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[00:00:00] but the upfront
[00:00:01] in costs remain out of reach for many. It could cost a typical
[00:00:04] Filipina household about 3,00 to 500 US
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[00:00:11] much for most middle income families. But the bigger issue
[00:00:15] seems to be red tape. Permissions and approvals for
[00:00:19] great connection is becoming a long and strenuous
[00:00:22] process. Many Filipinos hope the government will
[00:00:26] make it easier for them to tap into solar energy. and
[00:00:30] cut electricity costs. Rahul Radakrishnan, TRT
[00:00:34] World. Our ex Liverpool star Muhammad Salah has
[00:00:38] signed a two-year deal with Turkish Super League Sig Trabzon
[00:00:41] Sport. It is the biggest signing in Turkey's top football league
[00:00:45] this season and thousands of fans are celebrating his
[00:00:48] of arrival. Talabs on Sport is one of Turkey's top teams. They finished third last
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[00:01:00] It's an experience I never had in my life, I
[00:01:03] of just want to thank everyone of you for being here today and
[00:01:06] yesterday, you shows me so much love
[00:01:10] and I never expect that reception,
[00:01:13] um, I'm here, I'm here to win, I want to win something
[00:01:17] with this club because you guys show me so much love
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[00:01:34] in a patch again. now Europe's football and
[00:01:37] governing body UEFA says it will continue with its boycott
[00:01:41] of the men's and women's world cups as well as other tournaments
[00:01:44] organized by FIFA. That's despite FIFA President Gianni
[00:01:48] Infantino Infantino
[00:01:50] of publicly apologizing for his now abandoned plan to sell off a
[00:01:54] of stake in the men's world cup to private enterprise. Several
[00:01:57] of senior FIFA figures have now played. for Infantino in his
[00:02:01] re-election bid next year, but UEFA says that means
[00:02:05] of nothing. In a
[00:02:06] of statement, European football's governing body has said UEFA's
[00:02:10] associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the
[00:02:13] non-participation in FIFA competitions. Yesterday's
[00:02:17] announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President and
[00:02:21] whose careers depend on his favor agree with him,
[00:02:24] changes nothing. That is the news
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[00:03:01] Welcome everyone, I'm Grace Kurakanja and
[00:03:04] this is Africa Matters. The African
[00:03:08] of continent is home to the
[00:03:09] of world's youngest population, and while many young people remain
[00:03:13] optimistic about its
[00:03:14] of future, they are also
[00:03:15] of demanding
[00:03:16] change.
[00:03:21] The United Nations projects that one in four people
[00:03:24] globally will be African by 2050 and that most
[00:03:28] will be under 20. five, so young people's views on
[00:03:32] governance and
[00:03:33] of economic opportunity have never mattered more. the
[00:03:37] of latest African youth survey by the ichikovits family foundation
[00:03:41] interviewed nearly 500 young people aged
[00:03:44] 18 to 24 across 16 African
[00:03:47] countries. 43% of respondents believe Africa
[00:03:51] is moving in the right direction, but the optimism comes
[00:03:55] with expectations. They want governments to create jobs, tackle
[00:03:58] corruption and improve basic services in South
[00:04:02] Africa, frustration remains high with youth
[00:04:05] unemployment at 61%. Our whole
[00:04:09] government system is failing us, as you there a lot of like issues that
[00:04:13] we facing as unemployment, not that there are no jobs, they are jobs,
[00:04:17] however the government does not want to issue jobs because of
[00:04:20] nepotism,
[00:04:21] in corruption, you name it, when it comes to global
[00:04:25] partners, China receives the highest approval rating with
[00:04:29] 95%. of respondents viewing its influence
[00:04:32] positively, this is largely because of infrastructure investment. now the
[00:04:36] United States follows at 85%, while Russia's
[00:04:39] favorability has risen sharply from 68% in
[00:04:43] 2024 to 83%. this is particularly seen in
[00:04:46] countries where it has expanded military cooperation. even so,
[00:04:50] many young Africans believe foreign powers including China and the
[00:04:54] in United States benefit more from Africa's natural resources
[00:04:58] than
[00:04:59] of local communities. They take more than they
[00:05:01] give. The fact that the Chinese and
[00:05:04] Americans are taking our minerals is very bad. Our children
[00:05:08] will not
[00:05:10] of
[00:05:10] of of benefit from anything in the future. They must stop fighting.
[00:05:16] It's a bad policy that I oppose. These
[00:05:20] minerals belong to us. We are suffering today and we have no
[00:05:23] work whilst our minerals are being sent to their countries. We don't
[00:05:27] know what use our minerals are to us. It used to be our
[00:05:31] young people who went to work in the minds earn a bit of
[00:05:35] money. Since the war, the young people have been stuck in the villages
[00:05:39] because there is no work. Now most young africans. will support
[00:05:43] democracy, three quarters say they prefer democratic government, but
[00:05:46] only if it delivers jobs, fairness and accountable leadership.
[00:05:50] the survey also points to growing support for women's leadership with
[00:05:54] 68% saying their countries would be better of if more women
[00:05:58] held senior leadership
[00:06:00] positions. more than half the
[00:06:03] youth surved say they want jobs now for their economic
[00:06:07] stability and national security. in Kenya, youth
[00:06:10] unemployment is at roughly 67%, so many are
[00:06:14] turning to technical and vocational training in such of
[00:06:18] work. Victoria amunga has more from thicker. Ukikuja
[00:06:21] hapa. Months into completing his high school education, 20
[00:06:25] year old Davis's concern was not which course he would
[00:06:29] pursue, but whether he would ever get a job at all. Gidhinji
[00:06:33] enrolled in an electrical installation course at the Africa Equip
[00:06:36] Institute in Kenya's thicker town. Technical courses like
[00:06:40] Clubbing, electric.
[00:06:43] yeah, are a bit marketable, you can
[00:06:47] depend on yourself, even if you
[00:06:51] you don't have a stable job,
[00:06:54] you can be self employed, but this is
[00:06:57] electromechanical, the federation of kenya employment estimates that
[00:07:01] youth unemployment is about 67%, which is five
[00:07:05] times higher than the overall jobless rate, lot of young
[00:07:09] kenyans see vocational training as a direct part economic
[00:07:12] dependence, breakdown maintenance, the leer electrical
[00:07:15] installations, troubleshooting techniques, all those we
[00:07:19] make sure that the students get all this knowledge, unaona
[00:07:23] once dreamed of being a news ancher, but when that didn't
[00:07:26] happen, she chose to explore vocational training in film
[00:07:30] production, she now runs her own production company,
[00:07:34] decided this is what i wanted to do, at first it
[00:07:38] was not easy to get the gigs, so i went into employment for a
[00:07:42] while, and
[00:07:43] then i would buy my equipments little by little and have it as
[00:07:46] sidehou. they are now at least
[00:07:50] 300 technical vocational education institutes in
[00:07:53] Kenya, according to the state, the goal is to reach every
[00:07:57] community at the grassroot level. Kenya's youthful
[00:08:00] population holds enormous potential to drive the country's
[00:08:04] workforce, but with limited white color job opportunities,
[00:08:08] many people are being left behind. Vocational training is opening new
[00:08:12] doors. and pathways for sustainable
[00:08:14] livelihoods. national data shows that
[00:08:17] 75% of Kenya's population is below 35
[00:08:21] years. experts say investing in them and enabling them to access
[00:08:25] funds to run their businesses is crucial. over
[00:08:28] million people are entering the labor force, but then there's
[00:08:32] no commensorate a million opportunity each year
[00:08:36] for for for people, for young people. also
[00:08:39] a lot of people also...
[00:08:42] underemployed, which is another issue,
[00:08:45] meaning they work in informal settlement, they work, work in what we call the geek
[00:08:48] economy, and as the Kenyan government works to generate
[00:08:52] more formal jobs for its growing young population, the hope is that
[00:08:56] each self-employed person will also create employment opportunities
[00:09:00] for others. Victoria Amunga, Afrika
[00:09:03] matters, thika,
[00:09:05] Kenya. Is managing
[00:09:08] partner at chief executive of next year SPD and
[00:09:12] national consulting firm working Nigeria and across the African region,
[00:09:16] he joins us from Nigeria's capital Abuja, thank you very much sir for
[00:09:20] making the time now, hear me out, so the survey shows that
[00:09:24] some young people in countries like Rwanda, Ghana, Ethiopia,
[00:09:28] Somalia are largely optimistic about their economies
[00:09:31] and future, while those in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria
[00:09:35] are far more pessimistic, now in your view, just what
[00:09:39] explains these stark and regional differences?
[00:09:42] couple of things here, first is on how the are
[00:09:46] various countries or states have dealt with the
[00:09:50] issue that um issue regarding
[00:09:53] development, so countries that are pro
[00:09:57] youth investment, you could see lot of young people
[00:10:01] being very um optimistic about world life host for
[00:10:04] them, now again larger economies
[00:10:08] like Kenya, Nigeria, because the number of
[00:10:12] young persons there, the competition is so high, so
[00:10:16] they tempt to see their future probably outside their
[00:10:19] countries, right? these are most the countries where you have lot
[00:10:23] of youth mig. ation outside of those countries,
[00:10:27] so they see what is happening in most other developed
[00:10:31] countries like China, the United States and so on, when they compare it
[00:10:35] against their own country, they it seems not to be
[00:10:39] what they want, so but if you look at countries we
[00:10:42] are probably coming out of war like Somalia, South
[00:10:46] Sudan, Sudan, it's easier for them to look at where they
[00:10:50] are, they high high hopes for countries
[00:10:53] where they ten. they think to, they tend to think their country should have
[00:10:57] been better than where they are today, the young people there
[00:11:01] think uh less of what they uh, what the future
[00:11:05] holes for them, now that sounds like a population growth problem,
[00:11:09] and so we're talking about the UN projecting that by 2050
[00:11:13] one in four people globally will be African, most of those will be under
[00:11:16] 25, and you also talked about immigration, I mean, are
[00:11:20] we going to see more youth leave the continent based on
[00:11:24] what? just said now, most likely, most likely that lot
[00:11:28] them, I mean, is is is a global world, right?
[00:11:32] globalization means that young person in Africa
[00:11:35] can viy for the best job in Australia, move, he
[00:11:39] doesn't need to even go to Australia to to interview for that
[00:11:42] job, labor moves across the world, let
[00:11:46] take it from me, the African youths are smart, they are
[00:11:49] intelligent, they can stand their own against any other
[00:11:53] young person across the... continent across the world
[00:11:57] globally, they are good in sciences, they are good in technology, they are good in
[00:12:01] arts, they are good in sports, they are good in virtually everything,
[00:12:05] and with what internet is doing, African young persons
[00:12:09] can stand their own, so they can move wherever they think
[00:12:13] they can move to, so I think a lot them might stay behind if the
[00:12:16] job comes to them, I equally think there a lot them will move,
[00:12:20] countries will poach them, you could see what Canada is doing, Australia is
[00:12:24] doing, the land is doing, they are looking for the best talent across the
[00:12:28] world, and these young Africans have the talent, so I think that some
[00:12:31] them might move to wherever the opportunity comes, but then will
[00:12:35] that brain drain pose a problem to the
[00:12:38] continent? it might to an extent, it
[00:12:41] might um, I mean there was a time lot of Indians
[00:12:45] left, they went, got the talent and they moved back,
[00:12:49] Chinese does the same thing, so it can work in the reverse manner for Africa,
[00:12:53] where a lot them go out. get the best talent and
[00:12:57] whatever they need and then emigrate back to Africa and it might help
[00:13:01] us so you cannot really say oh because they move out
[00:13:04] there will be brend brand yes short run short term there
[00:13:08] might be but in the long term it might help us when they start moving back
[00:13:12] some of us had moved to Europe work for 12 years 13 years all
[00:13:16] move back to Africa so it could reverse back when they get what
[00:13:20] they need and they move back all right so let's come back to the survey
[00:13:24] because again and it found that young Africans are proposing some
[00:13:28] bold reforms that included dedicated youth ministries and age
[00:13:31] limits for presidents and prime ministers, but some these measures already
[00:13:35] exist in part parts of Africa, but they have clearly not worked very
[00:13:39] well. how realistic are some these proposals and what would it take to make them
[00:13:43] effective? mean, let's be honest, let me take, let me look at
[00:13:47] Nigeria for instance. um, between
[00:13:50] 1960 and 1966 to almost
[00:13:53] 1970 when you had those eruption of military rule even across
[00:13:57] Africa, most the leaders, political leaders who took over power
[00:14:01] from in from the colonial masters and the military
[00:14:05] guys who took over where in the 30s early
[00:14:08] 30s, you know space
[00:14:12] of military rule in Africa disrupted um the way political
[00:14:15] transition worked over a long time and that's why
[00:14:18] the date you could see people who are in their 70s in their
[00:14:21] 80s still seeking political power. "i mean,
[00:14:25] what the young people are saying is what we think should happen, but
[00:14:29] will that be able to, can we be able to achieve that? i don't think
[00:14:33] that will be uh likely be possible in the near
[00:14:37] future, so but what i think is this, as
[00:14:41] long as the young people continue to deepen their
[00:14:44] their um, their development area of science and
[00:14:48] technology, begin to get into private investment,
[00:14:51] businesses and so on from the private sector, it's come to a
[00:14:55] time where it will help them to move into the public sector
[00:14:59] and political space and start taking over power
[00:15:02] from the people who they consider to be the old
[00:15:06] folks so who have been there over time, but because they do not
[00:15:10] really have the the the financial well
[00:15:14] the financial power to be able to displace um
[00:15:18] these guys a short time for now, it will
[00:15:22] take a bit wide 2030 years. do some of those
[00:15:25] ideas to to begin to come to uh
[00:15:29] to um to begin to come to fulfillment, so
[00:15:33] for now they should put more their energy in
[00:15:36] developing the... themselves, especially area of science and
[00:15:39] technology, investment and business opportunities, that might be
[00:15:43] how they can cross over to start looking for political power.
[00:15:46] okay, all right, let's switch gears and talk about
[00:15:50] international influence now, because there are some interesting findings
[00:15:54] from the survey: china received the highest approval rating among young africans
[00:15:58] (95%) view its influence positively, the US stands at
[00:16:02] 85%. why do you think China continues to outperform other global
[00:16:06] powers in the? of young
[00:16:07] Africans, I'm not surprised
[00:16:11] about the data, I'm not surprised that the survey came out that
[00:16:15] way, because of lot of things, China, China's
[00:16:19] influence in Africa is growing by the day, the
[00:16:22] economic opportunity they are bringing in, um, look at their
[00:16:26] role and belt initiative where they are helping most
[00:16:30] African countries in construction of roads, buildings and so on,
[00:16:33] the young people see that right, and then again China. is
[00:16:37] offering lot of um education opportunity to lot of African
[00:16:41] scholars and young persons, so these scholars when they go to China
[00:16:45] and study, they come back, they are beginning to influence the
[00:16:49] way lot of young people think about China. now when
[00:16:53] these young people equally, of course the power of internet is there,
[00:16:57] they see what is happening in China, how china have lifted the almost
[00:17:01] 120 million people out of poverty, and every day they are lifting people out
[00:17:05] of poverty, look at their things are doing in innovation, in
[00:17:08] development, in science and technology, they see all these things, so China
[00:17:12] to them, China is how a country should
[00:17:15] work, however, when it comes to United States, they equally
[00:17:19] know that United States offers um opportunity when it comes
[00:17:23] to good governance, democracy and so on, right,
[00:17:27] but for United States is not a place where they can easily
[00:17:31] migrate to, and more importantly, it's difficult for
[00:17:35] most the young people who are entrepreiners. to do business with people in
[00:17:39] the United States, but easier for them to do business with people in
[00:17:42] China, some them here in Africa can develop some
[00:17:45] software, um, some hardware, and they are
[00:17:49] talking to people in China who can help them create, create what
[00:17:53] they want, but they can't do that with United States, so that is
[00:17:57] what they are looking at, okay, as we wind up in less than a minute sir, we have to talk
[00:18:01] about US president Donald Trump, because interestingly about two thirds
[00:18:05] of young Africans are optimistic about his leadership, but
[00:18:08] half also worried that the US will disregard international loss to
[00:18:12] seize Africa's resources, we've had there from citizens in the
[00:18:16] DRC, how do you explain this simming contradiction?
[00:18:19] okay, for those them who who have
[00:18:23] um that likeness for Donald uh
[00:18:27] President Donald Trump is about his boldness, the way he has taken
[00:18:31] a lot of um um decisions which they
[00:18:34] think they which they are the
[00:18:36] the the leadership. their country do similar, but for those do for
[00:18:40] one third who thinks no, um, they think less of what he does, they
[00:18:44] think less because the opportunity the United States could offer to them,
[00:18:48] which is no longer there, especially with regards to issue of international
[00:18:52] development, where organizations like usad are beginning
[00:18:56] not to function in the country, I mean they see most of those things, they know that the he has really
[00:19:00] disrupted the the global flow and the way um
[00:19:04] countries relate, so they see most of those things, but the most...
[00:19:07] importantly they think that um, they think highly of China because
[00:19:11] he offers them more economic opportunity, then highly the United States
[00:19:15] because of issues of freedom and democracy and governance, so they try to mix
[00:19:19] and mat uh these things, they wish they can have the two
[00:19:22] together, good economic opportunity and good
[00:19:25] freedom and um and democracy, they wish they can have
[00:19:29] the two right, the managing partner and chief
[00:19:33] executive of next year, spd, thank you very much for your
[00:19:36] time and such valuable contribution still to come here
[00:19:40] on Africa Matters, I am rolling
[00:19:44] sikamamam and I am reporting from Gana's dying
[00:19:47] coastline, here livelihoods are being destroyed, forcing
[00:19:51] fishing communities into a desperate fight for
[00:19:54] survival.
[00:20:00] Ghana is taking action as climate change and over fishing
[00:20:03] deplete fish stocks. The country has launched its fast marine.
[00:20:07] protected area to help restore marine life Ringsikam
[00:20:11] reports from Cape Three
[00:20:12] points.ip of Ghana
[00:20:16] lies Aquidai, a traditional fishing community
[00:20:20] for generations. The sea has sustained West Africa's
[00:20:24] coastal communities, but this time on
[00:20:27] occupation is now failing new generation of
[00:20:30] fishermen. My grandfather
[00:20:34] filled boats, my father filled boats that. motivated me
[00:20:38] to drop out of school for fishing. Today we go for days
[00:20:42] without exploring any strategies and still return
[00:20:46] with nothing but empty nets. The ocean is drying.
[00:20:51] the world bank says warming oceans, pollution and
[00:20:55] relentless over fishing has pushed west africa's fish
[00:20:58] talks to the brink of collapse, and recent
[00:21:02] data from the environmental justice foundation shows that
[00:21:06] ghana's marine catch has plumited by over
[00:21:09] 17%. once
[00:21:13] they are away anxiety sets in, we don't know what they will
[00:21:17] bring when they return without. It means no
[00:21:21] fish for the market. Protecting the oceans and
[00:21:25] critical marine habitat have become
[00:21:28] more urgent than ever, so Ghana has established the
[00:21:32] country's first marine protected area a
[00:21:35] 7003 square kilometer sanctuary the
[00:21:39] cape 3 points coastline in April.
[00:21:43] Ghana is implementing a blue economy strategy. Blue
[00:21:46] economy simply put is economy that is. space
[00:21:50] of marine and ocean resources and the marine protected area is
[00:21:54] economic imperative, but the project wasn't
[00:21:58] always popular. At first I didn't support
[00:22:02] it, I thought the government wanted to stop us from working, but now I
[00:22:06] do. Marine conservation experts
[00:22:09] estimate that less than 3% the world's
[00:22:13] oceans are fully protected. As new
[00:22:16] global framework aims to effectively conserve.
[00:22:20] 30% the world's marine and coastal areas by
[00:22:24] 2030. It is
[00:22:26] a gamble against time and hunger, if cape three points
[00:22:29] succeeds, it offers a lifeline to dying coastline and
[00:22:33] a blueprint for the entire west african coast,
[00:22:37] and for fisherman like Michael, whose family survival
[00:22:41] depends on the next scrutch, the tension between immediate survival
[00:22:45] and long-term sustainability is reaching a breaking
[00:22:48] point. Sikamam, Africa Matis, Cape
[00:22:52] 3 points, Ghana. Liberia exports
[00:22:56] high quality rubber, but still imports most of its
[00:23:00] tires.
[00:23:00] Now a new export ban aims to boost local
[00:23:04] manufacturing, though some fear it could hurt farmers, as
[00:23:07] Hope Kirubi reports. In western liberia,
[00:23:11] local farmers are harvesting this valuable liquid
[00:23:15] by hand from trees that were planted
[00:23:19] years ago. generation rubber is lifelong crop
[00:23:22] passed down from generation to generation, and it never
[00:23:26] wears out, even when it is felled, it grows back, and when you
[00:23:30] plant it it is for an entire generation, not just for
[00:23:33] yourself. Liberia does not have its own
[00:23:37] tire manufacturing factories. This forces
[00:23:40] farmers to sell rubber to foreign
[00:23:43] companies. When I take it to
[00:23:46] Firestone, they ship it abroad, so they're the ones to benefit.
[00:23:50] while we gain nothing from it. We have to pay tolles at
[00:23:53] every checkpoint. Then, when you transport the rubber, they
[00:23:57] take it straight to carter camp and hang it up so that the
[00:24:01] water drains out. Then they deduct the weight the water
[00:24:05] that's been lost, and the government tax. While
[00:24:09] Liberia exports its best rubber overseas,
[00:24:12] residents are forced to buy imported used tires
[00:24:16] costing 15 to 40 US compared.
[00:24:20] to new ones that sell for up to
[00:24:22] $250. These are the
[00:24:26] used tires that people prefer. They last longer because new
[00:24:30] tires un suited to the roads here. People really come here
[00:24:34] in large numbers to buy use tires. Use tires so
[00:24:37] faster here in libaria because everyone can afford
[00:24:41] them and they last longer. To stop residents from
[00:24:45] relying on these used imports, the government band roll
[00:24:49] rubber exports. In June, they want to force foreign
[00:24:52] companies to build tire factories in Liberia.
[00:24:56] Firestone, which has the largest rubber plantation in the
[00:24:59] country argues that the does not have adequate
[00:25:02] infrastructure. Local farmers say the ban
[00:25:06] is forcing them to sell a small number of processing plants in
[00:25:10] Liberia, which could create a monopoly. A local
[00:25:14] processing company has promised to build factory and produce
[00:25:18] Liberia's fast domestic tires. by
[00:25:20] mid-2028, which may drive up domestic
[00:25:24] demand for rubber, until then local drivers and
[00:25:28] farmers will continue to drive a bumpy road.
[00:25:32] hope kirubi, africa
[00:30:18] Donald Trump denies the US military is running low on munitions
[00:30:22] and claims the war with Iran will end soon. Hello, welcome
[00:30:26] to TRT World Live from Istanbul, I'm Hazm Seeker. Also head on the
[00:30:30] program.
[00:30:35] In Yemen, at least 58 government troops are reported to have been killed in
[00:30:39] Houti attacks on military camps. Israeli
[00:30:42] forces launch wave of air strikes on southern Lebanon despite a fresh
[00:30:46] round of peace talks in Rome. And Ukraine
[00:30:50] hits two oil refineries in multiple strikes inside Russia.
[00:30:54] Zelenski says the aim is limiting Moscow's oil
[00:30:57] revenues to finance the
[00:30:59] war.