My guess would be that the best and brightest end up overseas. Of all of the African kids I went to high school with in Nairobi, only a handful remain in Kenya.

My guess would be that the best and brightest end up overseas. Of all of the African kids I went to high school with in Nairobi, only a handful remain in Kenya. Most, particularly those that went on to complete tertiary education, now live in the US and the UK. I suspect many educated Africans realise early on that they'll need to make a life for themselves elsewhere.