Corruption pushing African youth to emigrate: Poll
Al Jazeera
North America is their top destination, followed by the UK, France, Germany and Spain in Western Europe.
Nearly 60 percent of young Africans want to leave their countries because their governments are not reining in corruption, according to a new poll of youth across 16 African nations.
They cited corruption as the biggest obstacle to progress, according to the 2024 African Youth Survey published on Tuesday.
The poll commissioned by the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation surveyed 5,604 people between the ages of 18 and 24 in Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
Eighty-three percent of them said they are concerned about corruption at home, and 62 percent believe the government is failing to address it.
The poll showed nearly 58 percent of young people saying they are “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to consider emigrating to another country in the next three years.
