Unleashing the potential of a young population - Founders Valley (3/3) | DW Documentary
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Two-thirds of young Nigerians are unemployed or underemployed. Most of them want to find work and build a future for themselves. A few start-ups and entrepreneurs are looking for ways to unlock Nigeria's huge potential.
Nigeria is one of the fastest growing countries in the world - and one of the youngest. Half of all Nigerians are under the age of 19, but there are few job opportunities available to them. Even those who do have a job earn barely enough to survive. Many families remain trapped in a cycle of poverty. Children and young people often have little choice other than to follow in the footsteps of their parents and take up the same profession. We paid a visit to startups and entrepreneurs who want to change that. They’re supporting education and equality, and fostering targeted investment, online platforms, and cooperation with local communities. Can they succeed in awakening the potential of young Nigerians who want to work and thrive - and help them become a driving force in Africa? A film by Thomas Lemmer and Flourish Chuckwurah.
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I have a Nigerian classmate who came to the US to study but doesn’t have job opportunities back in Nigeria, so he’s probably going to stay here to work after we graduate. He knows the human capital is needed back in Nigeria, but the crime, terrorism, and corruption are too insurmountable. It’s just hard for them to come study here and then return home, unless they have a strong nationalistic feeling, because there are just so many downsides to returning. But people are people no matter where they are. Most want the best lives for themselves and their families. That best life is not likely to be in Nigeria right now, and yet the only way for Nigeria to become that better place is for people to ignore their own well-being and return to Nigeria with new ideas and their formal education, to make their home country better than it currently is.
People will always migrate in search of better opportunities. He can help his country a lot by sending remittances and investing in local businesses. But yes, there needs to be a proper environment for that to be fruitful. A leader like Deng Xiaoping must rise in Nigeria who creates that.
@@bradentour3993 Perhaps the leader who can lead their country forward is the one who won't return to do so.
Well written because you nail the truth
@@cherylk.2474 Politics is not for everyone, its a struggle. Deng Xiaoping was educated in France. He was the smartest of that set of leaders. Unfortunately he was persecuted for over a decade. You have to have that conviction to move forward, that very few people have. Its easy to post comments online. Real life, there will be a thousand problems.
@@jehbuhdieyaspringfield7290 im africa? Yes
I think one of the most things Nigeria 🇳🇬 needs is birth control
Seriously, how can you know you make $15 a day and choose to have a child with your wife, let alone 5. It's truly selfish.
@@FloridaTrini I agree with you
Great cinematography , Valuable documentary,... This what a popular channel should do..
Love Africa.✨✨.
Thank you DW.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Africa is so inspiring right now. The level of innovation happening on the ground by average people is incredible!
Tunde is really a fantastic individual. I'm so proud of him, and wouldn't mind trying to help his cause
bro this dude’s fade and fit are next level clean. respect 👍
really well done documentary~
the slum actually looked fascinating and the people were so beautiful.... i've never been to a place like that.... the chess teacher and the bright child! just amazing. and all of those boats
Thanks a lot for watching and sharing your impressions :)
People are getting mad with pronouns but still call people human resources. What a time to be alive!
It is very an eye opener to all of us that we really need to encourage the youth. To achieve their goals in life. At the same time, we should be able to help them to pull out of the circle life of poverty.
I have a Nigerian friend who studied Business and Human resources in Canada but can't find work there in his field. This issue is not just isolated to Nigerian
I soooooo admire alllll those who are helping the country n helping others have a better stable life. For years we were taught told to go to school then look for the system to provide us with jobs. Its an inspiration when we CREATE N HELP OTHERS. Great documentary! I wish the young ppl sooooo much accomplishment n productivity. Blessings to u ENTREPRENEURS!💯💥
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :)
This film sheds light on the challenges faced by young Nigerians and the inspiring efforts of startups and entrepreneurs to unlock their potential. It's heartening to see initiatives working towards positive change and fostering a generation of thriving and empowered individuals.
This documentary is very interesting. The issues it is trying to address is not clear to me. It could be the problem is so broad it is impossible to define. Nigeria has fossil fuel (oil) and democracy, but it seems the majority of its people live in third world poverty. Saudi Arabia has a king and fossil fuel, but the Saudi Arabian people seem to be a lot better off than their Nigerian counterparts. How did England, France, Germany, and the United States develop into modern, industrialized democratic republics. Nigeria has a democracy and natural resources (like oil and good conditions for agriculture) but its development seems to be like most third world countries. It does not make any sense.
due to absentee colonialism of western capitalist powers.
Another wonderful ,important documentary coverage shared by an excellent DW documentary channel...video about the importance of youths population ...theirs interesting, lives styles choices & their options for surviving through fast mobilizes, progressives of their populations ....How many populations through globalization mobilizes are showing successful options, survival live styles is limiting in economy migration to industrial westerner populations & USA 🇺🇸 in Eastern Europe countries & 3rd world countries...which requires highly technical & professional minds & practical skills
what a great documentary . DW love you from Pakistan 💗
Thanks for watching. Greetings from Germany!
Very inspiring and talented kids, may they get all the opportunities that other kids get!
No bro, that a wishful thinking. Be realistic!
This is the most informative channel, I have ever seen.
Love from India.
Those children need to be taught trades how to make things not to play chess.
His doing something what u doing !
@@phumudzolordrickmoyosnr9766 I’m working for my family and I’m not Nigerian
Amazing cinematography. Congratulations to the cameraman and colorist.
To call humans "capital" or ressources is still problematic.🤔
Because words can shape our thoughts.
You should talk about human partnership, not human capital.
And above all, don't consider human beings like capital.
Capitalism ? Privatizing profits and socializing losses.🧠For centuries.
@whitechristina4465 Yeah, unforntunately, and that's partially why dominated social groups must be careful not to systematically use the words used by dominant groups.
In order to avoid some sort of unconscious mindshaping that make the poors accept what is not fair.
Telling the truth of things is the beginning to being able to fix the things that are broken.
My complaint is that they don't go far enough. I assert that we are all enslaved to the madness of conservative-capitalism. Even to the point we have allowed it to cause a mass extinction event that if not stopped soon, will even be the cause of our own extinction.
P.S. I agree with your position of protecting people from such a thing, and agree your comment also has merit. And I typically agree with you, having seen you here and there a number of times, I remember you for having a good take on things.😊
It isn't the language that's the problem so much as the meaning 😃. I assume that's what you meant. Believe me, they love sanitizing language to make your exploitation sound like a consensual, mutually beneficial relationship, i.e. "partnership" or "family".
@@neddymerrill Yeah. That's what I meant.
For me, talking more precisely about those things is easier in french.
Life is so hard. Every day and every hour is struggle, not only in Africa but every state arround the world. The important stuff is how we are thankful to God and enjoy the life
The term "capitalist", meaning an owner of capital, appears earlier than the term "capitalism" and dates to the mid-17th century. "Capitalism" is derived from capital, which evolved from capitale, a late Latin word based on caput, meaning "head"-which is also the origin of "chattel" and "cattle" in the sense of movable property (only much later to refer only to livestock). Capitale emerged in the 12th to 13th centuries to refer to funds, stock of merchandise, sum of money or money carrying interest. By 1283, it was used in the sense of the capital assets of a trading firm and was often interchanged with other words-wealth, money, funds, goods, assets, property and so on.
Don't you just love when technocrats think of you as cattle. Makes you feel real human, doesn't it? Human capital! No wonder people are not offended by the term, they are perhaps truly just sheep.
You said all that to make a point
No one forces you to work for them, its a free world, human capital refers to skills, you can use those skills to be self employed or create better opportunities for others. Poverty doesn't care about pronouns or anyone's sensitivity
Maybe, I wanna be a better fisherman is a better statement. Even in rich countries, someone has to be the fisherman. Or you wanna buy imported fish?
How can we help this man's pursuit?
@Zigest oloriburuku ni iran e
Truth most of time very bitter.
DW nicely explained that. Good.
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please make prosperity, wealth and progress while creating more chancesand liberty for everybody. Europe is throwing it away, you guys catch it
Do they have a manual backup incase of failure 🤔
Calling people Human Capital is disgusting.
Dunno, but a great way to break the cycle of poverty is not to have 5 kids if you broke :p
The very term "Human Capital" is problematic. It's as dehumanizing as "Human Resources."
Africans are more interested in economic opportunities than being sensitive about some meaningless words & pronouns
@@antony6799 That is brilliant.
😍😍
who is a leader???......
💙✊💙✊💙😊
One of the reason they've been put to slavery..... The contribution to enrich the other
great man,
the governants job,but dont do nothing in any fu...kn place
love to all
Human Capital+
The total value is totally 0 😱
Corruption and institutional idiocy
Soon coming here....
You quit your job to go back to the "community" to teach them a trade? No, you teach chess? For what?