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of lake victoria. where a passionate climate active 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. 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 hop to encourage their fellow citizens to raise their voice with its valuable natural resources. the congo could be one of the world's rich destinations to revel conflict takes the eastern d r. c seemingly without end. but even in peaceful regions, political instability,

inflation and high use unemployment. just some of the factors holding the great heart of africa back the factors. it's young, our residents drop, who is every day move uh in our country. nothing works. normally. we a motorcycle, as i said before, a retail fuel was a 1600 francs or 2000 francs. good. then immediately it got higher to 3000 francs as to where those 2 i did on government. then it's just a different 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 in construction funding printed. it's enough to dump in any ordinary passions moved, but they keep up to a m p are not ordinary. the king shots, a base and p r is actually a music. do all of those are machine and you, my gosh. well, the and shasta life you in the holidays is somehow good and bad. so on main m p

armies. popular music offered their 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 when 00 and you must start playing and everything we observed are real problems. i typed while latest, but, but this isn't a peaceful but this one needs 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 lee. 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 sat on the box and the elections and

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 votes, 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 k, boxed the floating because you them filming the music video. those are, and you must thing of pain and frustration of flux that's will addition took him off of your pockets. then there are people, it means expands to remind communities of the inherent was and that is the politicians, feelings, 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 has characterized drama, process presidency. mackey. so synagogue so it was one's 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. salts and 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, hughes, who hoped he would empower them and help fight use unemployment. but on the we are like various economies stick native insulation sword and his administration was dock by staggering mismanagement. he was also accused of encouraging patronage and plundering to wallace, implicated in the various devastating sonoma. so what do you think? are we voters to an eve or our, our expectations to high? well, shortly after the run of elections in liberia, the 77 percent was in the capital monroe via 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 now 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 the university of liberia and in the countries capital. now, 6 years ago, president george we came into office with the problem is of a youthful and dynamically the sheep. one time later, the form of football was given the red card 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 youth leadership falls? who else to answer this question for me then some of the periods i don't want to start with at bonaza 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. it will feel is the 1st bill balance of the people. the 2nd pillow is job creation, the economy, the fastest in the piece. and the full pillow has to do with the present accountability. it will go back to the 2nd pillow, but jump creation today

a little and nothing that when people pleasing incompetent people placing hop isn't government, this piece of data to city hub in the bottom of that, it has to be resources for education and little, you know, or has been done to you, right? 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 no better off of to george, we is presidency. please lift your hand. if you think the country is better off today of to judge we us presidency, please lift your hand. absolutely. no one believes that. i mean, that must not be easy for you to hear. where did it all go wrong? well, the expedition of whatever long you want me to come in to buy when it came to buy. we've offered great ideas done in labor and people the in the next couple years. 75 percent are the best on to you for being play. so library of what that josh, we got what we really at the end of the d. what all fucking that,

that the don't want people who talk about employee, we didn't read on them. so definitely and brought in 14 and no doubt you'll need to find it difficult in the particular scenario. okay, so i want to hear some practical examples of where you think the government could have done better. you know, at the end of the year you outlined what the problem 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 did did went 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 to view and or public university in liberia. so you see sometimes you make quick decisions for 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 are in 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 of judge via was going to ever meet those expectations prints. let me hear from you. dropped curious on what the see was problem and i think it is, it is because of that to us. we all 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 upgrade 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 took office, we saw a lot of young people being brought to people. a lot of young people. they weren't even minutes, does deputy administering i'm talking about at the administrative level of funding of that these young people also still off the i try to feel us because that's where

you walk. you have an opportunity for a young person. people step as a deputy of 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 reset to be able to make and whatnot. and you 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 took you liked it very well. that's even the young people in his government really failed. you are, we do then as a continents to be led by off to genario. sucking to not do this belief in the young people said the president we, i chose a lot of young, incomplete, and young people. they are a lot of young people that what if 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 or not people just rang the ministries ran people out. don't think that going through what the he, maurice was office, those industries 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 want us 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 this political idea and go back to teaching out people how 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? majority or, or it is going to 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 when went to

vote, will to what i decide to go down to see if i can are going to, we can have it a country freeform from only brought me all right. i've been, as i started with you, and i would like to conclude this debates with you in the next 60 is 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 took advantage of higher education and they can contribute meaningfully. and of course, bring secretary to the table because some luckily said, though a lot of young people have wondering government that didn't have the capacity to drive the coming be able to drive growth in their respective areas. ok. 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, either 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 the youngest of 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 wait till we're 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. mm hm. it's outside,

it's ours. bring it back. that's what we say. operation to do. light 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 the engine as the we catch up with too much safety and use development activist who demonstrates against a corrupt government that he feels stopped caring was 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 stalled by corruption. and greed was said he left the n c 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 in the 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. you have what? we cannot completely do anything. we are living in the democratic society of

democrats and tons. where if media particularly that particular, it's kind of hard to get when you wish to have that can give you tried to reach these by voting but who to vote for like and what city 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 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 the supply in the bottom and incentivize the top. what it should happen is we've disciplined the top and incentivized the bottom. that's really how

a we move when that happens. and really, how mosque base change happens. that's a workshop with local entrepreneurs. if i use that teaches community members to find solutions themselves, instead of waiting for a messiah next, save you to deliberate them from poverty. even though many young people lost faith in political parties, she believes that the civic spirits did not die. $24.00, it's 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 own 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 to their participation or extension from the polls will shape the political future of the country. inspiring

how so americans use their powerful voice in 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 to full in kenya. and here is your tour guide for the day canyon singer and environmental list ivy. delores shows us her favorite spots in town. let's go. hi guys. and the name is ivy. do lo, coming to you right from the shows of not roadway all the way from west some kenya, and you're watching the w. serena pens and the bases my c p u. so can use the 3rd largest city seats on the banks of africa's biggest leak. a

cultural capital for the countries new people know wonderful, fresh fixed studies sunset it uses the so i love my city to because it's a very beautiful place as you can see and how to meet and how big he will so surround us. and then we have the album place where we're in though with the city. and we have amazing people. people are very friendly with a stylus and be whether a stylus and we loved to subbing our old house as applicants. so when it comes to music and diesel, diesel has produced so many religions, and example is a late are you will gather who took our music all the way to where you would. i love music, if way,

i'll be fine with me. i feel free because you know something about music when it hits you, you feel a little pain you so it was growing population has put a strain on its most precious natural resource, the degradation of lake victoria, or non low as the loop. it's called west coast. i have these music to take a turn. so for us, this lake has been less of our livelihood. it has also a connection with our culture and our column across as people into so. but sadly, since last year, it's been facing a lot of threats. the lake started having lots of plastics and that's making the licks di mixed into a fish those how food anymore. so that's the last why i decided to be an environmental listing. and just chemo a lake as an environmental list. what i do to reach out my information in a message to other people. i use my music because i'm

a vocalist. on the on 5th lyrics of this song inside the of my city. severe was to know the consequences of what we are doing to the place and the importance of the slaves. id doesn't limit her environmental advocacy to the concert state. most city residents live in informal settlements like this one. and it's here that i,

these candy pollution proceed gets hands on. so reading quail all my place, my, who is this is where i live and we all know a way to a plastic recycling workshop. and we're going to meet a few of our young environmental this. i couldn't imagine all this came from the lake, but we're going to shred the best plastics to this machine and get to see what you're going to get. versus plastic mon yacht is headquartered in keys, two's largest plum. the hustlers here take plastic waste from waterside, dump sites, and transformed them to use the objects for sale. wow. beautiful. this is the end product from all the way that was collected in the dump sites. i'm so happy said filling you'd like me doing amazing things out here and protecting the environment through making such beautiful things from plastics. residents, the leak is more just an important economic resource. it's also

a place for relaxation and what better way to enjoy it. then with the sunset cruise on non luis gentle waves. i love my c p and a lot of my make and i'd love for my people to come together. so please, thanks for the future generations. yeah, that's sunset is just wow, thank you. i've you for introducing us to the wonderful consumer. okay. yeah. and if you're going like, my city is also pretty cool. let us know and reach out to us. we might feature it in one of our next episodes. well, that's it for today. as always, we're gonna end the show with some music. today's track is by brazilian d, j and producer. they're a teaming up with kenya's, very own sophia. and so there's some walk you is an absolute hit on tick tock. so gets dancing, enjoy and don't forget to tag us in your exams. challenge of unix side

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