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DW The 77 Percent Rubrik Themenheader mit Edith, Eddy, Liz, Michael und Wanjiku

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The 77 Percent - How is climate change affecting young Africans today?

We visit the Kenya's rising lakes, see a Maasai community adapting to climate change and meet Uganda's Vanessa Nakate.

The 77 Percent - How is climate change affecting young Africans today?

The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

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The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

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The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

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The 77 Percent — The Magazine for Africa's Youth

The 77 Percent — The Magazine for Africa’s Youth

The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth

GirlZ Off Mute – Educating girls in Kenya

Follow a group of young budding reporters from across the continent as they discover more about the people and issues that impact them. In this first installment, 14-year-old Silvia Adhiambo tells the story of a young tutor helping kids with their math studies in Nairobi's Kibera slum.

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The 77 Percent - Freedom of speech on social media

What should happen when free speech on social media is taken advantage of? Join this week's debate on #the77percent.

Street Debates

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A future for cleaner and cheaper energy?

The 77 Percent heads to Soweto in South Africa, where residents are fed up with constant electricity outages.

A future for cleaner and cheaper energy?

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The shattered dreams of migrants

Street Debate: Kenya police brutality

Street Debate: Ending the sex slave trade in Italy

Street Debate "Racism"

Street Debate: ‘Black Tax’ in South Africa

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Street Debate: Breaking the silence on sexual violence

Street Debate: Remittances during the pandemic

The 77 Percent Report

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Ghana: Mijay making music and loving nature

Ghana-based musician Mijay speaks to DW about why she appreciates nature and why she thinks it’s worth protecting.

Ghana: Mijay making music and loving nature

Gukuna - Rwanda’s labia stretching ritual

Finding Nigeria's future football stars

Winner of the German Africa Prize 2020: Ilwad Elman

DW TV Magazin The 77 Percent #42 - ITA Music

Nigerian music sensation Chris Obehi in Palermo

DW TV Magazin The 77 Percent #42 - Tramadol

Tramadol – the poor man's cocaine

Dancing off the streets in Cote d'Ivoire

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Ghana's dancing pallbearers give bereaved one last dance

Coronavirus across Africa

Coronavirus hairstyle turns heads in Kenya

Wearing coronavirus as a hairstyle

Donwilson Odhiambo, a photographer from Nairobi has stumbled upon something very unique during the COVID-19 pandemic: the coronavirus hairstyle. Since then it has become his favourite topic. "This was something deep because it’s something that no one has done in Kenya. No one has done it anywhere else," Donwilson Odhiambo says.
Coronavirus hairstyle turns heads in Kenya

Raising awareness in the Kibera slum

Kibera resident Mable Etambo has been spreading awareness about the pandemic through a simple hairstyle: "With the corona hairstyle we would like to tell people to keep distance, to wear masks wherever they go and to wash their hands regularly or use sanitizers to protect themselves."
Coronavirus hairstyle turns heads in Kenya

Kenya's schools are closed

Schools in Kenya have been closed during the outbreak. So Etambo makes sure her daughters understand the meaning behind the hairstyle and the importance of adhering to government measures to combat the pandemic. "I like it because it shows that corona is real so we should take it seriously," says her daughter Martha Apisa.
Coronavirus hairstyle turns heads in Kenya

Teaching shape and colors

Not only did Mable Etambo design the hairstyle in the shape of of the corona virus, she also use colored thread to represent the colors of the virus itself. "The pink color represents the protein layer, the maroon is the fatty layer and the zigzag is the crown," she explains. She hopes to continue her new-found talent as a hair-stylist even after the pandemic is over.

Author: Wacera Ngunjiri

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Cleaning up the Lagos Lagoon

How the NGO Eco Pro is helping to clean up the Lagos Lagoon and the beaches with the help of volunteers.

Cleaning up the Lagos Lagoon

Selina Nkoile: Adapting to climate change in the Maasai community

Nigeria’s electricity woes

Hemelbesem traces the legacy of his ancestors

Elections in Ivory Coast: a bitter aftertaste

Clowning in times of COVID-19

Nigeria's hidden vintage car industry

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Spice Diana: Still dancing through the pandemic

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Vanessa Nakate: Leading Uganda’s climate change movement

Vanessa Nakate has become one of the most prominent African voices on climate change, urging world leaders to act.

Vanessa Nakate: Leading Uganda’s climate change movement

Interview: Footballer Kingsley Ehizibue

Ilwad Elman: Championing human rights in Somalia

Ruona Meyer, investigative journalist

The power of EES and Nam Flava

Nigerian Blogger JJ Omojuwa

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Killa Ace: Corona rap

Our resident rapper Killa Ace gives us his take on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on society.

Killa Ace: Corona rap

Rap-Up girls' rights

Rap-up: Poli-tricks in The Gambia

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Sex and relationships in quarantine

How do you deal with a depressed partner during quarantine? Our resident sexpert KAZ has some tips for you.

Sex and relationships in quarantine

The Spread: Orgasm

The Spread: What to do after experiencing sexual trauma

The 77 Percent TV Magazin #31, FGM female genital mutilation

The Spread: Understanding FGM

Staying happy and healthy during social distancing

77 Percent Relationship and sex blogger Karen Lucas

The Spread: The facts on HPV

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The Spread: Abortion

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The Spread: Sex-positive parenting

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Homecoming director and producer Ras Mutabaruka

Stories of Homecoming: The young Africans returning to the continent

More young Africans are leaving behind their lives in the West and breaking barriers in their countries of origin. Filmmaker Ras Mutabaruka takes us through the development of his new Homecoming series, exclusive to DW.

77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Those 77 percent can shape the continent’s future. We join African youths as they share their stories, their dreams and their challenges. Are you part of the 77 percent? Come and join the debate on Facebook!

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The 77 Percent

77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Those 77 percent can shape the continent's future.

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Elizabeth Shoo

Multilingual journalist Liz Shoo has been with DW for almost ten years, reporting in Kiswahili, English and German. She says that presenting The 77 Percent made her fall in love with her native Africa all over again.

Michael Oti

Michael Oti joined DW as a journalist and presenter in 2019. Originally from Ghana, he knew DW already during his youth – and is thrilled to now be part of its global family, reporting on stories in and from Africa.