a discrimination in the process everyday life we all because life is the main hello and welcome to another edition of the 77 percent. this is a program where we give the platform to africa as you'd talk about the things that are important to them. i'm your host, my polity. now, all over the world, economies on not doing that great. but especially on the continent. we are still dealing with the aftershocks of the covered 19 pandemic, as well as the will in ukraine. the house disrupt at global supply chains. not missed all of these shots. young people are showing a mass resilience. and that's what's today's program. it's all about

coming up on the show. we discover how the high cost of living and pena is wilson, young entrepreneurs to miss huff choices. illegals, young. my g, u. s. assess the performance of the government in asp. be debated on be close off with a trip designs to buy the best place of tablets and city cmc sites. call the 19 locked downs, hot se via impact on offer kind of caught on these lots of people lost their livelihoods because of looked downs. it was not just the low balance, but also the month for boots globally dropped, meaning that most economies does depend on exports. where also affect us as a result, many businesses are struggling, but as a tough times make tough people less, that's a 10. yeah. well,

my colleague is kamani fine south from enter pin this how the surviving these hot ties on a cold morning and the outskirts of night, ruby laptop slots. the apartments, the 2 friends melody 10 i got, and the share the 3 creative on to bring us take the time to catch up as the pat breakfast. and of course, the recorded the experience for social media. just over a year ago, the 20 something year olds chose to relocate outside the capital as a way to save money and escape the speaking skills. however, the country we simply double the tax and fuel increased health insurance and introduced the housing levy. these changes have thrown the house switch plans off costs, and now they're making some tough decisions. i mean, when he gets like a really good giggled, we get really good income. we supplementing things and bulk, maybe it's just better we don't size and move. but today will be the increased cost

of living is also affecting the interactions with $1.00 another. i can't express how we have a question at the better space that's communicating with the fight, seeing whether it's at work, whether someone has done something wrong. we've gotten to a place where i can have a discussion about each and the points it wants to make. one of us wants to move with the next month. the financial pressure for young people in the country is being felt beyond this apartment, latest government, because we view the highest number of those unemployed in kenya between 20 to 24 years old. for those, it's limited options on to government. protests have become a critical way to get the voices. hud for tgm believes that however, the response to the toughening economic times has been to get tough for the couple of photographer and may come on just having to dig deeper to keep the business afloat. i just have that changed i having to putting more capital just to keep the business funding. definitely because that's some cheap meeker products. sure. like

over the counter products that you get to select, is it truly worth how you want to make up to look, you know, just thinking about how you have to save you money and moving around? no, you really don't want to look at the luxury things and say, oh, i'm going to go do this and then come back home and worry about rental you bought food. cuz obviously the money is not enough to do both. at times. the couple has now decided to go into retail, opening an online shop itself, jewelry as a way to supplement that income. so there we have, it's the story of tv, and he's the one that came out have been able to retain that own home and live independently right now. but i'm going to speak to a young person who tells me he also had to move cities as well. as houses and move back to his mom's house because of how, how does things have gotten economically for them? we meet market longer just as he arrives, like he's real estate office. he's been working here for a few months since he moved back to a ruby of to his contract job in another city came to an end. i'm trying to

somebody's without getting over here. i found out the rental space. i used to have the price was almost one and a half times higher. and now i'm trying to establish my self or gaining day that in the real estate space and hopefully make enough clients to, you know, keep my plans on track. you also have to make some tough decisions regarding your housing. tell me about that when you are leaving under your, your partner and through phase notes. there's a lot much new way to do what you want. so, you know, in terms of like relationships and, you know, friendships and, and situations of the sorts that helps you know, create your own space and your own nice, why you don't have to, you know, be looking heads and you'll find us, we leave, it's a power into the, despite the stories of hardship as a commitment from young people to do one thing, somebody are talking about tough decisions. the nigerian government in june this year decided to en, for subsidies. subsidize in full cost the country. $10000000000.00 entering between

2 and the government says, well, it's simply cannot afford it anymore. that decision, coupled with high unemployment, is squeeze in money out of pocket. the 77 percent the trouble to legals, where it is to money met young. my 2 n's will told her how they viewed the country's attends out of columbia recovery hello and welcome back to the 77 percent. this week we are in nigeria, and this country is president when he was elected. the 29th may of 2023, and having to an economy in dire straits in the months since he's been in power. well, that's a noble has tried to take measures to uplift or re substitutes that economy. but the young people of this country a thing that their pockets are still not able to sustain what the country is demanding us. so today we are asking is a government able to come to that a dwindling crisis?

so let me start this conversation by introducing 20 unders, who is an economist. uh, can you just paint a picture of what the economy looks like right now? inflation is really high of a dollar to the now or is um, is now close to a 1000. are it used to be uh, 200 and uh, maybe another 6 years ago. so you can just imagine what it is, the effects on the average every day person's pocket. so it's, it's, it is a situation where a lot of people are really going through it and it doesn't look like there is any hope on the rise. and because of the government and trying to, you know, get the funds to be able to fix the issues are also removing things like subsidies on petrol subsidies on gas subsidies on their electricity. so it's making it more difficult for my dress actually exist. okay, one of the reports i read said the 12 percent of the population living in the absolute poverty is you're in a jury and that really surprised me. you told me, are you seeing a difference since, you know, as life of getting tougher for people and your generally send you

a covering these issues? what is changing in the, in the society? no, that's for subsidy. as we remove these ethics and the cost of production, and then to pre know the needs that has need to copy. so now con, con, money will come up to, it's not even enough to do his business, so it gets worse. now. people the, the gap between the poor and the reach is why didn't people that used to be in the middle class. i've gone now to, to know what class, because of this change. the soul could change. something that was supposed to help us has made everything was let me hear from the people in the audience. how has your life changed in the last couple of years? are you feeling the economic burden? these are pretty tough to me. everything like when you go to the market to get any pay one, everything is just just too expensive. the house rate has increased. we as a, i used to pay a 1.5 on the islands,

but now they've increased it to 2000000. look the jet because the don't kid the own need to survive to understand the apart. but then we had to, we get those money from a have a son. i have to feed my son. i have to, i have to just pick up 3 jobs to be able to meet, alright, to be. so you wanted to say something to me. we just come mazda, of coffee nights in, and we whole on this ton of what's happened during the that's the standing, the men do as the last job. you know, lots of, um, then they say shooting dates will close down because the, the coupons continuing to operate. but then all the sweat knots can see that a told what the government puts in place without a system government puts in place to be able you know, what? so how do must said, do i do time like days, but then that is not say nothing has been done. yeah, i'd like you to answer this for me because you already politics i. the reality is that the government must 1st i'd meet that each political parties miss management of the economy has created

a situation which has led to the for subsidy removal. the argument that they have made is that it is driven by 5th and the fact that they cannot fund projects. but unfortunately, you haven't seen this criminals who have been stealing from a commonwealth. and it has hardly been any prosecution of the so called criminals. so leaving expenses have skyrocketed because the big yes, price stock that any economy can take its energy. right? if, if the cost of energy continues to hit, the roof will continue to create poverty to a point poverty. right? so uh, but you've said something really interesting, which is that the knock on effects of this, it's driving people into desperation, into serious, serious poverty. but 20, i'm coming back to you with the same question i started with. why is this happening in nigeria? you know, we, how is it possible that we're still talking again, subsidizing fuel in an oil rich country. those 2 things don't seem to belong at the

same sentence. but general context is when an economy is in a bad state, like the one niger is in, uh, from years and decades of, you know, bad mismanagement, you know, policy mismatch, you know, raisins theft it's, we'll need to take some hard, hard decisions major as glossing here not by one decision, no by one bad president is getting here by several bad actors come bringing us here continuously. so the question is, what do we do to fix it if we're really as excited all really as passion is about making nature at best. i think the real job is in holding government accountable level. let me actually ask the person who is in a position. how do you hold the government accountable? you're relaxing here with you. i mean, we're joe, can you kind of hold these people to account? what's the, what's the coins? so the people shouting does, will goodman a comfortable actual singing songs? you'll kind of hold them to account just to driving the s u. v. 's with the outcome

for executive flying 1st class. definitely not pointing hundreds of aids on flying them across the world for meetings. so we're choking. so if it's really a joke, why you in a position in politics, if you really think nothing can change just my argument is we need to begin to think, you know, own self interest that citizens because the politicians take care of themselves every time, 7 days, a week twice on sunday. we have to think sofi, 75 selves. i don't understand with our own self interest lives. that's why i'm excited about the young people who are fighting for low school fees. yeah. pursuing their own self interest because the politicians would always take care of themselves. let me hear from uh, gimme a 2nd. let me just give me a 2nd to, to hear from austin because you mentioned self interest in marketing has actually been arrested for criticizing the government. correct? um, so correct. that's correct, but i, i wanted to really disagree with iowa because um, when you talk about accounts, okay, is it been removed? his glasses are serious, not very talk about. so it didn't governments icons like what we've seen

a lot of progress in terms of holding governments accountable. so for example, what we are doing here and expressing ourselves if governmentally, since we also who's in governments are comfortable saying, listen, the subsidy. you removed your, your digits in the very spot on hogwash we use with the fixed refineries festival. so that's we come through just but i'm so i liked that because it brings us really nicely into some solutions. right. if you had the chance to be in those top offices today, what would you do to change things around? it's giving gen z. let's hear what you have to say. you know, that's something that's constructive criticism and i feel like we, a citizen should be allowed to constructively, could decide to go from the government without being condemned. busy. what's the, what's the, the default blake, you say you should because see that us need a motion which will be saying that's tricked the 3rd. and finally, the people which, which is the most important factor in this entire conversation,

need to realize that the people, why government are no gods they came out from us. they need to be held accountable . okay, i think that is a beautiful place to wind up. it was a very complex question that i asked, but i think 20 has tried to sum it up really nicely and i don't the, at anything the for you for watching. i thank you always. and so you next time the listening to those young people, i feel really inspired because we are willing to take home the government and hold them accountable. thank you very much. it is and the entire panel because that's what this is all about. just remember that if you want to see the full version of that street debate, you can go onto uh, youtube channel. now we've had from the young people in legals, bought this income paula, johannes,

back and across the continents. we tell you this and they have ideas on how to improve the current economic situation. so let's see, have them. how would you consider government to to not tax the small businesses until a specific time when they have grown and being able to employ a big number of what cousins in the congress, the taxes, the government could use on the costs of the education. so as or they need to get accent. did you cation their minds when they might, as anybody did, they were different, it to get the was the don't want to, you know, on a v. i think the longer and plan can be for different students. that complex, but studying different things, if it could be made available for them in different 6 of you know, to the professions at this setting, to attend fellowships or trainings and the different germs that they're doing to do after studying all countries suffering from a lot of craziness,

so the people who have like high powers politicians and the government, they're not opening up spaces and channels and gauging. they use jobs. i think coming, indexing students are in the fall, be about to see some changes. so that for the huge changes are the advocates just hoping for the best there's money in the country, there is no money where i didn't get to that money to travel outside country while buying new cars. everybody's getting their money from the economy. so, but at the moment, and so ms, my, me is anymore maintained at this and nothing seems and she was right. so i don't think that kind of yet seemed at the moment. maybe some america or something. i guess perhaps we don't really need a miracle because a while ago i interviewed into partners of the after country. i'm on young, lead us and business. all i do all for them here in bell. and this is a collection of young ceos who run small and medium sized enterprises or assemblies

. and according to the world bank, s. m, these accounts for most of the businesses created world wide, be crucial for creating jewel us and it's showing economic development. so what do they make of the current economic situation on the continent and how the situation can be turned around, be cut off with 2 business leaders. and here are the thoughts. what we could be doing is transmit the middle pad, which is the 2nd 3, and that's as a manufacturing. and if you connect that to the importance of, for example, food items and, and so you notice that manufacturing, it's something i mean developed countries, how invested it says display function. but so we need that sick types of african governments, you most subsidies. you can do this, may be a very unpopular political decision. the reason is the subsidies often just told

the market and kind of leads to in the future in africa wanting that is on the days that the subsidies most likely beneficially to reach. for example, subsidies on the floor bill having a repeated kind effect on the economy may not direct to the benefit of the poor who do not come to you. besides subsidies, car results in overall consumption of setting who's leading to resource nissan location. so you're moving subsidies, country up resources for more criticality reflected you casing health care and infrastructure that last point is quite controversial, but also listening to gully. he's opened up a new perspective on subsidies. but what do you think now away from the economy? i want you to meet my are you i'm silly mind. she is a self thought the visual office based in mombasa, who creates fun in one dallas,

join on the cultural and optimistic melting port. all this while he closed it for the 7 year old. now come buses, the cities most visited venues. but wait, what i'm on dallas. let's find out together. a man does that mean secret circle in ancient sense, greek via popular across asia. but this $1.00 is getting an african me callback and the touch of local swahili sleep. but the one thing is the, the exit. i get these a plus a, this, the me 5 the is the guys said as done this and no outcome one side yet in wasa. so it's all, is it this beneath the creative mind behind the stunning drawings is 27 year old mary. i'm cinnamon. she's a soft talk, mandela artist, from the coastal city of mombasa and kenya, maria, and learned about the asian artful in 2015 as an interior design student at china seas young university. since then,

the auto says most of the art adding an epic and twist and a touch of this. let me quote an ultima buses by vin, muslim community. so base game and when you look on mondays they have this beautiful lake for uh, uh like the flow of buttons, which is also cool monthly maintenance. lemme got in fact, a lot of is let me visual art has 3 key characteristics. carol motif geometric design and calligraphy. however, it's tricky to use to the principal any connection, which is the probably vision of imagery. in 2021. mary, i'm spent 12 days at mon buses by been coming my cannot market, bringing it to light. it was her 1st major project and now i'm and dallas had become as much of a traction as a feature of the market. mombasa has a rich cultural heritage shape on the launch of many different ethnic groups,

cultures, and languages. for marion, the city is never showed or inspiration the or so now you seem on buses, $1.00 spot, stay with me. i want to take you to signs of best stone town. oh, asked the locals call. it's in g, including great. that's about as part of the times and yes, somebody will turn on most region and it is rich in history. i see all of this estimate to that stone town has been inhabited from the 5th century. it is little one that the city is women with history and culture. if want to know more of got the rides guide. city. amena is a musician and a local tourism understood that. you know, i'm 50, i mean all the way from 0 and you are watching. these are blue, 77 percent and this is my son town.

so you sort of a certainty, but it's a mixture of millions of culture and everywhere you go, you will, coming with one will. coming press is one will coming uh, woods this, this is called go make hallway or we can call it old fort. but stone town is much more than its historic buildings and winding. i mean, uh and her band mates are working hard to revive the islands, robust musical tradition for a new generation of sands. the bar the group takes the name from city bin to sell it. the legendary single who launched essentially bought the local tar upjohn right into prominence. way back in 1928. interpreting the traditional style with mode danceable jobs for the 21st century is the name of the game. and so is breaking down barriers around who is allowed to play. when i grew up, i didn't see the woman playing that would then must be someone to brag this to move

. and that's why i decided that to check the food as an instrument. i mean is band may pay tribute to the historic queen of tar up. but stone town has also produced a musical queen of a different kind. the city is the birthplace of rock legend, freddie mercury. and this is his house born here and raised the inside of the box. and after that, he took the music all over the walls. if the reaction of the friends on the street or anything to go by freddy mercury is not the only musical star to be found in this neighborhood. the president of the issues like famous commerce is in vans. he bought as dna and it's on full display at a star go central marketplace. this is called multi t t. it can find a lot of issues because it's, let's say, for example,

here we have the problem. cussing got this one recorded place that it's all this is gone then you know that we use it. i nothing off with the and then the day my name, but another life in stone town is just waking up. locals flocked to the seaside clause out for a donnie with families relax young's to show up the diving skills. and everybody comes to feel they've been here. the different despises and one of my favorites fluids, which is a transition that is angela. it's called roy your, it's a mix of potatoes as that, and the top 5. it has a delicious and a unique it's a heavy mix of flavors, fragrances, and friendly faces. and for musical trail blazers like amino the cities future is

as bright and as clear as this story top end of the day. but also i'm so proud of my knee. i could almost mail those keyboards. thanks for that. all sitting now is bite of the car and telling this offer test economy is expected to go at a 2nd fastest route in the world by next year. this shows that the continent is resilient. and in today's show, we have met young people when body doctor facility is or if you enjoyed this program, give us a thumbs up and some feedback. just drop us an email and remember to follow us on social media. i leave you with this beautiful song by route, why it calls this reason with me and joy, and until next time. thanks for

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