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‘How UK universities generate billions from Nigerian brains’

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

…as ‘Nigerian universities generate certificates the economy cannot use’ By Egufe Yafugborhi There is a painful paradox haunting Nigeria’s ivory towers.The same Nigerian professor who struggles to get his research paper published at home becomes a patent holder, a company founder and a billion-dollar value creator once he lands in Oxford, Cambridge or London. Why? […] The post ‘How UK universities generate billions from Nigerian brains’ appeared first on Vanguard News.

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