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00:00:00but the upfront
00:00:01in costs remain out of reach for many. It could cost a typical
00:00:04Filipina household about 3,00 to 500 US
00:00:08dollars to install the systems. That's likely too
00:00:11much for most middle income families. But the bigger issue
00:00:15seems to be red tape. Permissions and approvals for
00:00:19great connection is becoming a long and strenuous
00:00:22process. Many Filipinos hope the government will
00:00:26make it easier for them to tap into solar energy. and
00:00:30cut electricity costs. Rahul Radakrishnan, TRT
00:00:34World. Our ex Liverpool star Muhammad Salah has
00:00:38signed a two-year deal with Turkish Super League Sig Trabzon
00:00:41Sport. It is the biggest signing in Turkey's top football league
00:00:45this season and thousands of fans are celebrating his
00:00:48of arrival. Talabs on Sport is one of Turkey's top teams. They finished third last
00:00:52season and have won
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00:01:00It's an experience I never had in my life, I
00:01:03of just want to thank everyone of you for being here today and
00:01:06yesterday, you shows me so much love
00:01:10and I never expect that reception,
00:01:13um, I'm here, I'm here to win, I want to win something
00:01:17with this club because you guys show me so much love
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00:01:22of I really really appreciate that,
00:01:25I want to thank the president also for make that happen
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00:01:31of here and I can't wait to see you
00:01:34in a patch again. now Europe's football and
00:01:37governing body UEFA says it will continue with its boycott
00:01:41of the men's and women's world cups as well as other tournaments
00:01:44organized by FIFA. That's despite FIFA President Gianni
00:01:48Infantino Infantino
00:01:50of publicly apologizing for his now abandoned plan to sell off a
00:01:54of stake in the men's world cup to private enterprise. Several
00:01:57of senior FIFA figures have now played. for Infantino in his
00:02:01re-election bid next year, but UEFA says that means
00:02:05of nothing. In a
00:02:06of statement, European football's governing body has said UEFA's
00:02:10associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the
00:02:13non-participation in FIFA competitions. Yesterday's
00:02:17announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President and
00:02:21whose careers depend on his favor agree with him,
00:02:24changes nothing. That is the news
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00:03:01Welcome everyone, I'm Grace Kurakanja and
00:03:04this is Africa Matters. The African
00:03:08of continent is home to the
00:03:09of world's youngest population, and while many young people remain
00:03:13optimistic about its
00:03:14of future, they are also
00:03:15of demanding
00:03:16change.
00:03:21The United Nations projects that one in four people
00:03:24globally will be African by 2050 and that most
00:03:28will be under 20. five, so young people's views on
00:03:32governance and
00:03:33of economic opportunity have never mattered more. the
00:03:37of latest African youth survey by the ichikovits family foundation
00:03:41interviewed nearly 500 young people aged
00:03:4418 to 24 across 16 African
00:03:47countries. 43% of respondents believe Africa
00:03:51is moving in the right direction, but the optimism comes
00:03:55with expectations. They want governments to create jobs, tackle
00:03:58corruption and improve basic services in South
00:04:02Africa, frustration remains high with youth
00:04:05unemployment at 61%. Our whole
00:04:09government system is failing us, as you there a lot of like issues that
00:04:13we facing as unemployment, not that there are no jobs, they are jobs,
00:04:17however the government does not want to issue jobs because of
00:04:20nepotism,
00:04:21in corruption, you name it, when it comes to global
00:04:25partners, China receives the highest approval rating with
00:04:2995%. of respondents viewing its influence
00:04:32positively, this is largely because of infrastructure investment. now the
00:04:36United States follows at 85%, while Russia's
00:04:39favorability has risen sharply from 68% in
00:04:432024 to 83%. this is particularly seen in
00:04:46countries where it has expanded military cooperation. even so,
00:04:50many young Africans believe foreign powers including China and the
00:04:54in United States benefit more from Africa's natural resources
00:04:58than
00:04:59of local communities. They take more than they
00:05:01give. The fact that the Chinese and
00:05:04Americans are taking our minerals is very bad. Our children
00:05:08will not
00:05:10of
00:05:10of of benefit from anything in the future. They must stop fighting.
00:05:16It's a bad policy that I oppose. These
00:05:20minerals belong to us. We are suffering today and we have no
00:05:23work whilst our minerals are being sent to their countries. We don't
00:05:27know what use our minerals are to us. It used to be our
00:05:31young people who went to work in the minds earn a bit of
00:05:35money. Since the war, the young people have been stuck in the villages
00:05:39because there is no work. Now most young africans. will support
00:05:43democracy, three quarters say they prefer democratic government, but
00:05:46only if it delivers jobs, fairness and accountable leadership.
00:05:50the survey also points to growing support for women's leadership with
00:05:5468% saying their countries would be better of if more women
00:05:58held senior leadership
00:06:00positions. more than half the
00:06:03youth surved say they want jobs now for their economic
00:06:07stability and national security. in Kenya, youth
00:06:10unemployment is at roughly 67%, so many are
00:06:14turning to technical and vocational training in such of
00:06:18work. Victoria amunga has more from thicker. Ukikuja
00:06:21hapa. Months into completing his high school education, 20
00:06:25year old Davis's concern was not which course he would
00:06:29pursue, but whether he would ever get a job at all. Gidhinji
00:06:33enrolled in an electrical installation course at the Africa Equip
00:06:36Institute in Kenya's thicker town. Technical courses like
00:06:40Clubbing, electric.
00:06:43yeah, are a bit marketable, you can
00:06:47depend on yourself, even if you
00:06:51you don't have a stable job,
00:06:54you can be self employed, but this is
00:06:57electromechanical, the federation of kenya employment estimates that
00:07:01youth unemployment is about 67%, which is five
00:07:05times higher than the overall jobless rate, lot of young
00:07:09kenyans see vocational training as a direct part economic
00:07:12dependence, breakdown maintenance, the leer electrical
00:07:15installations, troubleshooting techniques, all those we
00:07:19make sure that the students get all this knowledge, unaona
00:07:23once dreamed of being a news ancher, but when that didn't
00:07:26happen, she chose to explore vocational training in film
00:07:30production, she now runs her own production company,
00:07:34decided this is what i wanted to do, at first it
00:07:38was not easy to get the gigs, so i went into employment for a
00:07:42while, and
00:07:43then i would buy my equipments little by little and have it as
00:07:46sidehou. they are now at least
00:07:50300 technical vocational education institutes in
00:07:53Kenya, according to the state, the goal is to reach every
00:07:57community at the grassroot level. Kenya's youthful
00:08:00population holds enormous potential to drive the country's
00:08:04workforce, but with limited white color job opportunities,
00:08:08many people are being left behind. Vocational training is opening new
00:08:12doors. and pathways for sustainable
00:08:14livelihoods. national data shows that
00:08:1775% of Kenya's population is below 35
00:08:21years. experts say investing in them and enabling them to access
00:08:25funds to run their businesses is crucial. over
00:08:28million people are entering the labor force, but then there's
00:08:32no commensorate a million opportunity each year
00:08:36for for for people, for young people. also
00:08:39a lot of people also...
00:08:42underemployed, which is another issue,
00:08:45meaning they work in informal settlement, they work, work in what we call the geek
00:08:48economy, and as the Kenyan government works to generate
00:08:52more formal jobs for its growing young population, the hope is that
00:08:56each self-employed person will also create employment opportunities
00:09:00for others. Victoria Amunga, Afrika
00:09:03matters, thika,
00:09:05Kenya. Is managing
00:09:08partner at chief executive of next year SPD and
00:09:12national consulting firm working Nigeria and across the African region,
00:09:16he joins us from Nigeria's capital Abuja, thank you very much sir for
00:09:20making the time now, hear me out, so the survey shows that
00:09:24some young people in countries like Rwanda, Ghana, Ethiopia,
00:09:28Somalia are largely optimistic about their economies
00:09:31and future, while those in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria
00:09:35are far more pessimistic, now in your view, just what
00:09:39explains these stark and regional differences?
00:09:42couple of things here, first is on how the are
00:09:46various countries or states have dealt with the
00:09:50issue that um issue regarding
00:09:53development, so countries that are pro
00:09:57youth investment, you could see lot of young people
00:10:01being very um optimistic about world life host for
00:10:04them, now again larger economies
00:10:08like Kenya, Nigeria, because the number of
00:10:12young persons there, the competition is so high, so
00:10:16they tempt to see their future probably outside their
00:10:19countries, right? these are most the countries where you have lot
00:10:23of youth mig. ation outside of those countries,
00:10:27so they see what is happening in most other developed
00:10:31countries like China, the United States and so on, when they compare it
00:10:35against their own country, they it seems not to be
00:10:39what they want, so but if you look at countries we
00:10:42are probably coming out of war like Somalia, South
00:10:46Sudan, Sudan, it's easier for them to look at where they
00:10:50are, they high high hopes for countries
00:10:53where they ten. they think to, they tend to think their country should have
00:10:57been better than where they are today, the young people there
00:11:01think uh less of what they uh, what the future
00:11:05holes for them, now that sounds like a population growth problem,
00:11:09and so we're talking about the UN projecting that by 2050
00:11:13one in four people globally will be African, most of those will be under
00:11:1625, and you also talked about immigration, I mean, are
00:11:20we going to see more youth leave the continent based on
00:11:24what? just said now, most likely, most likely that lot
00:11:28them, I mean, is is is a global world, right?
00:11:32globalization means that young person in Africa
00:11:35can viy for the best job in Australia, move, he
00:11:39doesn't need to even go to Australia to to interview for that
00:11:42job, labor moves across the world, let
00:11:46take it from me, the African youths are smart, they are
00:11:49intelligent, they can stand their own against any other
00:11:53young person across the... continent across the world
00:11:57globally, they are good in sciences, they are good in technology, they are good in
00:12:01arts, they are good in sports, they are good in virtually everything,
00:12:05and with what internet is doing, African young persons
00:12:09can stand their own, so they can move wherever they think
00:12:13they can move to, so I think a lot them might stay behind if the
00:12:16job comes to them, I equally think there a lot them will move,
00:12:20countries will poach them, you could see what Canada is doing, Australia is
00:12:24doing, the land is doing, they are looking for the best talent across the
00:12:28world, and these young Africans have the talent, so I think that some
00:12:31them might move to wherever the opportunity comes, but then will
00:12:35that brain drain pose a problem to the
00:12:38continent? it might to an extent, it
00:12:41might um, I mean there was a time lot of Indians
00:12:45left, they went, got the talent and they moved back,
00:12:49Chinese does the same thing, so it can work in the reverse manner for Africa,
00:12:53where a lot them go out. get the best talent and
00:12:57whatever they need and then emigrate back to Africa and it might help
00:13:01us so you cannot really say oh because they move out
00:13:04there will be brend brand yes short run short term there
00:13:08might be but in the long term it might help us when they start moving back
00:13:12some of us had moved to Europe work for 12 years 13 years all
00:13:16move back to Africa so it could reverse back when they get what
00:13:20they need and they move back all right so let's come back to the survey
00:13:24because again and it found that young Africans are proposing some
00:13:28bold reforms that included dedicated youth ministries and age
00:13:31limits for presidents and prime ministers, but some these measures already
00:13:35exist in part parts of Africa, but they have clearly not worked very
00:13:39well. how realistic are some these proposals and what would it take to make them
00:13:43effective? mean, let's be honest, let me take, let me look at
00:13:47Nigeria for instance. um, between
00:13:501960 and 1966 to almost
00:13:531970 when you had those eruption of military rule even across
00:13:57Africa, most the leaders, political leaders who took over power
00:14:01from in from the colonial masters and the military
00:14:05guys who took over where in the 30s early
00:14:0830s, you know space
00:14:12of military rule in Africa disrupted um the way political
00:14:15transition worked over a long time and that's why
00:14:18the date you could see people who are in their 70s in their
00:14:2180s still seeking political power. "i mean,
00:14:25what the young people are saying is what we think should happen, but
00:14:29will that be able to, can we be able to achieve that? i don't think
00:14:33that will be uh likely be possible in the near
00:14:37future, so but what i think is this, as
00:14:41long as the young people continue to deepen their
00:14:44their um, their development area of science and
00:14:48technology, begin to get into private investment,
00:14:51businesses and so on from the private sector, it's come to a
00:14:55time where it will help them to move into the public sector
00:14:59and political space and start taking over power
00:15:02from the people who they consider to be the old
00:15:06folks so who have been there over time, but because they do not
00:15:10really have the the the financial well
00:15:14the financial power to be able to displace um
00:15:18these guys a short time for now, it will
00:15:22take a bit wide 2030 years. do some of those
00:15:25ideas to to begin to come to uh
00:15:29to um to begin to come to fulfillment, so
00:15:33for now they should put more their energy in
00:15:36developing the... themselves, especially area of science and
00:15:39technology, investment and business opportunities, that might be
00:15:43how they can cross over to start looking for political power.
00:15:46okay, all right, let's switch gears and talk about
00:15:50international influence now, because there are some interesting findings
00:15:54from the survey: china received the highest approval rating among young africans
00:15:58(95%) view its influence positively, the US stands at
00:16:0285%. why do you think China continues to outperform other global
00:16:06powers in the? of young
00:16:07Africans, I'm not surprised
00:16:11about the data, I'm not surprised that the survey came out that
00:16:15way, because of lot of things, China, China's
00:16:19influence in Africa is growing by the day, the
00:16:22economic opportunity they are bringing in, um, look at their
00:16:26role and belt initiative where they are helping most
00:16:30African countries in construction of roads, buildings and so on,
00:16:33the young people see that right, and then again China. is
00:16:37offering lot of um education opportunity to lot of African
00:16:41scholars and young persons, so these scholars when they go to China
00:16:45and study, they come back, they are beginning to influence the
00:16:49way lot of young people think about China. now when
00:16:53these young people equally, of course the power of internet is there,
00:16:57they see what is happening in China, how china have lifted the almost
00:17:01120 million people out of poverty, and every day they are lifting people out
00:17:05of poverty, look at their things are doing in innovation, in
00:17:08development, in science and technology, they see all these things, so China
00:17:12to them, China is how a country should
00:17:15work, however, when it comes to United States, they equally
00:17:19know that United States offers um opportunity when it comes
00:17:23to good governance, democracy and so on, right,
00:17:27but for United States is not a place where they can easily
00:17:31migrate to, and more importantly, it's difficult for
00:17:35most the young people who are entrepreiners. to do business with people in
00:17:39the United States, but easier for them to do business with people in
00:17:42China, some them here in Africa can develop some
00:17:45software, um, some hardware, and they are
00:17:49talking to people in China who can help them create, create what
00:17:53they want, but they can't do that with United States, so that is
00:17:57what they are looking at, okay, as we wind up in less than a minute sir, we have to talk
00:18:01about US president Donald Trump, because interestingly about two thirds
00:18:05of young Africans are optimistic about his leadership, but
00:18:08half also worried that the US will disregard international loss to
00:18:12seize Africa's resources, we've had there from citizens in the
00:18:16DRC, how do you explain this simming contradiction?
00:18:19okay, for those them who who have
00:18:23um that likeness for Donald uh
00:18:27President Donald Trump is about his boldness, the way he has taken
00:18:31a lot of um um decisions which they
00:18:34think they which they are the
00:18:36the the leadership. their country do similar, but for those do for
00:18:40one third who thinks no, um, they think less of what he does, they
00:18:44think less because the opportunity the United States could offer to them,
00:18:48which is no longer there, especially with regards to issue of international
00:18:52development, where organizations like usad are beginning
00:18:56not to function in the country, I mean they see most of those things, they know that the he has really
00:19:00disrupted the the global flow and the way um
00:19:04countries relate, so they see most of those things, but the most...
00:19:07importantly they think that um, they think highly of China because
00:19:11he offers them more economic opportunity, then highly the United States
00:19:15because of issues of freedom and democracy and governance, so they try to mix
00:19:19and mat uh these things, they wish they can have the two
00:19:22together, good economic opportunity and good
00:19:25freedom and um and democracy, they wish they can have
00:19:29the two right, the managing partner and chief
00:19:33executive of next year, spd, thank you very much for your
00:19:36time and such valuable contribution still to come here
00:19:40on Africa Matters, I am rolling
00:19:44sikamamam and I am reporting from Gana's dying
00:19:47coastline, here livelihoods are being destroyed, forcing
00:19:51fishing communities into a desperate fight for
00:19:54survival.
00:20:00Ghana is taking action as climate change and over fishing
00:20:03deplete fish stocks. The country has launched its fast marine.
00:20:07protected area to help restore marine life Ringsikam
00:20:11reports from Cape Three
00:20:12points.ip of Ghana
00:20:16lies Aquidai, a traditional fishing community
00:20:20for generations. The sea has sustained West Africa's
00:20:24coastal communities, but this time on
00:20:27occupation is now failing new generation of
00:20:30fishermen. My grandfather
00:20:34filled boats, my father filled boats that. motivated me
00:20:38to drop out of school for fishing. Today we go for days
00:20:42without exploring any strategies and still return
00:20:46with nothing but empty nets. The ocean is drying.
00:20:51the world bank says warming oceans, pollution and
00:20:55relentless over fishing has pushed west africa's fish
00:20:58talks to the brink of collapse, and recent
00:21:02data from the environmental justice foundation shows that
00:21:06ghana's marine catch has plumited by over
00:21:0917%. once
00:21:13they are away anxiety sets in, we don't know what they will
00:21:17bring when they return without. It means no
00:21:21fish for the market. Protecting the oceans and
00:21:25critical marine habitat have become
00:21:28more urgent than ever, so Ghana has established the
00:21:32country's first marine protected area a
00:21:357003 square kilometer sanctuary the
00:21:39cape 3 points coastline in April.
00:21:43Ghana is implementing a blue economy strategy. Blue
00:21:46economy simply put is economy that is. space
00:21:50of marine and ocean resources and the marine protected area is
00:21:54economic imperative, but the project wasn't
00:21:58always popular. At first I didn't support
00:22:02it, I thought the government wanted to stop us from working, but now I
00:22:06do. Marine conservation experts
00:22:09estimate that less than 3% the world's
00:22:13oceans are fully protected. As new
00:22:16global framework aims to effectively conserve.
00:22:2030% the world's marine and coastal areas by
00:22:242030. It is
00:22:26a gamble against time and hunger, if cape three points
00:22:29succeeds, it offers a lifeline to dying coastline and
00:22:33a blueprint for the entire west african coast,
00:22:37and for fisherman like Michael, whose family survival
00:22:41depends on the next scrutch, the tension between immediate survival
00:22:45and long-term sustainability is reaching a breaking
00:22:48point. Sikamam, Africa Matis, Cape
00:22:523 points, Ghana. Liberia exports
00:22:56high quality rubber, but still imports most of its
00:23:00tires.
00:23:00Now a new export ban aims to boost local
00:23:04manufacturing, though some fear it could hurt farmers, as
00:23:07Hope Kirubi reports. In western liberia,
00:23:11local farmers are harvesting this valuable liquid
00:23:15by hand from trees that were planted
00:23:19years ago. generation rubber is lifelong crop
00:23:22passed down from generation to generation, and it never
00:23:26wears out, even when it is felled, it grows back, and when you
00:23:30plant it it is for an entire generation, not just for
00:23:33yourself. Liberia does not have its own
00:23:37tire manufacturing factories. This forces
00:23:40farmers to sell rubber to foreign
00:23:43companies. When I take it to
00:23:46Firestone, they ship it abroad, so they're the ones to benefit.
00:23:50while we gain nothing from it. We have to pay tolles at
00:23:53every checkpoint. Then, when you transport the rubber, they
00:23:57take it straight to carter camp and hang it up so that the
00:24:01water drains out. Then they deduct the weight the water
00:24:05that's been lost, and the government tax. While
00:24:09Liberia exports its best rubber overseas,
00:24:12residents are forced to buy imported used tires
00:24:16costing 15 to 40 US compared.
00:24:20to new ones that sell for up to
00:24:22$250. These are the
00:24:26used tires that people prefer. They last longer because new
00:24:30tires un suited to the roads here. People really come here
00:24:34in large numbers to buy use tires. Use tires so
00:24:37faster here in libaria because everyone can afford
00:24:41them and they last longer. To stop residents from
00:24:45relying on these used imports, the government band roll
00:24:49rubber exports. In June, they want to force foreign
00:24:52companies to build tire factories in Liberia.
00:24:56Firestone, which has the largest rubber plantation in the
00:24:59country argues that the does not have adequate
00:25:02infrastructure. Local farmers say the ban
00:25:06is forcing them to sell a small number of processing plants in
00:25:10Liberia, which could create a monopoly. A local
00:25:14processing company has promised to build factory and produce
00:25:18Liberia's fast domestic tires. by
00:25:20mid-2028, which may drive up domestic
00:25:24demand for rubber, until then local drivers and
00:25:28farmers will continue to drive a bumpy road.
00:25:32hope kirubi, africa
00:30:18Donald Trump denies the US military is running low on munitions
00:30:22and claims the war with Iran will end soon. Hello, welcome
00:30:26to TRT World Live from Istanbul, I'm Hazm Seeker. Also head on the
00:30:30program.
00:30:35In Yemen, at least 58 government troops are reported to have been killed in
00:30:39Houti attacks on military camps. Israeli
00:30:42forces launch wave of air strikes on southern Lebanon despite a fresh
00:30:46round of peace talks in Rome. And Ukraine
00:30:50hits two oil refineries in multiple strikes inside Russia.
00:30:54Zelenski says the aim is limiting Moscow's oil
00:30:57revenues to finance the
00:30:59war.