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00:03:11Welcome,
00:03:11of I am Brenda Zadaradido and this is Africa
00:03:15matters. The UN general assembly has voted to
00:03:18in adopt a new world map that shows Africa's true size.
00:03:22It was backed by 164 countries and
00:03:25of only opposed by the United States. Could changing the
00:03:28of map also change how the continent is represented and
00:03:31seen,
00:03:37for decades, the market projection has been used as the world map, but it
00:03:41makes the African continent appear smaller than it
00:03:45actually is. now look closely at the makita map, the
00:03:49one classrooms and institutions have used for generations.
00:03:53it distorts size by enlarging areas near the pools while
00:03:56shrinking Africa in comparison. now here,
00:04:00Africa sits alongside Europe and North America at
00:04:04their true relative sizes. The difference is
00:04:07dramatic. At over 30 million square kilometers, the
00:04:11African continent is bigger than you've ever seen it a
00:04:15map. Set question, so this issue goes far
00:04:18beyond just the sphere of map making or cartography. It
00:04:22has to do with cognitive justice, with access to precise
00:04:26geographical knowledge, the dignity of people,
00:04:29in history. memory and the fight against
00:04:32of representations that we have inherited and have influence
00:04:36on perception. now the resolution led by Tugo and
00:04:40supported by the African Union
00:04:42of secured overwhelming support from
00:04:44of 164 UN member countries that voted yes. now
00:04:48six nations chose to abstain from the vote while the United
00:04:52States was the only country to oppose the resolution. instead of
00:04:56focusing on genuine problems of international peace, prosperity,
00:05:00of good relations, this body is debating map projects from the 16th
00:05:04century and their role in promoting
00:05:06of reparations and cognitive justice. resolutions like
00:05:10this one and the ideological agen they promote, our
00:05:13barnacles on our
00:05:15work here, and the reason this institution is losing its
00:05:18credibility. now the UN vote has drawn mix reactions from
00:05:21across the continent, we went to the streets of Johannesburg, compala
00:05:25and freeetown to find out what people think about the new map, here
00:05:29is what they had to say. the size the map can just be used
00:05:33as something in passing, but it doesn't change perceptions about how
00:05:37Africans can make their countries better. i don't think the size the map
00:05:40mattered that much. accept that is factual error that was
00:05:44made, i can say vividly and strongly that it's going to
00:05:48influence more people on our view Africa, because when
00:05:52they will be making decision the will say, we don't need to forget that African map
00:05:56is big now, we don't need to forget as Africa territory is
00:05:59large, we don't need to forget that the population of Africa is bigger than
00:06:03before, if new map has been adopted for the world, that means
00:06:07even what is being taught in schools to the
00:06:11levels of uh... grade one until the
00:06:14university, that means that actually has to be changed, that means we
00:06:18have to go back and recheck the policies we have. let's hear more from Victor
00:06:22Makonyebu, he's director of grants, programs and
00:06:25partnerships, Africa North Filter Foundation, he joins me from
00:06:29Lagos, Nigeria, Victor, thank you for joining us here on Africa matters,
00:06:33you're one the people were behind this push to ensure that Africa is
00:06:37well represented, but when we look at the mekat map projection versus
00:06:40the equal arth projection. why did your
00:06:43organization run the you know campaign correct
00:06:47the map campaign? the met
00:06:50projection was produced in the 16th century
00:06:54as a tool for european navigation and it
00:06:57subsequently became the world's most widely used
00:07:01projection in classrooms in in
00:07:05media houses, policy spaces and just generally
00:07:09within the society, which shouldn't have been the case.
00:07:13um, the challenge that this map projection
00:07:17has is that it systematically distors
00:07:20spill um, obviously for
00:07:23navigational convenience, here's what it does, it
00:07:27inflates the spaces that are closer to the poles
00:07:30like North America, Europe,
00:07:33Russia, Greenland, all of those
00:07:36countries and continents that are closer to the poles while
00:07:40at the same time shrinking. or minimizing the
00:07:44sizes the countries that are closer to the
00:07:48equator, which we mostly you refer to as
00:07:51global south, especially Africa and other equatorial
00:07:55regions, and so this correction by the United Nations is
00:07:59beyond a technical or cartographic
00:08:03one, but also an act of cognitive
00:08:05justice justice because it
00:08:09speaks to the question of whose narrative. and whose
00:08:13perspective is of held for too long, Africans
00:08:17have normalized misrepresentations and sometimes
00:08:20outright false about the continent of Africa
00:08:24and its people, and we are really happy that we
00:08:28we now get to
00:08:30to to be having conversations, we're happy about what now seems to
00:08:34be very good window of opportunity to challenge these things
00:08:37and to have th conversations and redress
00:08:41them, so for you you believe that the move that was made, the
00:08:44164 votes that went to this uh
00:08:48supporting this move um will shift the how
00:08:52the continent is perceived and if it will shift how the continent is
00:08:55perceived how will that be done?
00:08:58we believe that the are very practical
00:09:02implications of this vote
00:09:05um believe that the the vote of
00:09:09course is non-binding one but uh belief
00:09:13is that future generations will begin to
00:09:16see a world in its true scale, for
00:09:20regions that are most affected like Africa, for
00:09:23instance, this resolution will contribute to shaping how the
00:09:27world at Africans themselves, who for very
00:09:30long time have internalized so many
00:09:33debilitating narratives, onesid stories
00:09:37about about themselves, you know, about their
00:09:40land, about their history. about their contributions to
00:09:44civilization, about their cultural identities, and
00:09:47just so many more, and so it's going to shape how
00:09:51our children begin to understand true size the continent
00:09:55and its historical significance, and we believe that this
00:09:59will have implications on political decisions, it will
00:10:03have implications on investment decisions, development
00:10:07decisions about the continent, so hopefully this will be an
00:10:10opportunity to begin to disc mantle the unconscious biases
00:10:14that feeds the perception that the continent of Africa is
00:10:18peripheral right, but most importantly
00:10:22it is the opportunity to challenge dominant narrative. that this
00:10:25window has provided for us and that's really the learning that we are
00:10:29taking out of this, so both of us do agree that the vote that
00:10:33was taken is non-binding, um, but
00:10:36you know the question would be then, so how can the you know the African continent push
00:10:40for local and global adoption
00:10:44of this decision that was made? so we believe
00:10:47that yes, this is non-binding, but
00:10:51lot more still needs to be done by member states and
00:10:55independent actors to drive the adoption of this
00:10:58map, we need to see it in textbooks, we need to see it in
00:11:02schools, we need to see it in publishing houses, um, we need
00:11:06to see it in public spaces essentially, the media
00:11:10organizations need to begin to adopt this, and the
00:11:14military, navigational institutions, institutions
00:11:18that deal with maps, to provide
00:11:21services to the general society, to
00:11:25see mechanisms put in place by member states to
00:11:29begin to adopt the usage in, like we say,
00:11:33everyday usage to be reflected, and I think it really
00:11:37goes down to the will of member states, because
00:11:41like we all agree, it's a non-binding resolution, but it's a
00:11:45non-binding resolution that carries the weight of consensus, and so the
00:11:48consensus is well, and that's the duty of this, because
00:11:52despite being symbolic, we believe... that the
00:11:56the significance the moment is not lost on us, we know that
00:11:59it is hard enough to build consensus around a small local
00:12:03issue, but here we are at the moment where
00:12:07global consensus has been built around issue
00:12:11historical proportion and significance, so this is a big win for the
00:12:14continent and our future generations, as they will not have to
00:12:18grapple with the visual narratives that have
00:12:21reinforced hierarchy, and I must also add... there
00:12:25i must also add that visual narratives
00:12:28and the are instruments of power
00:12:32that shape how the world is seen and understood
00:12:35and so we
00:12:38believe that African countries will seiz the moment to begin to
00:12:42domesticate the usage the equal earth
00:12:46projection and also countries outside of Africa to this
00:12:49moment
00:12:50of of of commonality working
00:12:54and f all behind a common purpose, this
00:12:57collaborative moment that we have found ourselves in, the
00:13:01historical moment that the whole world has come together to speak with one
00:13:05voice, and I think all countries should be able to find
00:13:08way domesticate each usage with ministries of
00:13:12education, working with publishing houses
00:13:16and those that produce instructional materials for school textbooks and
00:13:20all of that, we want to see
00:13:21countriesticating. in their
00:13:25their domain all right, so now let's have look at the decision that
00:13:29the US decided to take, it was the only country that never voted for this, you
00:13:33know, a proposal that was tabled on the floor the house,
00:13:37if I may put it that to the UN general assembly, and the
00:13:41argument was, we should be discussing about other important things and
00:13:44not
00:13:45you know changing, changing the map, but how is it likely to
00:13:49affect its
00:13:50you know adoption owing to the fact that major tech companies are American
00:13:54frankly? "we respect the
00:13:57decision of countries to either vote a no or
00:14:01to abstain, but the notion that a campaign to
00:14:05seek more accurate visual representation and
00:14:09correct tenturies of falsehold is part of radical agenda is just
00:14:13completely false and I think the overwhelming
00:14:17majority who voted yes, it's clear evidence that matters of
00:14:21justice and equity are impressive, the 164 who vote"
00:14:25ds is evidence of course that demonstratees
00:14:28that when we come together behind the common purpose and remain
00:14:32consistent at it, the world will pay attention, and this is the thinking that
00:14:36has propelled our current not waiting campaign,
00:14:40which invite storytellers across the continent and the
00:14:43diaspora to consistently share stories of opportunity, progress
00:14:47and innovation about africa until it begins to feel
00:14:51normal to hear such stories about the continent and
00:14:55people, Africa is not in a tussel with
00:14:58anyone, we are only asking to be seen and understood
00:15:02correctly, and I don't think there is anything radical or
00:15:05scary about that, so countries vote along the lines
00:15:09their self interest and preservation or the collective interest, and this
00:15:13vote show the triumph of collective interest wrapped
00:15:16around social justice and equity, so I believe that
00:15:20tech companies, wherever their domains are, whether they are based in the United States or
00:15:24based on... outside the United States in Europe, I think what everybody should be looking at
00:15:28is the power and the sheer force the consensus that has
00:15:32been built around this issue right, and that's what
00:15:36should drive decisions. forward as opposed to very
00:15:39narrow interests of various countries that voted along the
00:15:43lines of whatever reasons that they advanced, so I think we should also the
00:15:47bigger picture, and the bigger picture is moment
00:15:51of shared purpose, moment of correcting the historical
00:15:55injustice, moment of
00:15:57you know achieving equity and understanding and
00:16:00collaboration, and that's what you know the moment pertains and I
00:16:04think tech companies wherever they are located should be
00:16:08see in that picture all right, victor makonyebu,
00:16:12thank you for your time and for joining us here on Africa Matters,
00:16:15he's
00:16:16you know the director of grants programs at partnerships at the African
00:16:20no Filter Foundation, he was talking to us from Lagos, Nigeria, thank you once
00:16:23again, still to come here on Africa Marters, I
00:16:27am aking alaka, let me show you what
00:16:31Uber's exit from Nigeria means for thousands of
00:16:35drivers who defended. on the platform for their
00:16:39livelihoods,
00:16:45to Nigeria, where Uber has ended 12 years of operations,
00:16:49shutting down with immediate effect on September 2nd, the
00:16:53exit is part of a global restructuring that has also seen the company
00:16:56withdrew from Uganda, now for thousands of drivers, it could mean an
00:17:00abrupt loss of incomers, akin alaka reports from
00:17:04Legos, if he has been driven for Uber
00:17:08since 2018, the federal f has built
00:17:12most of his household income around this road and this
00:17:15app. this week, the app went
00:17:19dark without notice. the major
00:17:22challenge there,
00:17:24the the income that was that used to come with not coming the way used to
00:17:28come,
00:17:29you know, everything will at least if we are getting
00:17:3270%, now it will be going to be 45%.
00:17:36if any is... alone, dispatch riders on this
00:17:40route describe years of running the numbers just to break
00:17:44even, we buy foil very course
00:17:47and seriously as we don't have anything to do,
00:17:51that's why we are just using it, because we don't have any option, but at
00:17:55least sometime we don't have any profit much.
00:17:59uber's exit comes as a company restructures globally
00:18:03cutting about 10% of its workforce while reviewing its
00:18:06investment. This particular exit of Uber
00:18:10was born out of two things: their global strategy and of
00:18:14course how easy it was considering the complaints that were
00:18:18coming from drivers with regards to fairs and all of that that tied
00:18:21into or you know just made it much more easy to do
00:18:25what they wanted to do from a global
00:18:28standpoint. Uber's rivers phase
00:18:31many the same pressures, but bolts has adapted
00:18:35it pricing to the local market. while in drive
00:18:39allows drivers and passengers to negotiate first
00:18:42directly. Uber may have left Nigeria,
00:18:46but the rolls it once help drivers navigate are still
00:18:50busy. For drivers like Ifany, the challenge is to find
00:18:53another way to make living a market where competition
00:18:57is fierce, costs arising, and the platform the ones
00:19:01paid, some the bills is no longer there.
00:19:05The exit could also reshape. materious ride hally
00:19:08market when the competitors will be able to absorb the riders,
00:19:12increase their market share, have more drivers that you know they can
00:19:16deploy to carrying out this particular ride healing
00:19:19business. the bigger question for former uber drivers
00:19:23is what replaces their income and how
00:19:25soon? aking alaka, african
00:19:29maters, lagos. to
00:19:33zimbabwee next where government crackdown on street vendors is
00:19:36underway. say it's about restoring order, but traders
00:19:40say it's about survival. as columbusa reports from
00:19:43hari, affected vendor say they won't be able to make money after the
00:19:47stock was confiscated. this is 27 year old
00:19:51to sells and repairs tires by the
00:19:55roadside in harare, but the council has now
00:19:58confiscated his stock. i
00:20:02will have to look for an alternative place to work from for survival, but the
00:20:06council had.
00:20:37on vending for our children to go to school for our food and clothes, now we
00:20:41have nowhere to go and get livelihood, it's now difficult for us. the
00:20:45government hopes this clean up will restore tiedness and
00:20:49order in It says the vendors are causing the
00:20:53chaos on the streets in Zimbabwe, but Gift
00:20:56Mugano and Economics professor says vendors are
00:21:00important for the economy, as the World Bank says, the
00:21:04informal sector employs four in every five workers
00:21:08in Zimbabwe. Remember, they are not there by
00:21:11desire, they are in outcome of economic
00:21:14difficulties of three decade long
00:21:18economic. down and uh these
00:21:21are part of resilience building by the general the
00:21:25population e living. Of course, it's an
00:21:29ISO in town uh to
00:21:32see uh traders on door steps of
00:21:36establish businesses. The Zimbabwean government says the clean
00:21:39up is not because the upcoming common market for
00:21:43eastern and southern Africa summit next month. This
00:21:47is for permanent issue. and we are
00:21:51going to make sure that we make we
00:21:54repair the areas, we build the areas that they built
00:21:58so that they have somewhere to work, but what cannot happen is to
00:22:02work in unsanitary conditions, everywhere where we block traffic
00:22:06and create a situation where it is chaotic.
00:22:09Zimbabwe, last cleared vendors the
00:22:13streets in 2020 form ahead of a meeting of
00:22:16leaders from the southern Africa region in
00:22:20Harare after the meeting, vendors flooded harare streets,
00:22:24saying they have other source of livelihood.
00:22:28Colamba zimavunga, Afrika matters harare,
00:22:32Zimbabwe. Well, siko cell is severe disease that can
00:22:36cause life threatening complications. It also reduces life
00:22:40expectancy. Over 10 million people are affected worldwide, most
00:22:44of whom are in Africa. Until recently, medication had to be
00:22:47imported, but as Bahar. reports it's
00:22:51finally being produced in
00:22:52Africa. Tahiru was three years
00:22:56old when he was diagnosed with sickle cell
00:23:00disease. He is now 18 years old. His face has been
00:23:03blurred to protect his
00:23:05privacy. It hurts lot
00:23:09and you suffer so much,
00:23:11and when you don't have enough resources to protect yourself from the illness, you suffer
00:23:15even more. My parents are exhausted, I know that. Sickle
00:23:19cell disease. or cickle cell anemia causes
00:23:23red blood cells to mutate, their cickle shape
00:23:26prevents them from bending or moving
00:23:29easily, so they end up blocking blood flow to
00:23:33the rest the body. patients can experience serious
00:23:37health complications such as stroke, lung
00:23:40problems, kidney disease and chronic
00:23:43pain. my son is very tired, he has pain
00:23:47in his feet and at the moment he cannot walk. It is very
00:23:51difficult, the medication and hospital cost are very expensive,
00:23:55everyone living with sickle cell disease faces the same
00:23:59difficulties. The disease affects nearly
00:24:028 million people worldwide with the African continent
00:24:06accounting for about 80% of sufferus,
00:24:10more than 1.5 million Nigerians under the age of
00:24:1415 are affected, while in the Democratic Republic
00:24:18the Congo, the... are over 1.3 million
00:24:22patients. Ethiopia has the third highest number of
00:24:26cases with 7 under 15's
00:24:30living with the genetic disease. But now, this
00:24:33laboratory in Dakar, Senegal is producing generic
00:24:37hydroxyurea for the first time ever in Africa. It
00:24:41is the gold standard in sickle cell treatment.
00:24:45It reduces pain and vessel blockages, but most
00:24:49importantly...
00:25:01it is therefore important to manage the demand gradually to ensure the medicine is
00:25:04available in all these countries, we started with senegal and
00:25:08niger, the drug is available in Niger as well
00:25:12as in Burkina Faso and Cameron, we're moving to ever
00:25:16coast, the Congo and Guine. As the company.
00:25:20plans to expand supply to the rest the continent by
00:25:232030, health advocates say more
00:25:27awareness about early screening and pre-marital
00:25:30testing is also needed to help improve the
00:25:34quality of life for sickle cell patients. bahar
00:25:38uygur, africa matters and finally
00:25:42Sudan's war continues to reshape lives, but its national short stage of
00:25:46football team is focused a different challenge. the players are:
00:25:50preparing for the first world cup in Morocco this November, aiming for
00:25:54more than just participation. now the tournament brings together teams
00:25:58of athletes with doifism and other forms of short stages from around
00:26:02the world. with Argentina as reigning champions. Abdallah
00:26:05Hussein reports from Hartum. At the Sudan Football
00:26:09Association in Hartum. Preparations are underway for
00:26:13the country's first appearance at the Short Stature Football World
00:26:16Cup.
00:26:20For these players, reaching the tournament has meant continuing to
00:26:24train through a war that has displaced millions and
00:26:28disrupted almost every part of
00:26:29life. for the world cup are
00:26:33going well, this is our first time competing at this level and simply
00:26:37representing Sudan despite the war is already an achievement, our
00:26:41ambition is huge, we want to bring joy to the Sudanese people and give them
00:26:45the world cup trophy as our gifts.
00:26:49for the players, simply qualifying is not the end goal,
00:26:53they want to make their debut even more
00:26:55significant. hope we can win the world cup, it's
00:26:59our first time taking part, but we believe we can. do it, my
00:27:03teammates are equally motivated and preparations are going very
00:27:07well. training continues through the week with
00:27:11the players working on fitness, technique and
00:27:14finishing. among those pushing
00:27:18them is Ramadan Rahma, a para-athlete and guinness world record
00:27:22holder whose on journey in sport is now part the
00:27:25experience he brings to team preparing to make sudan's
00:27:29world
00:27:39The team has shown great courage, they were excited to have me with them and my
00:27:43Guinness World Record gave them an extra boost, I'm proud to see them represent
00:27:47Sudan and I'm happy to share my experience and play my part through
00:27:50sport. For a country still living through
00:27:54war, the team's journey offer something beyond
00:27:57football, a chance to compete, to be seen and to give
00:28:01Sudanese people. something to celebrate,
00:28:04surrounded by the remains of war, they train in the red
00:28:08stribe of Sudan, those national colors will be the
00:28:12ticket that takes them a few weeks from these streets
00:28:16to their country's first short stature football world
00:28:19cup. Abdullah Hussain, Africa
00:28:22Matters Khartum. That's a show
00:28:26this week, tell us whether you'll be using the new world map. We'd love your feedback,
00:28:30share your thoughts on our African matters. youtube page or an x,
00:28:34thanks for watching and it's goodbye from me, brenda, zeda, ready
00:28:38do,
00:29:32Beyond the game on TRT
00:29:34World.
00:29:42Currents never stay where they
00:29:44begin.
00:29:52They break through borders, ripple through
00:29:54communities, settle
00:29:58where we all home.
00:30:04And here is where the world becomes
00:30:07personal.
00:30:31This was Jamaica a October 2025 after
00:30:34Hurricane Melissa slammed into the Caribbean Island with sustained
00:30:38winds of nearly 300 kilometers per hour.
00:30:41I don't want any of us going to manage how we're going to recuperate from this.
00:30:45This town, Black River, like many others, was
00:30:48devastated. Melissa caused an estimated 8.8
00:30:52billion dollars in direct damage.