry for china fantastic and love to get to some questions but first of all i want to bring you in so let's just let's just think about some of the numbers one more time 600 million people connected to electricity for the first time 150 billion to the global economy you work for the world bank part of your brief is electrification in africa and elsewhere are these numbers achievable i think the number are achievable they will bank join the global batteries alliance because we do believe that the deployment the acceleration the deployment of batteries in the power sector will can do that can provide more i mean clean a secure and affordable energy to more and more people what are the the problems the problems that we want to see sustainable batteries as we were saying and sustainable batteries start from the first process which is the mining to be sure that human the human per the human capital is well is well defended then it goes into landscape forestry we want forest to be kept as they are as much as possible water and all of of these finite resources that we are working with certainly then we move into processes that we want as as efficient from the energy viewpoint as possible and then little by little we get to the final product and to the recycling in order to do that i think we need the work of everybody on the private and on the public sector and we have to understand that i think there is a global consumer demand for products and services that are sustainable in this very very very broad sense so we work a lot with the gba we work with governments to make sure that that laws regulation policies are designed in a way that take into account human development the use of landscape and to make sure that batteries can be a solution which we are sure they are in terms of access of clean energy etc but they must be in a way to to have the least possible impact so for quick quick show of hands he wants to ask a question or make any comments gentlemen at the back we'll try to do two or three if we can who else is who else is going to put their hand up okay if you could grab the microphone if you could just let us know your name and where you're from police sir good afternoon i'm marshall stole with the Conrad Hilton foundation thank you for a really informative session my question is on child labour and unattended consequences so has research been done and mapping been done to look at the reduction in child labour where there might be then an increase in child sex trafficking or sex work because most of the the kids and people that are put into forced labour are doing so for a livelihood so i'm curious about those unintended consequences good question so um on behalf of the global battery lines perhaps better you can offer some insights into where we've got to in terms of progress um Anna I'm guessing um in your capacity at IGM you've got some some insights to share on um other areas that um or other other examples that you've been involved in um I can probably comment from what we learned from the report that Amnist International put out and has since been updating on the issue of child labour and in the copper belt and the numbers are quite quite significant they're estimated around 60 000 children in that area um that are involved in some kind of mining activity typically not the actual mining but then the further processing and transportation and so on washing um what what we haven't seen is that we actually haven't seen any reduction in those numbers quite the opposite when prices were high last year for those materials the economic activity in the other sectors dropped and people moved into the mining activities because you were you had the opportunity of of of a livelihood which of course means the entire family was working but in a in a in a micro in a micro um way to look at it is across our operations in in the in the DRC in particular uh we work with the Good Shepherd Sisters which is a a catholic organization that runs schools and child protection centres and alternative livelihood programs and I actually came back on Friday for from the opening of one of those child protection centres that we were proud to sponsor uh which will take 1 000 children out of mines into schools because the alternative to working in these mines has to be the school it has for children it cannot be some other kind of activity so um I'm not so so um I'm not so concerned about uh the the the sheer numbers as long as we're making small progress in certain areas and I think the next area we're going to be focusing on is another child protection centre with also Good Shepherd Sisters for another 1500 children these are the kind of small incremental steps that really make a difference but it has to be done in parallel with alternative livelihood programs for the parents so they find a way out of the mines for themselves and for the children because in general artisanal mine and it is not it's an anachronism it shouldn't happen it's dangerous um even if people try to make it more sustainable it's in the long term it cannot be the future for us for a supply chain that's supposed to create 150 billion dollars in economic value and you're nodding vigorously well I I was just going to answer the part on displacement I we don't typically see displacement when you're building the overall capacity of a government to protect children um if you're focused on a specific crime if the nature of the crime changes I can give you the example of the Philippines we were working with the government to reduce the number of miners in the sex trade um in in specific areas in the Philippines after 10 years we saw significant reductions up to 17 and percent in the number of miners available um and then the crime actually changed so that that activity disappeared um and then another type of exploitation arose online so online sexual exploitation and abuse of children live streamed and directed by people outside of that country but the government was already equipped to address the sex sex trafficking issues and now they're just they're adapting to that new need and the way that that crime is changing so I would say that if you're looking at the overall institutional capacity to address and protect children if you're building that sustainably into the into the government's capacity in long term you don't see as much displacement any more questions lady in the front room uh if there's a mic coming mom if you could just give us one more second here you go hi thank you so much this is an incredible initiative much needed so can you just tell us where you're of course uh it's Irene Irene hell I report for um Copenhagen Post and our press agency also fires for newsweek and Deutsche Welle international international broadcaster congratulations you launched one year ago I would love to learn you made big leeway child protection recycling world bank is on board couldn't be any better so you hold a key position because all the energy transition is based on recharging batteries could you let me know what you have achieved so far and what your plans are for the next couple of days years years good that's a good good question short term objectives anybody else while we've got the mic no okay so let's how do we get next step by step isn't it we've got a big goal in 2030 to achieve how do we get there what are the first steps what we have achieved what we have achieved is that if you think about batteries and don't think about batteries for the power sector until 18 months ago you were hearing about a 100 megawatt hour facility built by tesla in australia and that was more or less that but I have to say nowadays we are deploying it far quicker so the world bank for example in in south africa is building a 1440 megawatt hour batteries for power sector which is very very important you see how it is becoming bigger scale by scale and south africa is a developing country so what we are trying to do we are trying to accelerate the deployment of batteries in the in in power for the reasons we just said clean energy access and affordability we have we have established last year we announced it here at the one planet summit a batteries facility for up to three billion dollar we put one billion dollar by by the world bank itself just to do that just to accelerate the deployment and the deployment is not is not only a matter of financing and building is a matter of educating developing countries on the use of batteries is a matter of building policies where regulators and policymakers are pushing for the use of batteries so this is what we're doing and I think it's quite material and yeah that's what we think we want to continue doing accelerating as much as possible wherever we can access people that don't have electricity wherever we can reduce the use of fossil fuels we um if we look at where we started with a very few members a couple of years ago we're now over 60 members from private sector public sector and civil society we've got members joining almost on a weekly basis and the latest one was was google last week um so it's becoming a serious group of serious players in this industry we would like to increase our participation and representation from china um and that's a we're very happy that we've got such a such representation already here so we're going to work on that um we've started working groups on cobalt I mentioned the cobalt intervention we'll start next year the rope map um we'll have one particularly working on on child labour in cobalt because that's what originally was the the starting point for for the alliance but we started working groups for lithium as well we'll do the same for nickel and manganese and a few others um we've got a working group just on circularity because that's a major major responsibility we have to a major task we have to address and that's where I think our midstream partners let's say the the refiners and the battery materials makes are going to be very important because they understand a lot of of recycling because they know it from other industries whether that's catalytic converters or or the existing batteries today which are mainly lead acid we're looking at at lead acid battery and recycling of how lead acid batteries are today particularly in india which is not a very sustainable practice and we've got one whole work stream on innovation trying to work on what is going to be the future of the battery technology so all of those are are quite exciting we're also planning to introduce a battery pass for sustainability someone like a like a clean battery label that we want the end customers to see that the battery that is in their electric vehicle or in their electronic product has been produced and sourced in a sustainable way and that's one of the targets for next that we're working on to publish that we call it the passport or the battery passport which I believe will be will be implementing by our just about summer next year so next time you want to buy an electric vehicle we want you to have a a badge of sustainability on that battery and on the car to see well this is actually a product that's been produced in a way that we can be proud of I'd love to just come back on that so that very very briefly and not remaining one minute the role of the consumer how how much on board are the consumer with this with this revolution in battery technology as you said labelling is going to help but how much of the public consciousness we just have to look outside and that the the kind of the wellspring of the motion around key subjects such as climate change that is that that really are reaching tipping points you know consumers on board with the with the issues that that this alliance is seeking to address yeah refer to please yes consumers are key they are the pulling power they are the the people who demand for sustainable batteries they don't demand only service they demand the service which is done with proper ethical in a proper ethical manner so that for us are very important because they push industry they push a multilaterals they push everybody to do to do it in the right way we don't want to have to do some good on one side and some bad on the other and Mr Lou in China of course it was it was the air quality of course with that was an the initial kickstarter for China's huge kind of ramping up of of a movement towards an energy and sorry electric battery technology actually my personally feel much better compared to five years ago the air quality in Beijing is much better now it's better now sorry than it was yeah it's actually in Beijing much more blue sky and you can feel better and we actually in Beijing 300 million electric vehicles on the ground street and people like to to to to take the car even my son has a car so that we I think there is a future there's a the trend is not a reversible everybody tried to figure out what kind of use an electric car and the government has tried to figure out how to install more infrastructure for your cars allow me side to the batteries especially important we tried to figure out it's technology side to reduce the because the percentage of the cobalt and nickel which is very well in the world we tried to figure out what can increase the energy density increase the safety increase the reliability of the batteries and also set up the system to fully life recycled of the batteries and that we could could contributed to our country to the world for less coming down side it seems to me there's been a tremendous amount of progress in your lines and there in the the short time it's been existing it's growing very rapidly and there's a you have a lot to do thank you very much for joining us here today I very much expect to see you again in the sustainable developments impact summits in the years to come as you move towards your target of 2030 thank you so much for joining us thank you for joining us here in the room and for those watching live online at weforum.org this session is now over


On the breakfast, United Nations say nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, we'll be speaking with the next part. Also on the breakfast, the O'yore State House of Assembly approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as a new deputy governor following the impeachment of Raouf or Laiyin. Don't forget we'll also be looking through today's papers and analyzing the biggest stories of the day. Welcome to the breakfast in Plastivia Africa, I am Messi Boko. It's a beautiful Tuesday morning, I hope you're having a great day already and if you're in Lagos, I hope you're finding your way, you know, trying to get to work or you're already settled. As always, we start our conversation with top trending and today promises to be amazing time. For my trending conversation, you know, to the men conversation looking at the papers this morning. But first it's on a very sad note and second would also be on a sad note and that's because yesterday Nigerians were thrown into mourning as we lost one of Naliwood's finest, really, really sad, very saddening.  Adebayo died in Delta State. Now, she's an Nigerian actress, if you don't already know. She spent more than 20 years working in the film industry and she's known for playing several roles in movies including Anita in the 1996 film Dometila and also in the Johnsons where she played, you know, that very fantastic role. Now, despite being a native of Idoma in Benua State, Amir was born and she was raised in a jigole in Lagos, of course, in the region of the southern west Nigeria and that's why, you know, there's a lot of... when she is in character, you know, she comes up with this comic passing. I mean, it's a lot of relief and it's always an excitement, you know, to watch her. She did her schooling in Lagos. She also dropped out of school when she was 14. Amir made Naliwood debut in several films including that of Ejiro and that's what we talked about in Dometila where she portrayed the character Anita. Now, also, we talked about the Johnson already where she's an award-winning actress for that role that she played. She's done a couple of films. Our husband, King of Sheetah, Ghana Moscow, Emelion Baby, My Village People Among Orders. But we quickly just, you know, just before we take that track, let me also let you know that she had a failed surgery in Abuja in October 2020. The actress also lost her daughter. Now, Adai Amir has been going through a lot and that's because recently she posted, you know, a video of her going through some mental illness and difficulties shortly after she lost her daughter who was also described as her best friend and everything. Can you even imagine what she would be going through? Well, let's quickly take a look at this track where she talked about her mental state. It's taking my life. I'm a good guy who gets over it. Who gets over it. I was given a job. I didn't do the job because I had mental issues. Would people understand when you say you have mental issues? They won't. They're slamming me with a bill, suing me. It's okay. It's okay. And of course, still on top trending, Nigeria also lost another actor. It was also a very sad day for Nigerian Shola Ononiga. As a season, Nali would perform her best known for her roles as Irriti in Kitchen Practical. Following her appearance in Kitchen Practical, she went on to star in other Nigerian television drama including Najimaji. That's a recent one. I'm sure you probably would have seen that one. She's played several roles as wives in the Nigerian sitcom Fugee House of commotion. She was also created and led by, that movie was created by Makai Goi. The program was a rift on the Czech made soap opera from the 90s. If you remember that one, that's a familiar face right there. Although the actress was brought to the ICU session of Liga State University Hospital two weeks ago because it was also said that she wasn't feeling too good. No cause of death had yet been identified or made public. It's been a lot practically. But in all of this, this is what I would say. I know that we live in a culture where it's not very prominent for us to celebrate those who are alive.  And I'd say to you, it's important for every time I have an opportunity to be at a birthday celebration. And I'm probably maybe coordinating the events as a compare or just being made to make a comment or give a speech. I always say, it's important that we take care of the living. It's important that we celebrate those who are alive. And in most times, for cases of people, for instance, the cost of death of Adam has actually not been we can't really say what exactly happened because it was reported that she was somewhere having a great time in Delta State and she slummed. And of course she died. But you know what happens when someone slums? Usually it's always attributed to maybe probably a heart attack or what have you. Waiting for an autopsy report, hopefully that's also been carried out and we understand what led to the death. But for people around us, it's important that we understand that life can be very fickle as long as we go about our businesses we can be so busy and gross with ourselves and our businesses. But let's not also forget to be kind to another human. Humanity is important in the course of our interaction with people. Let's deal with them, understanding that they are human and always show kindness as much as you can. They support system, the church is there. So if you belong to a church, you expect that support system would be there, the family, friends and what have you, let's just be there for one another. Because you never can tell. And let's try to celebrate people and support them when they are alive and not necessarily say all of the beautiful things when they are dead. So as much as you can today, tell someone something nice. Let them know how much they mean to you or what they are to you while they are alive and not when they are dead because they might not really be there to enjoy all of that. But that's it. We'll move away from that. The IGPE has ordered the probe into Pottable's claim of founding 1 million boys. Now, if you live in Lagos, you would understand parts of the time where you had the hashtag end size and the pandemic. It was really, really dramatic. It was really a traumatic situation. A lot of persons had gone through so much. We take that track down. And when we return, we talk more. We talk more. Unfortunately, we apologise for not bringing you the translation of what he said for those who do not understand the Yoruba dialect. He's saying that he's the founder of 1 million boys. If you know the 1 million boys in Lagos. And that's why I'm saying that if you live in Lagos State then you would, some parts of Lagos, at the time where the COVID was on top of the front boner and people were restricted, movements were restricted, we had all of the lockdown. It was a time where you had these boys terrorising different parts of Lagos. I mean, it was a serious terror. People, marriages crashed, a lot happened. People lost their life because this group of persons made sure that they robbed very well the raped people. They did all sorts of atrocity. And if you have someone who's come out to claim that he is or is responsible for all of that or he founded this group, then I think it's an opportunity for the police to swing into action because justice must be meted. And it's important, it's a good thing that, you know, the Inspector General of Police has also asked that there be an investigation to all of that. Away you also find Abandoned Honour with Chief Tency Title. It's another one. And it just brings us back to the conversation where we say how has the government responded, you know, to the issue of insecurity in Nigeria? As much as you say that this administration has been, you know, big on security that came on the promise and, you know, came with a plan that, you know, security, the economy and corruption would be their focus. But really, how do you explain for a person who's been on a wanted list? I mean, he's been, you know, how far can we be? How far can we fare as a country? But that's what it is. That's what you have. Those who've been declared wanted by the security agencies for committing all of this crime. And he brings us back to the conversation of why is it that, because the people who commit this crime didn't fall from the sky. That's number one. They are not spirits. They are human beings. They are levators. They are Nigerians. Most of them have been confirmed as Nigerians. But what are we doing, especially when, you know, the power and what it takes to ensure that lives and properties are protected has been conferred on government. It's government's responsibility. I mean, it is, it's natural. It's natural of every government to ensure that lives and properties are protected. And that's why government exists. But what do you find?  They're having, you know, they're being conferred with titles and they're being honored. They are now part of the society and they are moving like nothing really happened. We can continue like this and expect a different result if we say we want to tackle insecurity in our country. But that's the size of our top trending this morning. We take a break when we return. It will be time for us to look at the front pages of the National Dailies as we have Chris Cain de Wando, who is of the African Governance and Leadership Initiative, the Executive Director. Stay with us.