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Is Education Creating A More Successful and Tolerant Society?
Another conversation with Korede Adedoyin. Diving deep into Africa's educational challenges. Discover how social media might be shaping an intolerant youth and the need for more relatable content in the curriculum.

I'm happy to welcome back a favorite guest Korede Adedoyin to discuss one of my favorite topics; education.  Korede is the Founder & Senior Operations Manager of Vemoye Foundation with the goal of “Raising Africa's Future Workforce”. Listen to our previous conversation Vemoye Foundation: Raising Africa's Future Workforce (YouTube).

We started our conversation with a bang by briefly discussing the localization of universal concepts by using local examples for children to relate. Then Korede shared how the values of her Christian background are her guide in all things, and I also shared my unconventional spiritual journey.

Then we discussed the non-existent African education systems, affirmative action and its impact on society, touched on the Marxification of education (book), and ended with an expansive exploration of the censorship of language by youths and schools, and the role of social media in creating overly TRIGGERED and intolerant people.

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Welcome back to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast. The future of Africa is in the hands of its youths (even though they are not yet in control), and the greatest tools to build Africa are science and technology. My guest in today’s episode is Korede Adedoyin.

Korede is the Founder & Senior Operations Manager of the Vemoye Foundation. Working through NGOs on the ground Vemoye Foundation is helping communities get access to STEM education in Africa. Korede’s goal is to integrate STEM education into mainstream education in Africa.

In this conversation, we covered several topics related to her work; equality vs. equity, the challenges of such projects remotely, the need for African youths to study basic sciences vs. pure technology, and the value of representation, imagination, and critical thinking. How to encourage imagination and exploration within the boundaries of culture and tradition. The roles of Africans in the diaspora, the need, and the realism of Pan-Africanism. Finally, do not miss, Korede’s five (5) books recommendation.

This is a great episode. Please listen, share, and kindly subscribe to the Think BIG for Africa Podcast on your favorite podcast platform (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon Music, etc).

Enjoy!