THINGS an African parent should do to unlock the potential of their child(ren) 1. No matter how brilliant your child is, if you are poor, they might never amount to much. Let’s stop lying to each other in motivational quotes. Because here’s the hard, ugly truth: Poverty places a natural limit on what your child can become. Not because they’re stupid. But because poverty starves potential. Study after study has confirmed this: “Kids born into the richest 1% of society are 10 times more likely to be inventors than those born into the bottom 50%”, John Van Reenen, MIT Sloan Read that again. Slowly 😊 This isn’t about intelligence. Or talent. Or grades. It’s about: Exposure, access and the environment. In other words, poverty silences genius. Especially in Africa ✅️