In the 3sat media library you can find the well-worth-seeing 45-minute NANO documentary titled “Africa – Power Continent on the Rise”.

Africa is relying on innovation to tackle global challenges – from sustainable animal feed production to AI in healthcare. With visionary projects, the continent is growing rapidly. In addition, the “Future Lab Africa” includes ten of the world’s twenty fastest-growing economies.

Africa – for many people this still brings to mind poverty or safaris. Yet on this power continent, with the world’s youngest population structure, more and more young scientists are developing innovations that could help solve global problems. The challenges of population growth and climate change are immense in Africa. Driven by the innovative strength of young researchers, new technologies in animal feed production in Kenya are lowering the price of compound feed. Mobile communication solutions from Nairobi provide knowledge and education in indigenous languages even in the most remote parts of East Africa. Kenya and Uganda are already supplied with more than 90 per cent renewable energy. In Ghana, young IT specialists are developing new AI-based diagnostic methods to counter the shortage of radiology specialists.

In the future, Africa will need to make quantum leaps in its development in order to be prepared for climate change. Around 70 percent of the 1.4 billion Africans in 54 countries live in coastal regions threatened by rising sea levels. By 2050, Africa’s population is expected to reach around 2.5 billion people.
The documentary presents many positive examples of how Africa is moving confidently into the future.