Communicate with the Youth via Social Media
Digital Influence and its impact on African Youth was one of the topics discussed at the 8th summit of the All Africa Students and Youth Union in Rabat, Morocco. The summit, organised under the high patronage of His Majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, brought together over 1000 students and youth from 52 African countries and beyond.
Panelists argued that people who want to communicate with the youth, should use more of social media since that is the platform that the youth patronise the most. Madam Christelle Ngaleu Wokogou, a journalist from Cameroon and a member of the Pan-African Women’s Movement, said that people do not watch as much TV anymore nor listen to the radio as they used to in the past. She said that a lot of people, especially the youth, depend rather on social media for a lot of their information.
Madam Bridget Mananavire, a Zambian journalist and also a member of the Pan-African Women’s Movement, pointed out that the digital space gives the youth an opportunity to make inroads into all aspect of life such as politics. She said that the digital space allows the youth to explore and go where their trail blazers are. She advised the youth to desist from using the space negatively and focus on educating and creating things for themselves.
The other panelists, which included Engineer Mussab Osman, President of the All Africa Students Union of Sudan; Karima Rhanem, Asmae El Hajji, and Aimane Cherragui all of Morocco, noted that although digitisation may reduce the number of jobs available, a lot can also be achieved digitally. They said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) had come to stay and it was important to explore the new things that came with AI. The panelists cautioned the youth to be wary of the information they put out on social media since data cannot be protected although there were laws to that effect.
Panelists argued that people who want to communicate with the youth, should use more of social media since that is the platform that the youth patronise the most. Madam Christelle Ngaleu Wokogou, a journalist from Cameroon and a member of the Pan-African Women’s Movement, said that people do not watch as much TV anymore nor listen to the radio as they used to in the past. She said that a lot of people, especially the youth, depend rather on social media for a lot of their information.
Madam Bridget Mananavire, a Zambian journalist and also a member of the Pan-African Women’s Movement, pointed out that the digital space gives the youth an opportunity to make inroads into all aspect of life such as politics. She said that the digital space allows the youth to explore and go where their trail blazers are. She advised the youth to desist from using the space negatively and focus on educating and creating things for themselves.
The other panelists, which included Engineer Mussab Osman, President of the All Africa Students Union of Sudan; Karima Rhanem, Asmae El Hajji, and Aimane Cherragui all of Morocco, noted that although digitisation may reduce the number of jobs available, a lot can also be achieved digitally. They said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) had come to stay and it was important to explore the new things that came with AI. The panelists cautioned the youth to be wary of the information they put out on social media since data cannot be protected although there were laws to that effect.
Source: businessghana.com
