Multichoice celebrates continent through Africa Rising

Mpho Tlale | Thursday June 26, 2014 13:29

It was explained during the Tuesday launch at the pay-TV offices in Riverwalk that Africa Rising is a MultiChoice Africa campaign intended to encourage Africans to rise up and make a positive impact on the continent.

The initiative honours and celebrates all that is positive in Africa especially the people around the continent who achieve the inspiring, the amazing and the impossible. Those who attended the launch had an opportunity to interact with people from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya through a live stream on the web to discuss challenges faced by Africa as a whole.

A variety of topics were discussed at the event including how African youth could contribute to creating a better Africa.

Local youth, Oaitse Chamme encouraged Africans not to seek affirmation and validation from elsewhere. He said the biggest challenge that Africa and Botswana face is that they wait for someone from the outside to come and tell them its fine to do whatever the want to do.

Chamme said another challenge that Botswana faces is its education system, which he said is too academic and does not encourage entrepreneurship or physical handwork that people can live through. He said although unemployment is a challenge in Botswana, youth can find ways of making a living instead of too much reliance on finding a job.

Thapelo Letsebe said the dependency syndrome among the youth is a problem. He said the youth depend too much on government to create opportunities for them. Letsebe said that the youth should keep in mind that Africa and the world have a lot to offer so they should consider exploring possibilities beyond the Botswana borders.

As a form of spreading the Africa Rising message, six African artists have collaborated on a song that is part of the Africa Rising campaign. The artists are Davido and Tiwa Savage from Nigeria, Ghanaian Lola, Tanzanian’s Diamond Platnumz and South African band Micasa.