At the Edge with Anwulika Okonjo

In this episode, Anwulika sits down with Dr. Aisha Udochi Amolo, a Harvard-educated developmental economist who gets to define value, success, and progress.Most of us make decisions every day - about our careers, how we spend our time, what we pursue -without realising we're operating from economic frameworks we inherited rather than chose. Frameworks about what's valuable. What counts as success. What's legitimate. Who gets to decide.These frameworks aren't neutral. They shape everything from whether you take that job to how nations justify their actions on the world stage. And when you can't see them, you can't choose consciously.In this conversation, they explore:How to recognise when you're making decisions based on inherited scripts versus conscious choiceWhy the frameworks shaping your personal decisions about work and value are the same ones operating at systemic scalesThe capacity required to see frameworks clearly enough to choose between them deliberatelyWhat indigenous and African epistemologies teach us about value, legitimacy, and human potentialThe relationship between individual self-authorship and collective self-determinationThis is an edit of a 2-hour Live conversation between Anwulika and Dr. Udochi-Amolo, originally recorded with the members of Ijeruka on March 13, 2026.