You're listening to Comedy Central.

Vanessa Nakate, thank you very much for taking the time today.

You're welcome.

It's really great to have you on the show because I feel like in the past few years, you have

come up the ranks and you have risen to become one of the most outspoken activists for climate

change around the world.

You've been an activist who's proudly been campaigning not just for the world, but also

for a continent that is often overlooked and that is of course the African continent.

And you were inspired by Greta Tumberg, I believe.

But there's no denying Greta comes from a very different world in that like she lives

in a world of free speech.

She lives in a place where you can say whatever you want.

Going up against the government isn't anything that could ever get you into trouble.

You're in Uganda.

As a fellow African, I know what it's like to be in a place where you have to be respectful

even in your activism because if you're not careful, things may not go well for you.

So what was that like for you?

It hasn't really been very easy and when I started activism, I knew very well how hard

it was to get permits to open ice strikes.

And in countries like mine, education is really prioritized from when we are children, we

are told education is the key to success.

So many students understand how important it is for them to be in school and not skip school

...