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🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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We get a first-hand insight into how the war in Sudan has affected tech workers and companies there.
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Presenter: Graham Fraser Producer: Tom Quinn
(Photo: Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in southern Khartoum, Sudan, amidst ongoing fighting on June 7, 2023. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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0:37.9 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program about technology making an impact on your life. |
0:44.2 | I'm Graham Fraser and this week we get an insight into how the war in Sudan has affected |
0:49.3 | tech workers and the companies there and the planning that is underway for Sudan's tech future when the war ends. |
0:56.6 | Abandoned fishing nets are a real issue, both for marine life and here on dry land. |
1:01.7 | One man's come up with a way of turning that naughty problem into useful 3D printed products. |
1:07.8 | We really need to make sure that all the end of life nets are brought back into shore |
1:11.9 | and dealt with in a responsible manner once they get there. And we can see the sea, we can see |
1:18.4 | the sky. But wouldn't it be great if we could see the wind as well? Now we can. Sudan. Sudan in Africa is a country we rarely cover on tech life, but it has had a developing technology sector. |
1:49.4 | However, since April last year, a civil war has been raging inside the country, between the army and a paramilitary group. |
1:57.6 | Earlier this year, the UN estimated 14,000 lives had been lost. |
2:02.3 | More will have died since then. |
2:04.5 | And estimates vary, but between 9 and 10 million people |
2:08.4 | are thought to have been forced to flee their homes. |
2:12.0 | BBC Arabic's Ferris Killani reported on the situation there in March this year. |
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