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the picture you see next to me the whole
world has seen it's the picture of a
starving African kid and when I saw that
years ago I thought it represented
Africa like millions of people I didn't
see anything better all I saw was the
poverty and the danger
so where is the good stuff about Africa
to answer that question I had to put my
ignorance aside and visit many many
countries in Africa in person and what I
saw there was very different from what I
imagined take their second biggest
country Ethiopia on paper if yo Pia is
poor 50% live under the poverty line
this this and this is normal to see an
even basic internet is still a problem I
hate this Internet I bet you knew all
the fat about Ethiopia already but what
I bet you didn't know about if your Pia
is this a new government just got to
power and ever since then corruption is
on the decrease and equality is on the
increase 50% of the new government
ministers are women and the president is
now a woman the country's first
political prisoners have been released
the decade-long war in Ethiopia is over
democracy is thriving and they can
growing by 10% for a hundred million
people every year
10% when reforms happened in Saudi
Arabia the whole world clapped for
letting women drive but when reforms
happen in an African country nobody is
clapping an entire African country
changed drastically in six months only
this is real tangible change that we
also noticed support and spread it's not
just the numbers that we should support
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it's also the people inside these poor
villages right next to the dried-up
lakes millions of people want the same
life is yours they are not dangerous or
scary they just want a better life what
do you want to do when you grow up yeah
I wanna go to Harvard University
the truth is Africa has a long way to go
but it is improving Rwanda the heart of
Africa is cleaner safer and more
innovative than many European countries
work out to Nirvana Nigeria the biggest
country in Africa
has real technology talent that you can
and should hire Zimbabwe got rid of its
30 year dictator for good the people are
on the streets celebrating
a new era a new beginning I'm happy and
Essentials is richer and more beautiful
that you can imagine
and I bet you didn't know any of that
about Africa this is why this video is
important so that the next time you
think of Africa I hope you don't only
see the past I hope you see the future
you