Listen now | Nigerians go gaga over education. Parents strain to send their children to the best schools possible to give them an edge in a country plagued by rampant unemployment. About 15 years ago, my mum told me about her friends who were sending their teenagers to boarding school in Kenya. The school had a track record of churning out MIT and Oxford graduates who blossomed into government ministers and captains of industry. The school sounded ritzy and getting there would cost a pretty penny. Our family friends had to fly from Lagos to London then switch over to another flight from London to Nairobi. It blew my mind that the safest path to travel across Africa from Nigeria to Kenya was through Europe. They repeated this long and expensive journey multiple times a year until each child completed high school. Surely, there had to be a better way!
Triangular flows: Planes vs Payments
Triangular flows: Planes vs Payments
Triangular flows: Planes vs Payments
Listen now | Nigerians go gaga over education. Parents strain to send their children to the best schools possible to give them an edge in a country plagued by rampant unemployment. About 15 years ago, my mum told me about her friends who were sending their teenagers to boarding school in Kenya. The school had a track record of churning out MIT and Oxford graduates who blossomed into government ministers and captains of industry. The school sounded ritzy and getting there would cost a pretty penny. Our family friends had to fly from Lagos to London then switch over to another flight from London to Nairobi. It blew my mind that the safest path to travel across Africa from Nigeria to Kenya was through Europe. They repeated this long and expensive journey multiple times a year until each child completed high school. Surely, there had to be a better way!