i'm not laughing at the germans. sometimes down but mostly i'm laughing with you the german thinks deep into the german culture. you don't get those grammar you know it's all about who you know i'm rachel join me for me to get from golf course . hello and a very warm welcome to the 77 percent the show for africa's youth i.e. the key money and we're bringing you the latest edition of this show from nairobi kenya. here's what's coming up for you in the next half hour. in south africa we meet young entrepreneurs who are getting very creative doing the coronavirus crisis. in ethiopia we discussed how to combat youth unemployment. and demand d.v.d.

and sound engineer 5 both takes us around his hometown of said group. where a few weeks into the coronavirus pandemic now and the situation across the continent is difficult and frightening to say the least so how these last dozen curfews affecting young people economically we asked our correspondents all over africa what the job situation is like in their hometown and what people are doing to try and make the best of the situation here's their take. here in uganda young people have already lost jobs especially the tourism industry . that is the crees and not croghan as capital for many zimbabweans survival and that you don't is exactly. more people are spending time on the bones and eat games but some are worried they fear that if this pandemic persist it could impact they may have to depend on their

savings to stay afloat most gagnon's i live in one being at a time. now before the look down government figures sports youth unemployment at above 13 percent the post lockdown figure could be higher comedy group income pilar known for its weekly shows before hundreds of funds is now performing for an online audience with a whole island from you tube but such options are limited to very few young people here outside the centers the picture is slightly different mainly because most ugandans in the countryside are farmers and the local down has been relaxed for this essential work force to maintain a stable supply of food. a lot of people in zimbabwe have absolutely no income they survive from hand to mouth through buying and selling

on the streets many are worried about their future said lee the government is broken to come up with the rescue packages for its citizens the only hope lies in the slowdown or sudden and. for normal life to return. and it was a situation for you 77 percent is what we asked you on facebook and got the following responses bank on our talk at least teacher working in booking a foster says at the moment i'm very worried because our contracts have stopped and he goes on to add more company measures are currently being adopted by the authorities it's the famine which is likely to kill us if nothing is done by the state to save us from this situation from nigeria says i'm a driver but due to the lockdown i can't drive anymore my case seems hopeless because the government is not ready to provide anything for us and i'm worried that my family and i are in a hunger virus situation and eugene's

a geisha says we all must learn especially the youth here here eugene we are waiting for african governments too much offices are closed industries are closed but we have rich land for agriculture that we can never go hungry well thank you so much for your thoughts. now let's head to south africa like many other countries strict lockdown and curfew measures are forcing people out of work but in johannesburg young creatives increasingly moving their businesses to the digital ram as they weathered this storm now we spoke to some of them to see how their new digital business models are doing. so it took the former home of nelson mandela is usually a tourist magnet but since the coronavirus prices the streets have been cleared and the stores closed standing in front of his empty shop called. feels completely helpless.

business. so. it's a devastating situation for young entrepreneurs state support is only available for large companies experts predict youth unemployment will rise even more this year. but those who will set up digital business models before the crisis are in a much better position to ride out the shutdown like yoga teacher and influence. 4 years ago to demolish started to live stream her daily practice sessions since the lock down her number of viewers has skyrocketed. there's a lot of. things and because not it's not a musician and i mean the instructor. both markets are interactive because people

are looking for music and some people want to stay healthy so in general for me i think it's been. more so right now given. around 1000 people tune in every day the training sessions are free for everyone to mellow earns money by promoting a clothing label which she wears during the session. to mellow isn't the only one who is making the most of her digital business. is also exploring the possibilities that live streaming has to offer together with other artists like cujo is developing a new commercial format for live streaming. he is certain that this technology is a growing trend that will last long after the cold beats 90 crisis to him the possibilities are endless i'm looking forward to. having like a live concert big concert live online concerts where you can actually purchase

a ticket and have some kind of code that you put in just to get to your products you know and things are definitely. in march saw that because 1st the cyber party took place it was a huge success well the lineup featuring many popular musicians and d.j.'s and mammoth 700000 listeners today in to the online events. but for many young people who are losing their income this offer as little solace expensive internet rates and poor connectivity mean that everyone can simply go digital still calls in so we're told is trying to make the best of things he started marketing his clothes over what's up in facebook he says the crisis has made him rethink the way. we did as. a species

when it comes to. getting out of your comfort zone. and trying to make it. trying to make something out of nothing i think it's a. it's all about how you. view. the situation that you're currently facing. there's still room for improvement he has sold just 2 pieces so far but calls are ses he want to let the virus win like many others he's in this while the long haul. coronaviruses testing the resilience of african economies but even before the pandemic hit youth unemployment was already one of the biggest challenges on the continent and now it's worse one country with an extremely high youth unemployment rate is if you appear shortly before the coronavirus outbreak i travel to the

capital at the suburb or to speak with an inspiring bunch of people and i ask them what can be done to get more young people into the workforce. the 77 percent has explored many subject matters across africa but one word keeps coming up unemployment and we're here in the capital of ethiopia to try and figure out why it is that africans just can't seem to crack the code when it comes to hiring young people and i'd like to begin with it was actually an economist here an address and just to give us an overview of the situation here in ethiopia what's the current rate of unemployment we have recent data that shows and employment is just like most and 25 percent all right let me now come to dulwich who works with the jobs creation commission which is part of government's mandate i read some interesting statistics that you've created a lot of work and jobs for people within a short span of time but we're hearing 25 percent unemployment that's not good yes

that's correct of course we've been doing this for the past one year actually for the past 6 months so. structural problem of youth unemployment which. africa bit of time we're facing a conundrum all right there's a lot of practitioners that want to get into the medical field and also invest some money and hire but because of some structural problems they haven't been able to absolve the workforce. all right let me now speak to diana here you are right next to me we're hearing that there is a gap in the market because the government is under too much pressure. they're forced to create jobs for everyone but you have taken the initiative and you've decided i'm still in school but i'm going to do something different tell us about that looking for jobs after you graduate is there a bit of there's like too many people that aren't employed it's better to created to be interconnected be your own boss and empowering yourself doing something that would change the country help yourself and change your family's life ok let me come

back to the economy what happens when a huge population of educated people goes for years sometimes without employment what's the impact of that it has wide implication in terms of economics and in terms of politics as well we have seen we have one of the largest migration into the middle east and european countries and we have also this political instability that's mainly driven by the frustration of many young graduates to find jobs in the labor market let me come back to you because we were speaking about the impact of unemployment i mean how does it feel when you hear that doctors who have painstakingly put through school leave the country and go to work in america you care indeed germany the government is seriously seriously concerned and as a citizen i'm also concerned to see you know kids that have gone through you know 67 years of medical school to be out in the job market not finding jobs that is for a country that's tragic and we want to do something about it in our can assure you

and i can assure them here that we'll find meaningful employment within their country because there is so much they can do here is so much they can do in terms of helping their citizens so let me speak to the doctor who says that he's not found employment have you been tempted to leave this country to look for a job say i don't know in kenya tanzania. can know when i joined the med school. i was there to help my country my people but you know after graduating from a school. this year alone in knowing this coming 23 weeks to 1000 physicians are graduating from school so i don't know how will. 100 by the way i should mention that unemployment rates in this country are going down but unfortunately the number of graduates seem to be disproportionately unemployed compared to the national figures ruth earlier we talked about women being disproportionately disadvantaged by this what's the job market environment for women why is it so difficult for women to get jobs and i think the take the measure factor that that that's creating

this kind of problem is the cultural aspect of if you like as we all know black women are mostly focused on kids and raising kids and doing some some household work and not being creative and doing something out in the world but now when when it comes to our generation ringback i think it's we're kind of trying to get out there do you think that women for example have been looked over because they're women when they apply for jobs compared to men. maybe yeah i think that's a factor and i'm going to come back to you because we've been talking about the 4th industrial revolution africa being the frontier of that do you feel that the education system is preparing people with the correct skill sets to occupy these jobs it's not unfortunately but we recognize that that's very important right never too late so we we recognize that and you know we're going through reform i don't know how much you were aware of that but there's

a new curriculum that's been devised that would incorporate the 21st century skills and everybody talks about it the digital skills so how do we change this dynamic entirely how does the african continent solve this issue. i believe that we need to revisit the curriculum and from this of makeshift this graduates are able to compete with not only but with the african continent as a whole i mean it's just like so sad story to hear that new graduates don't know this the basic computer literacy they don't know how to use email and so on that's a huge problem in from sort of being competent enough other international lever force ok so we have university students here is it true that you don't have competent skills is it true. it's true. it's true that. when you come to technology there's some sort of phobia in our country i don't know why all right so while we're here white how do you how do you think if your pia

kenya tanzania all the african countries can resolve the problem of youth unemployment i think when you. use an employment it's not the absence of jobs that are the issue right now you know we're going to end with dow it because we keep caring government government government but to be fair to you the number of jobs that you've created in the one year is simply nothing to be ignored but i want to ask you a different question you said you want to hear from the stakeholders what have you learned today what are you going to implement in your office so for me so much of them isn't that i liked and resiliency as well because. i came to this film expecting a lot of complaints you know young people always i just 18 trying to get the government off the cliff right. go back to my office and start thinking about maybe starting a small. town hall that we can maybe get used together maybe once or twice a year and have an open discussion like this one it's been quite quite encouraging

today and if you do have that front it will be sure to invite you to cover that ok so this has been a very positive debate to have to say and as doug wood said the youth here are ready the actually have the skills that they just need the support i don't know what you thought about that but i learned quite a bit thank you for watching. now clearly youth unemployment remains a major challenge with all without corona thank you again to everyone who participated in that debate and as usual you can watch a longer version of it on your tip i promise it's worth it. as we know traveling is difficult if not completely impossible right now due to the 19 outbreak but we want to take you somewhere special. before the travel restrictions started our reports i managed to explore a small gem in the west african country of mali 230 kilometers away from the

capital bamako lies the town of said goo and i can't go to very relaxed to buy when it's become famous actually place thriving music scene local sound engineer fido takes us around his hometown so let's go. to work come to. but you can call me for. a d.j. musician. engineer let me show you. is a laidback town on the banks of the new. canoes transport people and goods down and across the nation which is over one kilometer wide at this point locals estimate around $200000.00 people. there's no better place than here.

in the city you never far from the river it's the backbone of town not just for trade agriculture but for relaxing to. texas to a popular hangout for local youth come to unwind it's never empty and this was someone to tell a great story and yet i don't mind because in this space may not be very light but makes for a very friendly atmosphere would become the new river makes what it is quite literally mud from the river banks is used in the pottery architecture and something. c. who is known internationally for the famous fabric. santos shows as a local workshop vocal on is a traditional tie dye that's made with blood and locally the book of cloth is believed to ward off danger. i'm aboard. in the

studio they make but in the traditional way it's used for loathing and. it's lunch time and luckily father knows just the place for a tasty snack he treats us to a safe delicacy grilled fish fresh from the river. i said it's great we're not going anywhere we have good food lots of fun we make it here. and when you see cigars nightlife you can understand why the town is not just famous for the river but also its music father has been a star of sig was music scene for years and has a following among young say goofy and he's also contributing to say goes future music talent in 2009 father opened his own studio. music to percent of the music produced comes from this place which is my own studio visit

there up as i produce. and there has been. say good billions take their love of music very seriously the annual highlight is the festival on the new share some even call it the woodstock of africa 7 photo is one of the chief sounded genius at the festival musicians play their rocking rhythms alongside traditional mali and hip hop blues and jazz beats and for photo it's a chance to practice his 1st love of sound mixing. this is my 1st profession before becoming a musician i started out as a sound technician. some $44000.00 young people attend the festival each year. and when father takes to the stage the cheers get even louder. but. the next report takes place in nairobi kenya now even if traffic has recently

slowed down it's hard to imagine the capital without much thought to these of the many buses and minivans that most kenyans rely on to get around they're not harvesting loud and chaotic and before the lockdown at least always a very crowded day usually not the typical workplace for women but we don't typically hear so we met a female conductor who told us she wouldn't. want any other job. nairobi is a transport system it's chaotic it's crowded and often on drooly the city's buses or of my tattoos as they are known are a tough workplace but they provide entire families with an income. for carolina's song this job means on early start their day begins at 5 am she shares a tiny room with her sister her child and her adopted daughter it's dark and her neighborhood isn't the safest but it's a risk she has to live with. caroline is the matata conduct

when her husband died she started working at a hotel but that didn't pay the bills for her family and the school fees for her 2 teenage sons so she changed jobs. a lot because of in a money when you can you know when i was taking my 1st one in 4 months we were going to a defense team i think the whole school from 7 to 12. even my mother did want that next to. the wage varies by the day when caroline started out she earns of the equivalent of 6 euros a day nowadays she makes more than double but still there aren't many women doing this job says her colleague. justice system needs to be you know us ladies here in kenya many of us don't want to do this welcome many say it's

a stupid job but for me it's good it helps me a lot yeah i mean when you. talk to work of face daily harassment from the police their colleagues and the passengers while caroline has learnt to stand up for herself she's often had to step in for other women. those are maybe who sits next to a man and she would. sure the money was laid. out . then i would most like. that's going to move on after several reports of sexual abuse on iraq these bassas new laws making sexual harassment punishable by 10 years in prison have made the transport system a little safer and ngo of the flown initiative also supports women like caroline by encouraging transport workers associations crim prove the working conditions we look at do they provide any customer service training and if they don't want to

provide the training they have. awareness about sexual harassment we do sensitized training and we help them develop a sexual harassment when you see core many women of the work of trade unions has made the business more attractive it's still a man's world but women are slowly finding their place i prefer them because very fast they're very honest. very very. transparent and focused and like many women caroline hopes that she'll one day be able to get a license and finally be in the driver's seat. well for now caroline has to wait a bit because the business here has really slowed down due to the coronavirus so unfortunately she can't work on them a touch at the moment but we are keeping our fingers crossed that she'll be back soon well that's it for me if you have any comments please do get in touch with us by a 7 to 7 a d w dot com and as a last treat before we go here's bobby wine with

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