Youth in Africa feel left out of democratic governance – Afrobarometer report

A new Afrobarometer report has revealed heightening dissatisfaction among the youth in Africa.

Findings from the latest Afrobarometer report show that the youth have been left at the bottom when it comes to decision-making in governance, stirring agitation.

This flagship report assessed findings from data spanning 25 years, including the latest round of nationally representative surveys conducted in 39 African countries and representing the views of more than three-fourths of Africans.

Recent developments led to a public uproar from Gen Zs in Kenya.

The survey was released at the launch of the Afrobarometer Flagship Report on democratic trends in Africa.

Director of Survey at Afrobarometer, Boniface Dulani who made these observations however, said the situation needs to be addressed before it escalates.

The youth are at the bottom in terms of the proportion of youth that say they prefer democracy. It could be of course that the disillusionment and dissatisfaction levels are very high. And indeed, you might also find that this might translate into a preference for other authoritarian modes of governance, especially those that they did not themselves experience. So you see in terms of rejection of military rule, the youth are the least rejecters of military rule. They are basically the same in terms of rejection of dictatorship."

He explained that “in some of the analysis that we've done, we find that the older folk, even though they are also just as dissatisfied with a democracy, they are less likely to support some of these forms of government.”

He has, however, revealed that the democratic scorecard has witnessed a dip.

Source: MyjoyOnline.com