Arrêtons d'importer ! L'innovation burkinabè qui économise des milliards à l'Afrique. — Transcript

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1. 0:01What if Africa's development started
2. 0:03with something as simple as a red,
3. 0:05green, and orange traffic light? Behind
4. 0:09these three colors lies a fundamental
5. 0:11question. These three colors that we
6. 0:15see in our cities every day; why should
7. 0:17Africa always import solutions from
8. 0:19elsewhere when we can create those
9. 0:21solutions ourselves on the spot?
10. 0:24Because traffic lights, believe it or
11. 0:26not, are imported massively across the
12. 0:28continent. You should know that one
13. 0:30traffic light, or a set of traffic
14. 0:31lights, costs an average of 20 million
15. 0:33CFA francs. So imagine all the money
16. 0:36that is poured abroad to import traffic
17. 0:38lights into our countries. Today in
18. 0:41Burkina Faso, local talent has simply
19. 0:43decided to change the game. I am going
20. 0:47to introduce you to a teacher who
21. 0:49decided to create a company that
22. 0:50manufactures traffic lights locally. If
23. 0:55you missed the news, let's go discover
24. 0:56this very interesting innovation right
25. 0:58away because he is simply going to
26. 1:00change the game with his company. It is
27. 1:03very interesting.
28. 1:04Are you looking for Burkinabé people
29. 1:06who create, innovate, and develop
30. 1:08endogenous inventions adapted to the
31. 1:10realities of their community? I will
32. 1:12give you a name. Sylvain Gourané, a
33. 1:14teacher by training and head of a
34. 1:16company specializing in the manufacture
35. 1:19of traffic lights. Based in
36. 1:22Bobo-Dioulasso, he helps to strengthen
37. 1:24user safety and urban mobility. Let's
38. 1:27go discover this man in this report by
39. 1:30Drissa Traoré and Salam Dabal.
40. 1:33In the streets of Bobo-Dioulasso, they
41. 1:36regulate traffic, but their
42. 1:37particularity is not visible at first
43. 1:40glance. These traffic lights are
44. 1:42actually manufactured in Burkina Faso.
45. 1:45Behind this initiative is Sylvain
46. 1:47Gourané, a teacher by profession, who
47. 1:49has been developing a business
48. 1:51dedicated to manufacturing road
49. 1:52signaling devices for nearly two years.
50. 1:56This initiative is part of a drive to
51. 1:58promote local expertise and responds to
52. 2:00an ambition supported by the
53. 2:02authorities. To encourage national
54. 2:05production and bring about solutions
55. 2:07designed by Burkinabé for the needs of
56. 2:10Burkina Faso.
57. 2:15The idea of designing traffic lights
58. 2:17entirely comes essentially from this
59. 2:18desire to provide, especially to the
60. 2:20public, equipment that is adapted and
61. 2:22above all designed in Burkina Faso. You
62. 2:30know, in Burkina Faso, the majority of
63. 2:32the traffic lights we see are imported.
64. 2:37So why not allow our young people—
65. 2:39especially as a teacher—to be able to
66. 2:41have something to do locally, because
67. 2:43they are competent and everything that
68. 2:44is done abroad can be done here. That
69. 2:51is the idea that motivated us to fully
70. 2:53design signaling devices, including the
71. 2:55signal heads you see. And also the
72. 2:59programming device for the traffic
73. 3:01lights.
74. 3:02In his workshop in Bobo-Dioulasso,
75. 3:04every step of manufacturing is carried
76. 3:06out methodically: assembling electronic
77. 3:09components, mounting equipment,
78. 3:11technical testing, and operational
79. 3:13checks. And
80. 3:14actually, it is simple, everything is
81. 3:16based on these LEDs that we import
82. 3:18first. Moreover, it is the only thing
83. 3:21we import. Then comes the drilling
84. 3:23phase. Starting with our supports, here
85. 3:28we use plexiglass. We drill first to
86. 3:31take the shape of the traffic lights we
87. 3:33want. Then comes the assembly phase. We
88. 3:38already mount it according to the
89. 3:40brightness we want to give to the light
90. 3:41. And naturally, we do it in segments
91. 3:45of 44. There we go. Once finished, we
92. 3:53secure them, uh, behind like this to
93. 3:55avoid any short circuits; we secure the
94. 3:57equipment behind them with resistors
95. 3:59and then we protect everything with
96. 4:01silicone to avoid any contact. Next
97. 4:10comes the programming phase to make the
98. 4:12LEDs work. Right? Here, we have our
99. 4:16controllers, which we also manufacture
100. 4:18ourselves. Right here, we have a
101. 4:20microcontroller. This microcontroller
102. 4:22here is what serves as the brain of the
103. 4:24board. So, we put the entire operating
104. 4:27program here on the microcontroller to
105. 4:30make the traffic light work. This is
106. 4:34where we program the durations and all
107. 4:36the phases to ensure the traffic light
108. 4:38functions well. Beyond road safety,
109. 4:41this company also opens up prospects in
110. 4:44terms of employment and the development
111. 4:46of local skills. Truly, here in Burkina
112. 4:50Faso, we really have the capacity to do
113. 4:52good things, wonderful things, without
114. 4:55necessarily importing. There we go, we
115. 4:58have everything here. Well, almost
116. 5:00everything. So we also have the
117. 5:02capacity, the intelligence, and
118. 5:03everything to do our assemblies
119. 5:05ourselves. We don't necessarily need to
120. 5:07go and import things to come and do it
121. 5:09here.
122. 5:11Uh, we already work with artisans,
123. 5:14artisans who help us make the traffic
124. 5:16light casings you see, and we have
125. 5:19400mm, 300mm, and 200mm casings. So,
126. 5:23our products are already on the market
127. 5:28and on the roads, and these products
128. 5:30manage to properly regulate the various
129. 5:32intersections. We are in our second
130. 5:39year of installing traffic lights
131. 5:41because, at the beginning, it wasn't
132. 5:43simple, but we have managed to create
133. 5:44waterproof devices and integrate every
134. 5:46process. There, our lights are of very
135. 5:54good quality.
136. 5:57For Sylvain Gourané, this production
137. 5:58is only a beginning. His ambition is to
138. 6:01develop his unit to meet the needs of
139. 6:03the country's various cities and
140. 6:05contribute on his own scale. Alright
141. 6:07guys, I think, I think you'll agree
142. 6:09with me that this is absolutely
143. 6:10commendable. Here is a teacher who
144. 6:13decided to start a business. The older
145. 6:15generation often thinks that you really
146. 6:16just have to stay in the classroom.
147. 6:18What you teach your students, you can
148. 6:20also turn into an economic activity
149. 6:21yourself and develop your country.
150. 6:23We'll see you on the other side.
151. 6:36Welcome to Massora Business. If you're
152. 6:38discovering me in this video, my name
153. 6:40is Aniel, I am a software engineer and
154. 6:42also an entrepreneur, promoter of the
155. 6:43company Africa Food Industries. Our
156. 6:46goal with AFI is simply to produce and
157. 6:48process fish locally and thus stop
158. 6:50importing, or at least contribute to
159. 6:52reducing fish imports in our countries,
160. 6:54particularly in Cameroon where we
161. 6:56operate. So if these topics interest
162. 6:59you, like, subscribe, and above all,
163. 7:01share this type of video. I decided a
164. 7:05few months ago to completely shift the
165. 7:07channel and show you innovations in a
166. 7:09country like Burkina Faso and
167. 7:10especially how Africans, young Africans
168. 7:12, are creating today to show that it is
169. 7:14possible because often some say it is
170. 7:16not possible in Africa. You see
171. 7:19innovations that I show you every day
172. 7:20to show that it is possible. And just
173. 7:23for, uh, information, we have released
174. 7:25a legal guide: "The legal guide for
175. 7:27investing in fish farming in Cameroon",
176. 7:29particularly with its podcast "Legal
177. 7:31Guide". which was written by our intern
178. 7:34, Joan, whom you saw a few months ago
179. 7:36in Cameroon, who was doing an
180. 7:37internship with us from the University
181. 7:39of Nantes. Uh, so she is doing a
182. 7:41master's degree, she actually obtained
183. 7:43her master's in maritime and
184. 7:44oceanographic law and security. So she
185. 7:47did an internship at AFI and this is
186. 7:49the result of her work. So check this
187. 7:51out, guys. If you want to invest in
188. 7:54fish farming, particularly in Cameroon,
189. 7:56there is an entire legal framework you
190. 7:58need to know, and it's very interesting
191. 8:00, and I also used AI technology today
192. 8:02to generate an audio podcast. For all
193. 8:05those who don't have time to read, you
194. 8:07can listen to it; it's excellent. Check
195. 8:09this out. Below this video, you will
196. 8:10find the link, or you can send me an
197. 8:12email at contact@africafoodindustrie.
198. 8:15We will send it to you. It only costs
199. 8:17€ 14.99 to compensate for the work
200. 8:19our young intern has done. So, let's
201. 8:21get back to our topic. And, just for
202. 8:25information as well, we have started
203. 8:27the holiday internships for our young
204. 8:28students, or our young interns, who are
205. 8:30currently on-site doing an internship,
206. 8:32because we must be able to train the
207. 8:34young generation to put them in contact
208. 8:36with the trades of the land, of animal
209. 8:38husbandry, just as the teacher is doing
210. 8:39as well. You see, here is a teacher who
211. 8:45decided not only to stay in his
212. 8:46classroom but to develop a traffic
213. 8:48light business. And when we talk about
214. 8:51traffic lights, guys, it's an extremely
215. 8:53interesting subject because look at how
216. 8:55our roads, our countries, our cities
217. 8:56are congested. People drive however
218. 8:58they want. When I'm back home, I can't
219. 9:00even take the car because I'm so afraid
220. 9:02, because when I try to obey the
221. 9:04traffic lights, people cut me off. No,
222. 9:06nobody respects anything. But traffic
223. 9:08lights are a necessity in our countries
224. 9:10. You see, even, they tell you that
225. 9:12traffic lights were invented by an
226. 9:13African. But is there a traffic light
227. 9:15manufacturing factory in our country?
228. 9:17We import all the traffic lights that
229. 9:19we use in our country; we import them
230. 9:20from abroad. But is it complicated to
231. 9:22manufacture them? There, a young person
232. 9:24—you saw the young man in the video,
233. 9:27I don't even know if this kid is maybe
234. 9:2920, 30—he explains to you that
235. 9:31naturally it's electronics, physics.
236. 9:33How does he manufacture the traffic
237. 9:34lights? They take plexiglass, they
238. 9:36drill holes, etc. The only thing, as he
239. 9:38said in the video, that they import is
240. 9:40the LEDs, and even the LEDs, we could
241. 9:42even manufacture them locally, but well
242. 9:44, they import the LEDs, the only thing
243. 9:46they import. But the rest, with
244. 9:48plexiglass, he cuts them, etc. And then
245. 9:50behind that, they have an electronic
246. 9:52circuit board. An electronic board with
247. 9:54a microcontroller that will now allow
248. 9:56for controlling or automating these
249. 9:58lights, because when you see the lights
250. 10:00turning green, red, etc., there's
251. 10:02programming behind it; it's science.
252. 10:04It's it's computer science. So they
253. 10:06will program these lights, they will
254. 10:08program, well, the transition from
255. 10:09green to yellow, color changes, and so
256. 10:11on. And that allows our cities to be
257. 10:13able to improve traffic flow. And today
258. 10:14this gentleman, uh, he's been at it for
259. 10:162 years. He says: "Today, he manages to
260. 10:18, well, quite simply deploy his lights
261. 10:20in the city of Ouagadougou, and I
262. 10:22believe Bobo-Dioulasso, since his
263. 10:24company is based in Bobo-Dioulasso."
264. 10:26Burkina Faso. And the traffic lights, I
265. 10:29also saw that, are powered by solar
266. 10:31panels, so there's no need to wait for
267. 10:33the power grid, etc. So, these are
268. 10:35solutions we can develop in our
269. 10:36countries in a completely endogenous
270. 10:38way. And when I saw that the traffic
271. 10:41lights we are sometimes forced to buy
272. 10:43cost us 20 billion CFA francs. Just
273. 10:45imagine that you have to, uh, I mean,
274. 10:47install traffic lights at every street
275. 10:50corner and so on to regulate traffic,
276. 10:52avoid accidents, and facilitate urban
277. 10:54mobility. Imagine the cost that
278. 10:57represents for a company. So, it's
279. 11:00really interesting and a big
280. 11:01congratulations to the professor. It's
281. 11:04very interesting for all the professors
282. 11:05who teach electronics, who teach this.
283. 11:08Well, simply put, when you finish
284. 11:10teaching electronics, also show the
285. 11:12kids concretely what they can do with
286. 11:14it. It shouldn't just remain
287. 11:16theoretical; it must also be applied to
288. 11:18a trade, to something. So, the traffic
289. 11:20lights are very interesting. So, tell
290. 11:23me what you think of this video and
291. 11:25share it as much as possible, because
292. 11:27this gentleman can manufacture his
293. 11:28lights in Burkina Faso and export them
294. 11:30elsewhere in Africa, because all
295. 11:32African countries need them, and this
296. 11:34could even be a driver for development
297. 11:36and youth employment. There you go, he
298. 11:39works with young people. Young people
299. 11:41shouldn't just think that they have to
300. 11:43stay home and wait for a desk job and
301. 11:45so on, when they have the knowledge and
302. 11:46are learning electronics. You just need
303. 11:50to apply what you learn at school every
304. 11:52day. So, tell me what you think of this
305. 11:54video. In any case, it's innovation;
306. 11:57well, he decided, he dared. People are
307. 11:59going to tell me, "No, he didn't really
308. 12:01invent anything." Like guys told me
309. 12:03about the electric bike, that it's not
310. 12:05an invention, OK, whatever, it doesn't
311. 12:07matter; it's an innovation, it's an
312. 12:09invention, who cares. But it's a person
313. 12:12who dared, who said to himself: "OK,
314. 12:14why not do this here in Burkina Faso,
315. 12:16here in Africa, instead of always
316. 12:18importing things that we ourselves can
317. 12:20make with a little knowledge, a little
318. 12:22technology, and just some courage, and
319. 12:24dare to change the game at his level?"
320. 12:26In any case, I am very proud of that,
321. 12:29and it's super. I think that all states
322. 12:30where it hasn't been done yet should be
323. 12:32able to order these lights from this
324. 12:33gentleman. Even the Burkinabe
325. 12:36government should be able to invest
326. 12:37heavily in this gentleman's company to
327. 12:39develop "Made in Africa" traffic lights
328. 12:41and deploy them all over Africa. Tell
329. 12:44me what you think of this video, and
330. 12:45we'll see each other in the next one.
331. 12:47God bless. Good evening everyone, I am
332. 13:00Y who is leaving from my heart, I raise
333. 13:06my voice without equal. Yaounde in the
334. 13:11Bomo neighborhood, a brilliant company
335. 13:16is always reaching higher. Ms. Aniel,
336. 13:20respected boss, your work inspires us,
337. 13:22your strength moves us forward. With
338. 13:25courage and vision, you guide the way.
339. 13:27Your company grows within your hands.
340. 13:29Oh may God bless your home. Mr. Somba
341. 13:35and Codal Romain, you are champions.
342. 13:40Work, effort, and unity are the
343. 13:44strength of this company. Success is on
344. 13:50the horizon. Success is on the horizon.
345. 14:00Success is on the horizon. Success is
346. 14:06on the horizon. Mr. Somba, always
347. 14:13standing tall. Faithful worker, we are
348. 14:16proud of you. Codar Romain, always
349. 14:19motivated, with energy nothing can stop
350. 14:21. Hand in hand, you are building the
351. 14:24future. Each passing day helps you grow
352. 14:27. In joy, in effort, in truth, your
353. 14:30company is destined to shine. May God
354. 14:35bless your home. Mr. Somba and Coda
355. 14:39Romain, you are champions. Work,
356. 14:44respect, and unity are the strength of
357. 14:47this company. Success is on the horizon
358. 14:54,
359. 14:58success is on the horizon,
360. 15:03success is announced. Success is on the
361. 15:09horizon. He sings for you tonight with
362. 15:17pride, with hope. May success always
363. 15:22accompany you and may peace fill your
364. 15:24days. Ms. Ani, long live your company.
365. 15:28May God protect you and favor you. From
366. 15:32Yaounde to the whole world, your name
367. 15:34will always shine. Look, look, I
368. 16:09succeeded.