This is just warmed over 1980s/1990s liberal economics bullshit - the kind peddled by Milton Friedman, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
Africans just regurgitate it, without thinking. Nobody in East Asia did. The Indians never did.
Chinese universities are now catching up with US universities, the Indian IIT system is still world-class.
Many of us do not know what time of the day it is. The term "Human Capital" must mean something.
A University Education is not a "luxury", it is an absolute necessity. The people who teach your child biology, physics, agricultural science, English Language, mathematics etc., in secondary school have to be university graduates.
If the Government of a developing nation cannot effectively subsidise quality public education - then that nation has no future in the 21st Century.
“There is definitely an issue of character with Prof. Soludo and his desperate search for power and relevance in Nigeria. Nigerians should, therefore beware of so-called intellectuals without character and wisdom because this combination is fatal.”
—Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 2015
Arsene Wenger said this about Man United and video replays back in 2005 😬:
🗣️ "We need to introduce video replays as quickly as possible!
If you take the example of Manchester United, they would be in mid-table now if officials had the benefit of video replays."