According to a new survey of youth in 16 African nations, nearly 60 percent of them want to leave their countries because of unchecked corruption.
The 2024 African Youth Survey, based on interviews with 5,604 young individuals from 16 countries between the ages of 18 and 24, is the third iteration of the biennial study targeting African young people.
60 percent of #African youth are looking to leave the continent because unchecked corruption threatens their future.
Most of them want to go to North America🇺🇸, Britain🇬🇧, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪 and Spain🇪🇸 in the next five years.
Corruption is seen as the "single greatest hurdle"… pic.twitter.com/QYEMWccVMt
— Kennedy Wandera (@KennedyWandera_) September 3, 2024
According to the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, Africa’s youth have recovered from the impacts of COVID-19, but are dissatisfied with the direction their respective governments are heading.
