today. 60. 2. of us are. in support of. saving what's he got. to do for you but. hey there it's good to have you here on the 77 percent the show that amplifies the voice of off because you my name is. good to have you with us. today it's all about young africans who shape all future with digital technologies and it's a special show too because we have an exciting guest joining us in the studio.

j.j. or would you or is one of them the most influential bloggers on the point he's here to talk about the to told people an opportunity. in ghana we find out how electronic ways to get charged into the line for me i'm. in more than the tweeter was told that the bugle corps was. so let's begin where life for many digital devices ends. in guyana it's probably 0 africa's most famous dump site for electronic waste one young woman decided that all the hard drives sheets and all of that the nuts and bolts aren't just useful you know a lot tops and mobile phones in fact matilda payne is convinced this can be turned into fancy jewelery and interior design. pretty cool earrings right well damage from the west please come. the chairs are also cold just like these

funky coffee table and design a painting time stretched into treasure she finds. at and book. dump site for electronic waste it's a place where old computers and keyboards wind up along with stacks of car tires the smell of burning rubber fills the air a lot of people here farm the trash to recover pieces of coal power that they can sell on but much pain it's not hunting. she's on the lookout for inspiration the worst to get the positives for you so we don't try to find solutions to those problems or not all small we so need to get climate change we decided to come here for we must. insist forwards. this scrapyard has an army not snake name.

it's about the size of 20 so cocktail 2 which means there's plenty of material for my children to sort through. she comes here several times a week and this time abuse computer circuit boards have called her. what's going to work with anything whether it's broken or is new or is all those that say it was good to be calling them once in a while come on this is our final critical story of. the 1st stage of the transformation is a good clean then the material is cut into smaller pieces. and sanded down to make smooth ages finally matilda payne puts the finishing touches to how unique earrings. killed those projects require time and team work space is our biggest challenge we don't have a bigger space so we can alter and. more and we can do more here as the 1st one the

2nd one is missing as you can see around we have just simple tools that work with what the team certainly isn't lacking is imagination they can try on all generate electric scrap into lampshades tables or clocks. matilda paint regularly exhibits have designs conferences objects not only i catch ink. on my opening too i think rather than take all this amazing stuff that all this money has been poured into and just put the world with it why not turn it into art a lot of places across the world we're having a problem with an increase in waste i'm like managing the ways to getting rid of it matilda pain has won several awards. creative way of doing her bit for the environment and she has even bigger things planned for the company. we are looking not really able to move with therefore would you have to train more

women to venture into what we're doing now to be able to stuxnet your own businesses who would also like to empower the youth expression between come into printers like us for every item sold. already donates 5 percent of the money she makes to the education of underprivileged young gars she doesn't only want to bring the scottish items back to life she also wants to give something back to society. wow that's for you to call the jewelry ok now let's meet a woman who actually wouldn't want our computers to be cut up into pieces and one as earrings this is. she lives in la mozambique. trained as an architect but then went on to study as she saw more business opportunities there would you believe that not even one out of 10 people in one.

have access to the internet this is something thought here is to change to bring her country forward into the future. well school light old rusty need. to pronounce like. she's convinced that digital technology will revolutionize the continent. in. 30 years from now i see an africa that produces solutions and africa that things on a global scale in order to find local solutions. that isn't this or the solution. id and went on to found own company techno plops that people set up computer systems and build websites and databases for banks and shops. because it's unique challenges such as park or expensive hardware. that are

challenging work environment doesn't have to be an obstacle to success. many scientists and creators will come from here from africa because where there are challenges there is also a tree. where they are problem they are also. it's not all about making money not to expose more young people to the digital world she also gives free i.t. classes in a nearby school every saturday so far not even one out of 10 with some people can access to the internet for most students this is the 1st time they have ever used a computer. approach to teaching is to show her student creativity behind a process that is too often perceived as just technical. because if you can get a machine apiece. software to do the math with just

a few lines of code that is just beautiful. teaching method is unique and. i. don't often internet. age she could shape the future not just for herself but. it's a lesson she wants to pass on. this. but i really hope the head and implemented our own innovations instead of the ones coming from outside. the next and. taking advantage of the opportunity. wow that's really inspiring it's ringback about digitalisation can have

a huge influence but of course it's not without challenges and would like to delve into these but also into the opportunities one guy who is an expert on digital aviation and new media in africa is j.j. your. blog. public speaker and an expert on digitalisation. everything. everyone touch more lives impacts more lives because the ability to be everywhere. to help africans and money to businesses. other young africans with this new digital new well. they say. well it's really great to have you think.

what are. the biggest opportunities for young people online i think the biggest has to be isis because the us is and you can spread this thing in whichever way you want to express it so the biggest thing is asses and then maybe after i says i for the b.b.c. not everyone sees i t background that everyone is into quilting so how after the axis how can someone make money on social media why should anyone be official media and if even if you haven't understood you don't have followers you don't have an understanding you can be an ivory gates or so you're a bridge yes you're like a an agency you could call it a business from a company that wants to sell something on the internet and then you connect them so the influence of the markets are so you know you would have to have an icon subdued right not to mention the use that's not accounts for your own business or you being the influence of yourself or even creating platforms yourself so the chance of opportunities are limitless you know you one of them with success we bloggers on

the continent that's the number of for you to tell me how much you could or in the case of advertising is that not so much anymore really the thing is these engagements engagement model followers because you can have 5000 followers and have people engage in a specific issue say flowers or headscarves. or bristly for jews right if you have engagement around a conversation then you can attract business opportunities because of that engagement i did same time you could have the huge number of followers i know having a good mentor on anything that says what do you of business is interest and you have pointed out that they indeed nenni opportunities on the line but there are also challenges so what happens when you come from a country where the cost of the internet is too high now for example you're coming from nigeria where $1.00 g.b. of data costs about $2.00 right well someone is coming from zimbabwe and house to pay a mind booking $75.00 u.s.

dollars for the same amount of data now we offer some young them baldwins how they deal with the high cost of internet data let's have a. seat on the down. using to be king james. to use it to keep the bike i mean that week i was abused by frank sweet because i can't even invited my son or wife i really like like the old school. and i need to read to you honestly most of the night is not going to desert because right now if you don't seem to be so it's pretty hectic it's actually selling like. j.j. how can we overcome such challenges as high into that price it's a tragedy like just looking at the numbers and it would be $2.00 and then you guys mind you just to be said and done so you might in this only $5.00

a gig in zimbabwe just dust that i think were really still happening government has to get out of the way because the wait is right now governments literally in the way of innovation and isis suits with the internet and when i say government it's not so great for incest taxes d.d. cost of living $5.00 out of 6 it's not just about the immediate cost there's also the. source of pain thanks to governments to lead this fiber optics and fiber optics are a live wire of the internet and the internet is a live wire of modern business so government has to get out of the way and then also incentivize industry because it's a business idea end of the day and if you incentivize industry and if you removed bottlenecks that prevents businesses from getting into space or prices would automatically go down in the mission and you just want to add it's not just about businesses it's also about the what of information that exists for young people on life you know whether you want to learn new skills whether you want an imagined

yeah advocation just anything you know the internet is the electricity of today's economy now is that country that comes to mind as we're talking that could be a perfect example of a government that is working for the people when it comes to internet access and connectivity i say estonia of africa. i mean it certainly is that is i mean not only in africa because he said perfect example of that message that i mean that whole question difficult because as a perfect example which is better than on the continent all right i'm definitely give props to nigeria when you fiberoptic cables like 2 or 3 of them in one g. a k r is not deemed by me to us to be said but i think that's what as a caller let's see the numbers about and what the fed does it will compute any of them that's what we are all striving for perfection that is indeed true now what is it digital dream of what do you dream of a digital africa in 2050 i mean i think you already have something to let him let

it be said at a 50 shots but is very long speaking about digital but i will said that for me is about connectivity and affordability let's everybody has to be connected because this our rights it's our rights to prosperity cd their rights to freedom of expression and then of course affordability because it's not enough to be able to connect as a museum by we just so it's also important to people can't afford to be able to connect now before i let you go i need you to finish this question. to be successful on social media you need to. explore. very you have it thank you so much in a day for a year now tell us is a new media a promising professional field for you share your thoughts on facebook and how to get over you tube channel. now on a different note let's head to kenya now he has a growing graffiti scene in fact some of nairobi's street artist able to make

a living through their passion they also made it now some of his role models for younger. if you're looking for street art in nairobi you need to go to the low income neighborhoods. that. grew up here in jericho. in the canyon of his teens there wasn't much in the way of street. but smokey started spraying until one day it became his korea. for the states. in the last 15 years nairobi street has grown. and smoky has its own little one of the old train carriages. also makes time to mentor up and coming artists. make enough not to live off even

if it isn't always easy. to. track or thank you for the words i don't. quite like the. spring for businesses. but it's in the commune. they really want to make an impact . graphic is more powerful. you know just sitting in this small small paintings we took their art form to. argue. for example and they have a hood known for its high crime rate and violence. grew up here. so when former gang members decided to build a community center and a children's library they asked him to help with the art.

to be critical. when people are engaging in displacement. and they decided to form to express themselves as people who are willing to do something for change so they invented me to do that to show. the place. that's why we're to overnight the graffiti jam and get together of artists from all over town. some of them have had to save up to buy paints and spray can. be here to help brighten up the area especially for the children and the youth. smoky as my as mature as motivation. i think is the what more do so is the one move. to new community graffiti. with

their art and his fellow artists have earned the respect of the community i didn't . using symbols so i can see that i am told. that if. i don't of talking about something positive i would. make them to bow to their words they shouldn't have a. baby welcomed me and give me several orders. it's his way of saying thank you to the community and maybe inspire the next generation of street artists. let me take you away from nairobi and let's head to fit in the gambia where iraq and activist ace takes us on a 2 a through his home city although it isn't the capital of the gambia eve of a more think market trading center in

a more west african country and it's the place to be for the youth of the country. world is 0.8 activists and i want to welcome you to my city. the group will take you around places around town. pretty but it's still my city welcome. and deeply connected to his west. one here in addition. and some a condition east. 365000. metropolitan area. it's also the country's cultural and economic hop. in the heart of the city. follow from.

somebody so this is the couple who i know one of my favorite foods out here has the sour taste and you add. sort of like i caught up with some sort and pepper and some sugar that that sweet and sour you know in the shop and you know it's louis is nice like gives you a different. population is overwhelmingly young but there aren't enough jobs for this many are able to get by by doing odd jobs and even scott's. struggle for a while for inventor under so-called black market to try to. narrow. the houses place a lot of people still viable business and especially for young people and if you look at all of these young people like in contrast to go that they can go mediterranean sea for all to go and you realize that the young people really do want to do something i believe that my music to inspire them to keep on believing in themselves because isn't just iraq he's also an activist has experience at

political injustice began when he was just 4 yes old his family fled from the original former dictator. states when he was 10 the age of 15 he teamed up with a young people and organized demonstrations against a president in the west called district by his commitment to justice made him a target i released a song. which means if you're part of the herd of cows and the significance of if you're going to see. if it could be what you. and that song spoke against corruption the police brutality. and a lot of is that what happened in that time i was targeted after that and that's why i had to do something because you can buy. his love for his homeland brought back today in 2017 when the democratically elected president took the country's poor economy situation still hasn't changed but residents don't let these problems

stop them from enjoying life. a typical working class neighborhoods kind of missed the. the bus city council meeting going to be stuck i'm taking a goodbye to these people coming into the briefing at this hour is a mess on the rise a sense from that short ocean. pristine sandy beaches have made it an increasingly popular at this time nation of course the locals also like to relax in the beach in defeat time. so welcome to live one of my favorite places in the gambia you see the beautiful beach the beautiful people having fun and you know it was really a great time to have you guys know we like to thank everybody for watching faces and hope that you come to gamble here since this is my city it's not pretty but it's still a mob scene so. sad to have to break up with my life has been like a bad one to. live for you you must. really be going to do because it's now

time to wrap up the show but thanks a lot for joining us and leave calling next we've got we're always happy to hear from you just write us at 7 to 7 at the dobbs dot com if you have any e-book for us all even story ideas we're ending the show with someone from the guy yes you guessed it right here is sheila featuring all reside we've that truck get to see call in to catch you on the next episode of the 507th and until then good bye. to. the one i don't tend to this is the one time they say that the sun. would never be one thing but we hope that desperate efforts to harvest the number need. to know

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