Nigeria, June 1 -- There is a distinct, exhausting pain that comes with auditing the talent pipeline entering the modern workforce. It is a quiet grief that hits whenever you observe young pupils energetically screaming archaic knowledge inside classrooms, completely unaware that the skills they are acquiring are entirely obsolete before they even graduate.

To watch a room full of bright, energetic children aggressively chanting "A is for Apple! B is for Ball!" in 2026 does not inspire hope anymore. From a talent development standpoint, it looks like an institutional hostage situation. We are literally training the next generation to be top-tier experts in basic consumer goods and playground equipment, rather than engineering them to be...