Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- "Wisdom is not sold in the marketplace; it is earned in the field."

Africa is now producing more graduates than at any time in its history. Degrees, MBAs, professional certifications, and global exposure are increasingly accessible. Yet alongside this growth is a quieter crisis. We are producing more educated founders, but also more frustrated and underprepared ones.

The assumption has long been simple. Education equals readiness. But the battlefield of entrepreneurship demands something very different.

In Season Two of Founders' Battlefield, we explored this tension in an episode titled Book Smart, Broke: The Education Paradox. The question was uncomfortable but necessary. Does education truly prepare people to bui...