Dr Mary Asabea Ashun

Dr Mary Ashun is CEO of Ghana International School, one of West Africa's leading international schools, where she's spent over 12 years building what she calls "talent architecture" - pipelines to grow Ghanaian teachers and leaders rather than relying on expat hires. A scientist turned educator with degrees from London, Toronto and Buffalo, she's also a Klingenstein Fellow from Columbia and an author of children's books. In this episode, Mary shares the remarkable story of a teacher who swims through crocodile-infested waters to reach his classroom, explains why England poaching 2,300 Ghanaian teachers while offering education aid feels like a contradiction and delivers a powerful challenge: with Africa set to be the demographic centre of gravity, a curriculum where just 6% of texts are African is failing our children.