competition rival marketing numbers atmosphere by intuition. fans. and fans. hello and welcome to the 77 per cent show for africa view on this show and i'm excited to be whole thing the 77 percent for the 1st time. it's so great to have you with us this is what we have for you on today's show. making enough money to spend it whole in corona time that's a real struggle for young africans in germany. check out a new passion trend in kenya that corona has. and serves up in sierra leone

where we visit the country's only 13. we kick off our show in ghana in the capital to be precise like many other countries the corona crisis has crippled ghana's economy and it's not just the national economy that's in trouble there are many who rely on their family members abroad to send them money but because these relatives have now lost their jobs they don't have anything to send back home we met a student who lives in a household of 10 people and who now has the find a way to make ends meet without money from abroad. in moments like this bright and his severance can afford to not. buy the last couple of months have been hard writes families facing a financial crisis parents moved to new york so they could make enough money to support their children in a crown. usually the sent home $500.00 us dollars

a month but right now we can send anything. that 21 year old student talks to his parents regularly over the phone. rang the last time the sentiment was in march before the long. and used out money to buy food stuffs if you start to finish i had to draw all the money from my accounts both my bank account and my name obama in the white leaving only the minimum balance. both of his parents were laid off from their jobs when new york went into lockdown put in a huge bedding on bright as the oldest son he is responsible for the rest of the family the lack of money from his parents has hit him hard and many is usually sentimental phone bills to be him and he said none of my siblings interest. many gun in the same tight spots right now according to the world bank last year

living abroad sent home nearly 3 and a half 1000000000 u.s. dollars since his parents stopped working right has had to fall back on the family business the small eatery it is merely run by his aunt who lives with bright and his siblings but i couldn't have virals as how did the state thing impact even on this business. well in my gut feeling right here on the board. before corona business was brisk. from morning to evening they could easily be between 90 to 100 customers but since the pandemic which the business has slowed down now we hardly get 10 customers while we are here in. brightest in the final year of university studying public administration his siblings are in school and often need to use the internet but it's becoming difficult to afford a high b. talk or alongside school and university. and need

and want to drop out of school. was a pretty high fees among my siblings. and i was a vision and this is going to be some. taking a lot from the prophet i only hope and pray that. this fundamental decisive that covered my life. writes from when it comes together during dinner time. which we have received from him in. the leftovers from the families of the rights mom is particularly missed during these family gatherings remains empty but as much as he misses them bright knows the family needs his mom and dad to stay abroad so he can start sending money again he doesn't know how long the family can keep going like this if aspirants don't resume work soon. so

we've just heard how difficult it is for some families to get by without remittances from their relatives abroad but let's take a look at the other side of the coin the people who really want to send money back home but right now they just can't because the current outbreak has affected them too some have lost their jobs and they still have to put food on the table and pay rent our reporter kristen moon met some young africans in the german capital berlin and they talked about the dilemma they are facing every day making ends meet in germany and supporting their loved ones back home let's hear what they had to say. hello everybody the 77 percent is back in berlin and it is a beautiful spring where i'm standing now there would be people revealing beautiful spring where the but such is the scenario with acronis restrictions that a place like this is pretty stout but we're having the conversation today about how

coronavirus has impacted our lives as specifically the diaspora community living in germany right now i'm going to start off with my body see i'm slim just how have you been impacted. a personal level house has gone into your life well currently you can hardly find a job and yes i'm not working at the moment this is about people's house will and how those hustles have been killed by covance but i'm going to come over to you eric eric you are a working professional you're in the gardening space so just tell us about the situation you find yourself in you still get to do your gardening you still get to earn your pay but talk to us about the unique position that you find yourself in right now how. many people don't walk by example my my friends from my homeland but i'm from very hopeful erika's working can support me cause they're always what iraq from this. and this i got those for because it worked i don't have to focus very well now run from. was teach me

some finger in the way of a to go quickly torch about the situation right right and i just want to focus him right now because erick still able to save money over back home you've not been employed at the point are you still having to hustle it out for people back home. you know all week we've gone from a commuter society and we we have to support our. close members of the family my mom my home or sisters or regardless of where they're working on knowledge they don't. there's do you need that support and the hard to find their way so this conversation is bringing in that we're about remittances the money that erikson so the money that that seems talk about has been sitting home how important is that and can you give us more insight into that yeah we can 1st of all look at the general picture we have like $48000000000.00 u.s. dollars sent in remittances just to sub-saharan africa alone and $29000.00 so it's

more than official development aid much less foreign direct investment. and on average like on my ground will spend 15 percent of his awnings to send back home and often it supports like 60 percent of the household in africa so you can imagine it's direct it's a very direct economic impact because of the pressure to send the money back home sometimes they're not very honest about the struggles that you actually go through to send that exact money yeah and so that would be something i would like to throw in i think it would be nice if there was an opening up of the family discourse. in africa from areas basically what she's saying is they won't believe you even if you thought limited i mean i have a shot of it right in their rugs i don't believe you think that you are lying you think you are hiding something you think there's a bin as that conversation it is happening but nobody believes it jamal so just bring back you into the conversation and so this is the position that we find

ourselves in i'm sure it's not unique to to to to eric and to dorsey what do you reckon we should be doing and what should perhaps governments like the german government know about our hustle as a diaspora and how they can help us we have to establish systems well where we can . unify our like the energy the financial incomes and put a little thing aside and this is things that we know actually since since africa has a lot of systems you know that everybody just just calculated and put a small pot. it's on the site you know for a community reasons but you know i want to push back on that because you know that's bound to raise issues guys i mean do you really realistically think that that's going to be like that's going to work and you know you're disagreeing so i'm just i mean you i mean is it really going to work as a physician all of us putting money into one pot and hoping we can all be satisfied with how that money is going to be used i'll tell you the truth when it comes to money friendship goes over people or something sometimes they're looking for their

own interests and we come from different cultures so you're skeptical ok so bring back in so exactly this is why we really really really need change of mind you know because in the end it's also it's not different from what other societies are doing you know and for other societies working out there getting really healthy through this i mean you know just. if we want to get together then our embassies have to work more because if you try to reach out to the kind in embassy the nigerian busy times limit embassy and they don't even know that you are in berlin that's a that's what's a start for august but she's i don't know if that was your initial idea jamal she's throwing it back to to the officials i see because by the time introducing embassies you're talking government but isn't that going against what he's saying because he's saying as a community are you including the politicians and that of course of course because i mean but we cannot rely on them. you mean we can rely on them because they are

government they are people i know it is so yeah i know but i mean you're already started with the missing point you know and i think that i have i don't know i have had a lot of experience. and trying to bring things forward but it just took so much time out of people. time. what i've also observed here is because of the german bureaucratic nature of the way things are done the embassies tend to follow the same suit ok so you think they learned of the journey i'm assuming so because i. have to wait until you know where they will be possible to be very interesting am i want to come back here because here you are you find yourself in this country right you have been in a position where you've worked you've studied going through what you're going through has to get out trying to get a job all of that. it's easy to go through or would you prefer to have made been going through this back at home what i see as

a being or saying be those of money are going to africa but remember most of the money going home. in the corrupt systems or it's by the organizations from europe so in other words you're telling me you're going with the money is going right so it goes back because it comes back and you're going to hang out here in germany where the money comes back to what you say in the sense that you are the health care system we have are yes these are this would be way better because you can have. a doctor to have a look at you that doesn't mean that we don't have good doctors or the resources we have right now limited so here we are we having this conversation has been great having you along but what we have learned as a diaspora communities we need to come together because something like the coronavirus happens and like some of the people who are not penalty day you find yourself in a very precarious position it's been great having your company looking forward to engaging with you on social media we are of course the debate continues.

thanks to everyone who joined that lively debate and of course we want to hear your thoughts on this topic so please send us your comments on facebook now the corona crisis is still the big topic in the world and every day we hear reports of death job losses and uncertainty but it's not all bad news some people i don't think the pandemic to get in touch with their creative side for example have you heard all book orona have style well here it is probably worn by the kenyan girls this half mile is fellow i catching but it sparked my interest photography don will fund and it even inspired him to do an entire photo series let's check it out. don wilson is a photographer from nairobi during the covered $1000.00 pandemic he stumbled upon something. very unique the koran house style since then it has because 5 or 8 topic

. something you know growth something about normal. no one has been to anywhere to bear a president marble it tumble it took it upon herself to spread awareness about the pandemic through a simple has tile with a with a corona has style we would like to tell people to keep distance to wear masks wherever they go and to wash their hands regularly sanitizes to protect themselves not only did it turn but designed the has time in the shape of the virus she also used colored for it to represent the car less of the virus itself. and. i told my stylist to incorporate the actual coronavirus image in the hair style of pink. so the pink color represents the curtain layer the marine is the fatty layer and the zigzag is the crown they are. used in india.

schools in kenya have been closed during the outbreak so a tumble makes sure her daughters understand the meaning behind the has time and the importance of hearing to measures to contact the pandemic i have been less of a group and that i like it because it shows that corn is so real so we should take it seriously. marvel hopes to continue her newfound talent as a has time list even after the pandemic is over she is also thankful for don wilson's help in spreading the message of how has. the coronavirus has given me a new talent it has also made me well known i didn't expect that i used to look down on myself but now i'm even on television and i often get phone calls from people asking how the style came about. not commenting my. hastert has been done wilson's highlight of the year and he hopes

his pictures will give his audience a bit of joy in times of uncertainty. i wonder if that file will work with my hair too all right let's now head the 2 what's one up to the capitol on one of the very 1st military pilots in the botswana defense force captain comet so. getting there wasn't always easy for her and now she has made it her mission to inspire other young students to spread their wings and learn how to fly this is her uplifting story. in the life of. has played a big role has village near the capsule gaborone was destroyed to accommodate airport expansion but from the ruins but similar when trying to conquer the skies is one of its finest 1st military pilots. come back again. and leave them on the times that we spent here with my family

after after cattle went to school before part of me that i can just leave behind. a grunt a lot but similar to leave the home instead to meet medics in gaborone she then joined a training program for the 1st female candidates to become military pilots if one curious hit taken off after serving 10 years in the air force the 35 year olds decided to help the youngest wanna to achieve their dreams at an airfield near gobbler on she takes listeners on utah his foundation dare to dream exposes young people to the industry. wants this to leave the dream of flying. whether you agree with. that i think it means freedom is completeness. sit means that there is the low wall out there yes so many possibilities of anything in the

war. on the airfield we also need to restore our car when one of that seamless fest mentions both met at a military camp where walker will not leave with his parents but cmos encouragement team to spread his wings. to me to madrid i'm at home it's all. when i finish my high school and i start it. aspired to be a pilot so i kept pushing and she told me to become a pilot today what to win is one of the youngest commercial pilots in botswana is success motivated but seem to leave the military sit up a foundation and help more youngsters dürer to dream is based in a vision hub. here that seem a good team train school classes from across puts one at 1st glance skills may seem to have little to do with flying but the focus is on an important element of.

coding and robotics. you will become closer to an interpreter and problem solvers that's why you should learn coding that's why we want you guys to then how to code so that we can come up with solutions. today the young boys and girls must build a miniature airplane and program the motor incenses to go along to run what anonymous leaf last year did to dream trained over 2000 pupils. it might not be a very huge manufacturing of robotics or aviation in bhutan but we want to prepare this young people for the war so that they can be competitive and be able to work with others around the world who have this opportunity to. captain puts his big plans to one sports one a to win the international legal rubber ticks challenge with teams of young people across the world compete against each other and your team looks well on its way.

let's talk sports now what's your favorite sport that football net will work out in the gym well in sierra leone the latest popular sport is a 3rd thing the west african country has faced a lot a civil war and a ball up and damage and poverty but nothing can take away the beautiful beaches. with the wife and swaying palm trees and perfect way and the one thing about take you out that i like about surfing in sierra leone the girls are riding the waves to . beach a perfect beach for surfing the waves break close to the shore and there are no dangerous currents and the water is warm just 2 hours drive south of sierra leone's capital freetown berates beach is especially good for beginners surface do you can find sierra leone supposed. to be a great beach. donald

alex macaulay is in the water every day as one of the 3 founders of the period beach surf club he knows how good the surfing is with the salt. so. it was more stress out of the pool when. you can think about north you need to talk to. plant it when if you have something on your mind set you're not thinking about indefinitely because like it's made people choice on the 5 the life but surf equipment is scarce and expensive in sierra leone. even the wax which gives the surface but to grip on the board is hard to find so the team relies on donations and a good reason to give the boards some extra t.l.c. . but the beach surf club is more than just

a stack of surfboards. to kids. just to get. off on. boy and suffering so if enough impact in my life i'm soft enough change my whole life. because i think nothing. somebody told this is the way we know my need to get on i can't one of his former self mentees to come are the 22 year old now gives surfing lessons herself and is the only woman on the team but when it comes to technical skills. is right up there with her male colleagues is it said to us so telling the boys that we are doing what they are doing so is a big challenge to us so we know one there will be this these guys will not compete

with the guys we are. what they are doing or do something like that at the same time i do skits yeah i want to do edwin see what the boys are doing yeah that is my challenge and that is my dream and. many children come to the surf club straight off to school and since they are not enough surfboards they usually share one. many of the girls to come are teachers console him yes so dry runs are on the agenda for today. the children idolized to come are. on so be a listen so. these one being one myself my buddy exercise and you live and will make us feel like. you're a beach is still a hidden gem among the surfing community here but to come on iraq has big plans for myself and for her country. oh we still be like the best one in the competition so

i'll come back in my account to support my college me as to what the kids so how able to send them. to we like to put self in the pool see that he won't and there's something in the mop up in the war. for now though the archers main goal is showing to the girls that they can serve just as well as the boys. even if it takes a few broken bullets. well i can 3rd but right now i kind of feel like trying it out myself. and that brings us for the end up today's show of thank you for much for joining us remember you can always get in touch with that's you can find me on twitter all you can send me an e-mail at to $77.00 at devalued kong as one final trip we have been to a featuring country boy with their song. which is why healy and it means that you invoke great.

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