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This quote captures a growing concern: our education systems are still optimized for an industrial past, not a creative future. Memorization has its place, but it shouldn't overshadow curiosity, critical thinking, and real-world problem solving.

If we want to prepare young minds for the challenges ahead โ€” climate change, AI, global collaboration โ€” we need to rethink not just what we teach, but how we teach.

Education should be a launchpad for innovation, not a checklist of outdated benchmarks

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜

Today was one of those days as a Quantity Surveyor.

I opened an architectural drawing for a state government project and what I saw almost gave me a heart attack:

Doors and windows not annotated ๐ŸชŸ๐Ÿšช

No door and window schedule (so whoโ€™s supposed to guess?)

No complete roofing plan

Building section half-done

No specifications

Dimensions scattered and mixed up with texts โ€” making the drawing look like a puzzle board.

And guess what? This wasnโ€™t from a student learning to draw. This was from a quack architect trusted with a government project.

Now, hereโ€™s the painful part:
I had a Bill of Quantities to submit by 3:00 p.m.. But after hours of fighting with the drawings, I just shut down my laptopโ€ฆ and went to sleep. Because honestly, how do you measure what was never drawn properly in the first place?

This is the harsh reality of our profession in Africa:
๐Ÿ“Œ Quacks in high places.
๐Ÿ“Œ Professionals struggling with incomplete information.
๐Ÿ“Œ Deadlines that donโ€™t care about the nonsense youโ€™re handed.

If we keep normalizing mediocrity in design, construction will keep failing โ€” and taxpayersโ€™ money will keep getting wasted.

Sometimes I wonder: when will we finally start holding people accountable?

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Africaโ€™s Roads Are Built to Fail

Everyone is excited when a new road is commissioned in Africa.
Cameras flash, governors and presidents cut ribbons, contractors celebrate.

But after the first rainy season, the truth appears:
Potholes, erosion, cracks, and flooded highways.

๐Ÿ‘‰ In Nigeria, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway โ€” Africaโ€™s busiest highway โ€” has been under โ€œrehabilitationโ€ for over 20 years, swallowing billions in contracts.
๐Ÿ‘‰ In Kenya, parts of the Thika Superhighway flooded less than 5 years after completion because of poor drainage.
๐Ÿ‘‰ In Uganda, the Entebbe Expressway cost nearly $476 million, but toll revenue struggles because traffic avoids the high fees.

So whatโ€™s the real issue?

Short-term construction over long-term durability.
Contractors win tenders with the lowest bid, then cut corners. The result? Roads that last 5 years instead of 25.

Asphalt obsession.
Africa keeps laying asphalt, even in tropical regions where heavy rainfall destroys it. Countries like Brazil long ago shifted to concrete roads for durability.

Maintenance blindness.
Roads are built, commissioned, then abandoned. No structured maintenance culture. By the time repairs begin, costs triple.

๐Ÿ“Š Compare this:

Europe: Average road lifespan is 20โ€“25 years with regular maintenance cycles.

Africa: Average lifespan is 5โ€“8 years before total reconstruction.

The result?
Africa spends more rebuilding old roads than building new ones.

And hereโ€™s the kicker:
Bad roads cost Africa more than corruption.

According to the African Development Bank, poor road networks add up to 40% extra cost to goods transported across the continent. This means a bag of cement in Lagos can be cheaper than in Bamenda (Cameroon), simply because trucks break down or get delayed on terrible roads.

Meanwhile, politicians celebrate highways that canโ€™t survive their first decade.

โš ๏ธ Provocative truth:
Africa doesnโ€™t have an infrastructure deficit. It has an infrastructure maintenance crisis.

Until we build for durability, invest in quality materials, and enforce strict supervision, Africaโ€™s roads will remain a never-ending cycle of ribbon cuttings, failures, and reconstructions.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ

In Africa today, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—‘๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Not cement. Not steel. Not timber. Corruption.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜.

Take Nigeriaโ€™s Ajaokuta Steel Plant โ€” billions of dollars pumped in since the 1970s. Promised as Africaโ€™s industrial pride, itโ€™s still incomplete, rusting in silence, while we keep importing steel. Or Kenyaโ€™s Standard Gauge Railway โ€” celebrated as modern infrastructure, yet surrounded by corruption scandals that nearly doubled its cost.

Meanwhile, roads are washed away after the first rainy season. Bridges collapse within five years. Hospitals are built without functioning plumbing. Schools are constructed without roofs that can withstand the wind. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜.

And hereโ€™s the irony: ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. If we fixed this one sector, weโ€™d unlock millions of jobs, industrial growth, and cities that last centuries instead of decades.

Look at history.

The Great Pyramids of Giza โ€” built over 4,500 years ago, still standing, still studied, still admired.

Roman aqueducts โ€” some still supply water today.

Medieval cathedrals in Europe โ€” took centuries to build, yet remain monuments of durability.

Compare that with modern African public projects, where an average road lasts less than 10 years, and some donโ€™t even survive their commissioning ceremonies. Why? Because ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Every time a contractor is forced to โ€œsettle officialsโ€ before getting paid, every time cement bags are diverted to private estates, every time regulators look away from substandard work โ€” ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ.

๐Ÿ”‘ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต: Corruption in construction doesnโ€™t just waste money. It ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ.

The question is: ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€?

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น.
๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.

Because one day, history will ask: Did Africa build cities for its people, or castles for its thieves?

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๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ?

A 50kg bag of cement in Africa now costs ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š daily ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ ๐ž of the skilled laborer building it.

We see ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ% ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ on cross-border building projects โ€” delivering homes, schools, and offices for Africans abroad and foreign investors who believe in the continentโ€™s future.

Every month, nearly ๐๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ move across Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg. The demand doesnโ€™t stop. Diaspora families are building. Multinationals are building. Yet, in many places, ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.

Hereโ€™s the paradox: ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ $๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ.
But across the continent, we still ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž โ€” steel rods, tiles, cement additives, even nails.

Iron ore in Guinea lies untouched. Limestone in Ethiopia sits idle. Timber in Congo rots unprocessed. Meanwhile, billions of dollars flow to Turkey, China, and India for the very same materials.

This underdevelopment costs Africa ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ $๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž โ€” money that could fund housing, hospitals, and highways.

If Africa treated construction like energy, weโ€™d have ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ in every region.

Once, Lagos and Nairobi were home to record-breaking skyscrapers. Today, we outsource scaffolding and import bricks.

Tiles from Ogun? Now Spanish. Granite from Jos? Replaced by Chinese composites. Bricks from Benin? Substituted with Turkish panels.

This is Africaโ€™s tragedy: ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ซ๐š๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐.

๐ŸŒ But it doesnโ€™t have to stay this way.

Cement, steel, granite, timber โ€” these are not just materials. Theyโ€™re ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

The call is clear:
โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐š๐›๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.
โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.
โ€ข ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.
โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ.

โ›๏ธ Oil dries up.
๐Ÿงฑ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐Ÿ”ฉ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ.
๐ŸŒฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ.

If we donโ€™t act, weโ€™ll be remembered as the generation that ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ.

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๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ โ€” ๐–๐ก๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?

In ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, projects across the continent attracted ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ โ€” from skyscrapers in Nairobi to mega-ports in West Africa and housing estates in Johannesburg.

Sounds like a win, right?
Hereโ€™s the hard truth: ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

The concrete, steel, glass, machinery โ€” much of it is ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐, and profits flow back to boardrooms in ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ. Major EPCs bring their own equipment and specialists, lock up supply chains, and leave ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ:

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž to meet demand.

๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž for better-paid markets.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ on foreign systems, prices, and timelines.

๐€ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ:

๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง โ€” from quarry to port.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐› to replace imports.

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ for BIM, drones, robotics, and green builds.

๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ (consortia/co-ops) to bid mid-scale EPCs and equipment leasing.

You think this is only for multinationals? ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ. Many giants started with one warehouse, one crane, one niche โ€” then scaled.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง โ€” ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Whatโ€™s the ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค in your countryโ€™s construction chain we should build next โ€” materials, machinery, or skills?

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๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž

"I challenge any Project Manager to submit their project schedule to a global scorecard evaluation. Let's see if it scores 600 or more!"

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