brain drain

A Nigerian doctor's relocation to the UK and the fight to save thousands of jobs at South Africa's Tongaat-Hulett reveal the twin pressures reshaping the continent's workforce — brain drain driven by poverty wages and industrial collapse threatening entire communities.

As Wema Bank launches its 2026 Bankers-in-Training Program for Nigerian graduates, Canada simultaneously announces scholarship opportunities, presenting young Nigerians with divergent choices between local career building and international academic migration.