of course, we say there is never giving up every weekend on d. w. the 2024 is election year in a good number of african states. so today we'll look at how young africans few level if they're elected officials and how they are getting involved in politics themselves. my name is low, so welcome to the 77 percent. here's what's coming up. in liberia, we need angry young citizens who are disappointed and the leader is the one selected ahead of the 2024 election. yeah. so that we can tell us they can transform the political landscape. and we explored too slow at the shores

of lake victoria where a passion of climate active this is fighting to preserve the environment. doing you know why the show is called the 77 percent? well, it's because about 77 percent of the african population is under the age of $35.00 . yes, africa is a young continent, but the youth rarely make gifts to top political positions to the 2024 presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo. didn't change much, and the nation remains politically divided. in fact, some young voters have completely lost faith in those in power. but we met to musicians who use hip up to encourage their fellow citizens to raise their voice with its valuable natural resources. the congo could be one of the world's reach us nations. i'm to rebel conflict takes the eastern d r. c seemingly without end. but even in peaceful regions, political instability, inflation and high use unemployment. adjust some of the factors holding the great

heart of africa back. factors, it's young, our residents drop movies every day. most uh, in our country. nothing works. normally. we a motorcycle, as i said before, a little fuel was a 1600 francs or 2000 francs. good. then immediately it got higher to 3000 francs as the seal i did on government electricity, but we have power shortages when you come from the university. going to see to that, that whole area in between has no electricity. we don't want to buy fish as a waste is another big issue inc and shots on funding printed. it's enough to dump in any ordinary passions moved, but the heap up to a m p r. i look forward to having the king shots a base and p r is actually a music. do all of those are machine on to you, my gosh. well, the, and shasta life you in nowadays is somehow good and bad. so on main m p armies,

popular music offer you should've been lively songs inspired fast moving rhythms, sucrose and blistering guitar playing have got millions of clicks on youtube and social media since they've burst onto the scene in 2016 and no dance flow remains empty lenses and you must start playing and everything we observed are real problems. i typed wireless but, but this isn't a piece of the people you want to be. as musicians do our best to raise awareness, we realize that the part of our voices is what kind of we can everyone and even reach ali. this is the reason leaders is normally not done to songs, but through elections yet listening to this young citizen, it seems to later changes coming from fact from the box and the developed countries

deliver solutions to the challenges of one which was an election is not a solution, it's almost as if the politicians are profiting from all suffering. you just vote someone and once elected, he pays against you. so because of that, i would vote because nothing would change. this feeling of hopelessness is the subject of m. p r, as late as hit care by the 14th, because you them filming the music video. those are a new mustang of pain and frustration. a flatbed for leticia and took him off of your pockets. then the people it means expands to remain can release of the inherent was and that is the politicians feeling them politicians not keeping their campaign promises. unfortunately, the situation is similar elsewhere actually, now that i think about it, there are quite a number of presidents across africa that failed to live up to voters expectations . here as a portrayed of 3 leaders who fell far short of their promises 0 or my casa in

south africa. when the wealthy businessman succeeded the 3 friends in jesup zoom uh there was a genuine drum of fauria and hope, but a series of corruption scandals. suspicious private dealings, increasing wealth and equality and rolling electricity blackouts in south africa have characterized drama, process presidency. mackey. so send a go so it was one uniting political force in san diego advocating for rudolf law and the constitution. but recently his bearing of opposition candidates from running for office refusing to rule out a 3rd term as president and even delaying the general election selves leadership has thrown, sent a go into a constitutional crisis. it's residents to destabilize the country once considered the last fashion democracy in west africa. george, we live very popular for my president, won the 2017 election on an anti corruption. and pro poor agenda was especially

popular among like are yes, use who hold to you would empower them and help fight use unemployment. but on the we are like various economies took native installation sword and his administration was dock by staggering mismanagement. he was also accused of encouraging patronage and plundering to wall that's implicated in liberia, devastating some of us. so what do you think? are we voters to not eve or our, our expectations too high? well, shortly after the run of elections in liberia, the 77 percent was in the capital one rove. yeah, we wanted to check on the country's future and people's hopes we send out our very own edits, give money to find out why young liberians high hopes and no ex president george we're ended in this illusion, meant the hello and welcome back to another episode of the 77 percent street debate we are at

the university of liberia and in the countries capital. now, 6 years ago, president george we came into office with the promise of a youth full and dynamically the sheep. one time later, the form of football i was given, the read caught by the voters here and into place a new president is now going to take over. so the question today is, was that the problem is of us leadership falls? who else to answer this question for me then some of the periods. i don't want to start with a been as a to just give us an overview of how you would say, how would you rate to judge? we is time in office festival. the government came to power on the shoulders of the young people they will fulfill is the 1st bill bought to the people. the 2nd pillow is job creation, the economy, the fastest, and the piece, and a full pillow has to do with a plus breast and comfortability. it will go back to the 2nd pillow, but jump creation today. a little nothing that when people pleasing incompetent people place and hop is within government, this piece of data,

the cities hub in the bottom of that, that has to be resources for education. and little, you know, uh, has been done to. you've had a kid about the reduced property, especially among young unit pacific routers. all right, let me actually ask the university students most of whom are here today. if you believe that the country is now better off of to judge, we it's presidency. please lift your hand. if you think the country is better off today of to judge we as a presidency, please lift your hand. absolutely, no one believes that. i mean, that must not be easy for you to keep. where did it all go wrong? well, the expedition of what they have along the only way to the comment about it came to by we offer great ideas done in labor and people that in the next couple of years. 75 percent of the best on to you for being fly. so library of what that, josh, we got what we really at the end of the day, what a fucking that, that the people you talk about you pulling. we didn't read on them. so definitely

and brought in 14. and though you'll never find it difficult in the particular scenario, ok, so i want to hear some practical examples of where you think the government could have done better. you know, i've been, as a, you outlined what the problem is is what, how did they not fail? i mean, how do they not work faith, let's hear from you. so i think the problem is, is that were made by this, this ongoing goldman where they did when wrong as was the fact of implementing some of the premises did. so we had a lot of premises that were made by the government in terms of free tuition at the university of liberia and total public university in my view. so you see sometimes you make good decisions, but then if you do have a strong implementation team, it becomes a problem. so i think that was the problem, the implementation, the people who are surrounding people who, what is that direct control of the implementation process. so okay, uh there's a few things that have been said, which i just want to bring us back to right. to the fact that perhaps the

expectations of young people was way too much, that there was absolutely no way judge via was going to ever meet those expectations prints. let me hear from you talk to us on what the see was problem and i think it is, it is because of that was he liked the out. and then on the on mr. black. ok, who is a very presidents book kind of walk out who is, who is, you know, of the bridge because uh, you know, uh, this man that dealt with this. but there's no doubt how and i can assure you, if you doesn't live up public as, but these are what happened to the judge, we all would definitely to happen to hear. uh so faith. do you think that the young people then gave too much power too much hope to much of everything on this one person? was that fair? when he into an office, we saw a lot of young people being brought to speak to a lot of young people. they weren't even minutes. does deputy administering i'm talking about at the administrative level ball fucking of that these young people also still off the actual dispute was because that's where you walk. you have an opportunity for a young person to separate the deputy or municipal record you ever have. you don't

have to did you did? yes. event and you have 6 yet neck use of the we have internet that we can mix of fish and reset to be able to make important are going to want to do it. all right, so at the end of that, let me come back to you. does this mean then again, the question i keep asking faith has that to collect it very well. that's even the young people in whose government really failed you. we do then as a continents to be led by up to genario southern and not uh, based through this belief in the young people as the president we, i chose a lot of young, incomplete, and young people. they are a lot of young people that qualify. there was no proof of getting process. he took people to technical areas that he had no knowledge. like they said, there was no time what not people just rang the ministries around people out tony and control what the human resources office was indeed through administered and agencies there with kids of the corruption, the, the that with no action sticking. so we cannot blame the people. we looked at the president, the old, the responsibilities of the country, not the twenty's. so we've spoken about a lot of problems today,

right. and i want you to tell me if i'm correct as to how i understood you, is that some of the biggest problems in this country today of corruption? yes. nepotism. there is a problem with poverty as well. but we also agree that there was some things that were done right, including education, right. all right, so i was just now to think about some solutions. what are some of the things that you would like to see done differently in order to move this country forward? let me such as my funding this year, and then i'll come to you guys. thank you so much. one of the i will left for this president to do is for us that we have to leave all these police the guardian go back to it, did you now people have to vote. what are the major problems in our country? we don't know how to vote. what do you mean? you don't know how to vote ok my, my jared us, it is cold. you want to avoid because i couldn't do it at the present. now why the president bring to you population? this is why led to us he let you and present the judge we have because we loved him . if we knew how to vote went, went to vote. who worked at this point to go down to see if it's not going to. we

can have it a country freeform from only barbie's. all right? a been, as i started with you and i would like to conclude this debates with you in the next 60 as so that we are not here talking about the same things. what would you recommend that young liberians do to more empower themselves in the political sphere? i won't young people to do is to take advantage of the opportunities that'll be provided. the new president has a platform already. it is quite a risk. i mean the ease, but i did go to a rule educational institution. and so i think that the young people could take a vendor vendor to the various programs that would come take advantage of the lessons take advantage of higher education and they can contribute meaningfully. and of course, bring secretary to the table because some luckily said that a lot of young people have wondering government that didn't have the capacity to drive the come to be able to drive growth in their respective areas. now, at the beginning of this debate, to ask the simple question was the promise of useful leadership. so it overflowed. well, what we've heard here today is that a lot of young people were disappointed,

but there's also a lot of expectation on hope from the same young people i don't know about to. but i really enjoyed that. thank you for watching. the thank you so much, edith for a lively debate as always. and if this got to you curious, go check out the full street debate on youtube and remember to subscribe. it's not just that you was in liberia that feel, let down by their politicians. the situation is the same in south africa as we heard earlier in the show. the country will hold elections this year and it's obvious that the citizens want to change with 64 percent youth unemployment by letter ministration and rampant corruption. it seems as if young south africans have lost hope in the current political system. at some point, i even wanted to really know how frustrating the

buyers come to south africa with one of the youngest populations in the world. young people can fundamentally change the political landscape, but who are the politically active young people? what do they believe in? and how will they transform the countries? first stop is to where to? well, almost 50 years ago, i use uprising a lead to the formation of a black consciousness movement that spread country wide and profound the change the socio political landscape. yet today, many so wet and so frustrated because of unemployment violent crime and poverty. we meet up with operation to do the a vigilante group that started. and so went to 2 years ago, scapegoating immigrants for their problems. we've been trying to oscar. it's about time that human to take it to move. it's outside. it's ours. bring it back. that's what we say operation to do the is one of several well funded and organized

parties with a vested interest in collective buyers. they are escape coating foreigners for the chronic phases of the state. when wise man spots are presumed indeed go far in st. vendor, his team gives into action. have a problem with the thing. if you just want to know find a way to reject the 2nd barrel funding the number of years many. so which is hold the ones in power accountable for the countries problems in japan as the we catch up with to mercedes used development activist who demonstrates against a corrupt government that he feels stopped carrying it off the

. * what city used to be a member of the african national congress, the party in power for the last 30 years, frustrated at how projects he led was stools by corruption and greed was said he left the and see 4 years ago. but he has not stopped raising his voice. today, he demonstrates for better reproductive health care in south africa. every 2nd abortion is done indeed good putting a woman at great risk, but marching on the street is just one way in which mistake he believes he can bring about change. we cannot completely do anything. we are living in the democratic society of democrats and tons, where if media,

particularly that particular purchase outside your new way to have that seem to be throughout it to lead to these by voting. but who to vote for like most 80 many young people find the amc and other step this parties have lost their credibility corruption and by led to ministration and rhetoric that does not originate with young people. back in, so rachel, if i use lock, has a key or onset at 29. she is part of a civil society movement. executive came a brand new political party rights and designs. he has a bold ambition to reshape south african politics within a decade of by mobilizing young people in lifting communities from the ground up. the way how the current system set up is unfair, where we sort of discipline the bottom and incentivize the top. what it should happen is we've disciplined the top and incentivize the bottom. that's really how a real move and happens and really how mosque base change happens at

a workshop with local entrepreneurs. if i use a teaches community members to find solutions themselves, instead of waiting for masonic savior to deliberate them from poverty. even though many young people lost faith in political parties, she believes that the civic spirit did not die. 24 was going to be the year when we change things around, come to the polls, those aspirations and dreams that you have for your self and your children is possible. we're all in this mess together. let's come together. let's do it together like one step at a time. as for now, official numbers to suggest that less than 40 percent of the young people are registered to vote. in any case, south africa's young voters will be at defining fact uh, their participation or extension from the polls will shape the political future of the country. inspiring how so americans use their powerful voice and different ways

to bring about change. so what's the situation of youth involvement in your country? please let us know. all right, i now have something for all my globetrotters out there. if you've been looking for a travel destination for this year, look no further. go visit the q full in kenya, and here's your tour guide for the day canyon singer and environmental list ivy. delores shows us her favorite spot in town. let's go 5 guys. and the name is ivy below coming to you right from the shows of numbers roadway all the way from west some kenya. and you're watching the pens and the bases my c p q. so can use the 3rd largest city seats on the banks of africa's biggest leak. as a cultural capital for the countries new people lose no fresh fixed studies

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