*Today in Africa, it is painfully common that by the time one gains visibility* — whether in politics, career, ministry, or business — it is already too late. Recognition often comes in the twilight years, when the body is frail, the energy waning, and much of one’s productive potential has already been spent in obscurity. This tragic delay is not the result of divine design, but a deeply rooted crisis — a paradox of a gifted continent crippled by systems that reward lateness and marginalize early excellence. *Visibility in Africa is a marathon against time and against structure.* You graduate at 25—but the real race begins with a harsh initiation into a cruel job market. For the first year, you fight for unpaid internships, Then ten years endure joblessness, and walk miles on tarmac chasing elusive opportunities. Once you secure a job—usually in your mid-thirties—you’re already buried in student loans, supporting your sibling and taking care of your ailing parents. Before you can breathe settle in marriage, systemic suppression knocks on your door with a gift of a mortgage that grabs your throat. You enter your forties not to innovate, but to catch up. By your late forties or early fifties, you’re exhausted—not celebrated. And just when you should be maximizing impact, you are preparing for retirement—often by relocating back to the village for small-scale farming, surrendering your lifetime of experience to chickens, goats, and silence. *This apostolic charge calls us to stop building platforms that only favor survivors of delay*. Instead, we must raise prepared leaders early so they never have to spend decades proving their worth in the wilderness of invisibility. Africa will not truly rise when her sons and daughters are finally old enough, but when they are finally seen early enough. *Biblical examples abound: Jesus was already teaching in the temple at 12; David was anointed a king in his teens; Daniel held governance as a youth; Joseph entered Pharaoh’s palace at 30 after years of unseen preparation. We must not confuse lateness with maturity*. Instead, we must raise, platform, and trust young leaders with wisdom, structure, and covering. *_Our greatness must no longer be posthumous or post-retirement. It’s time to arise while it is still day._* *To continue Reading full Message Click the link below 👇.* https://pstsamkamaukbn.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-late-ariser-africa-paradox-of.html