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Why does foreign aid still play such an important role in Africa? In this week's 77 percent program we tackle this question as we look at China and its growing influence on the African continent. Plus a discussion with DW editors Abu-Bakarr Jalloh and Fang Wan who were recently in Zambia to investigate the scale of China's influence there.

Scottish explorer David Livingstone was not the first person to see the Victoria Falls. However he is always credited as having discovered it.The youth want that narrative to change.

Are discoveries only valid when made by white people?

Natural hair, braids, dreadlocks, wigs or weaves? That's our discussion this week on the #77Percent. After Uganda's president criticized the newly crowned Miss World Africa for "wearing Indian hair," young Ugandans respond. And does wearing a weave or a wig strip an African woman of her identity? Host Jane Nyingi is joined in the studio by Eddy Micah Jr, Asumpta Lattus and Ineke Mules.

Kigali in Rwanda, Nairobi in Kenya, Cape Town in South Africa and Cairo in Egypt are top favorite cities that many young people across the continent would love to visit

What do you love the most about where you live or what are you most proud of? That's our discussion this week on the #77Percent. We hear from young people across the continent and also feature top Senegalese rapper Fou Malade who is using music to bring about change in his home city, Dakar. Host Jane Nyingi is joined in the studio by Eddy Micah Jr. and Wanjiku Mwaura from the 77 Percent team.

On this week’s program we’re looking at whether there is a connection between religion, poverty and corruption. Why are some of the most religious countries also among the poorest and most corrupt? We’ll hear what some of the youth, clergymen and sociologists in Uganda have to say. And we have a guest in the program to discuss the whole issue.

Interested in starting up your own business? In this special edition of the 77 Percent from Ghana, you can hear about ideas for startups and what it takes to become a successful young entrepreneur. Join host Chrispin Mwakideu and his guests in Accra.

Youth employment continues to be a major challenge not only on the African continent but globally. One young Ghanaian Tom-Chris Emewulu has taken up that challenge to bridge the gap between job seekers and employers through his organization Stars From All Nations. This is what he told DW.

On this week’s #77percent show we are discussing social media. How has it transformed Africa's politics, development, lifestyle? +++We hear from young people in the Gambia where social media played an important role in democratisation. With Jane Nyingi in the studio are DW’s Asumpta Lattus and Wanjiku Mwaura to talk about the upcoming launch of DW Africa's Youtube channel.