Eyramax 🔸🐅🇬🇭

Too many politicians make promises they cannot keep, so telling young people not to rely on government can sound insulting. But beneath the poor framing & the indomie from @fx_sosu, there is a hard truth we need to discuss. Our educational system in Ghana is still far too narrow. Many students go through university, earn a degree, and come out with no practical, marketable skill outside their academic training. That is a serious problem, because graduate unemployment is not about to improve on its own. If anything, it may get worse. In this era, a university degree is important, but for many young people, it will not be enough. For the first time, HARVARD graduates are struggling to land a job. Students need to start building high demand skills alongside their formal education. The internet has made that more possible than ever. There are skills people can start learning now that can create real income before and after graduation. One thing many Nigerians understand very well is resourcefulness. At Johns Hopkins, I met Nigerian doctors with side hustles in catering, sewing, photography, braiding, digital work, and other service based businesses. This is not to say every graduate must become a trader or abandon professional ambition. It is to say that higher education without practical skill building is becoming an increasingly risky model. College still matters. But in this economy, skill, adaptability, and initiative matter too. ——- I have a list of certifications and practical skill paths I often recommend to university students and recent graduates. If enough people are interested, I will do a thread on it.