[imtringued]

That's how it would work in a democracy.

You're forgetting that authoritarian governments do not have to address these things by eliminating the root cause. They can just silence the opposition with arrests or execution [0]. Uganda is so famous for this to the point that there is an entire movie [1] about Idi Amin.

If you actually cared about youth unemployment you could address it with simple economic measures first and you would seek funding from western investors, not get rid of them.

Implementing tariffs in an industry that you are never going to be a world leader in is just plain stupid. Ugandan app developers can just develop for the Google and Apple store and get access to a bigger audience instead of restricting themselves to Uganda only.

It only works out in China because their internal market is bigger than EU+USA combined. It could work out for India (unlikely unless they address corruption). Uganda only has 44 million people it just doesn't make sense.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/

[petre]

It works like that in troubled countries and areas where civil wars are frequent events. In a democracy youth goes out and protests without being shot live rounds at.

I was not equating blocking the app stores with addressing youth unemployment.

Silencing the opposition didn't quite work for Idi Amin, because the opposition became part if the military which topped him and tge next president.