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On this week’s #77percent radio show we ask: Should African governments introduce policies limiting the number of children any family can have in order to stem population growth? Nigeria is considering taking action in the hope of lowering poverty and boosting the economy. We also caught up with Miriam Nabatanzi, a 37 year--old Ugandan woman who has given birth to 44 children.

Mariam Nabatanzi has become a household name just because of her fertility. At just 37 Nabatanzi has given birth to 42 children in total, 38 of whom are still alive. After all those children, she is now a single mother because her husband apparently decided to leave her, and now she doesn’t have an option but to raise all the children alone.

DW's Frank Yiga with more.

77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Those 77 percent can shape the continent's future. We join African youths as they share their stories, their dreams and their challenges. Come and join the debate!

On this week’s show we are asking the question: Are women less corrupt than men? The Ethiopian Parliament last Tuesday approved the appointment of 20 ministers, with women also making up half of the cabinet. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed went on to say that women are considered to be less corrupt than men. Is that so? Tune in to find out.

On this week's 77 percent show, we get to hear from the most famous black man in South Korea. And a discussion on what sacrifices people make for a brighter future with DW's Chrispin Mwakideu. Tune in for these and more.

Sam Okyere, a young Ghanaian man, went to South Korea to study and found an ethnically homogeneous country. Although Sam was confronted by racism, he found a way to turn his negative experiences into something positive and wound up becoming the most famous black man in South Korea along the way. Now his fame is having an impact on the whole country as Renée van Heteren found out.

Talk of being an achiever at a very young age. Zuriel Oduwole is the youngest professional filmmaker in the world and an advocate of girl child education and gender equality in Africa. She is from the US but her heart is in Africa. At only 16, she has met over 20 heads of states in her campaign to empower the girl child. She told DW how it all started.

This week hundreds of women and girls from the continent are gathering in the Ghanaian capital Accra for a critical forum on how technology policies and plans can further the rights and interests of girls and women. Joining us from Accra to talk about the conference is our correspondent Isaac Kaledzi.

Over the years there's been a rise in the number of initiatives that aim at bridging the technology gender gap. However, many girls are still lagging behind. They would prefer to be consumers of tech products rather than actively engage in programming or coding. That’s the discussion this week on the #77Percent show. We also speak to Zuriel Oduwole, the youngest filmmaker in the world.

77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Those 77 percent can shape the continent's future. We join African youths as they share their stories, their dreams and their challenges. Come and join the debate!