Nigerian Math & CS Educators - Code Math Study & Collaboration

Here is a question I keep asking myself as an educator, a mathematician, and someone building AI systems for the Nigerian market: If AI can now solve differential equations, write code, derive proofs, optimise complex systems and create pictures like the one you can see in this post, why are we still insisting our students learn mathematics?🤔 The easy answer is: we shouldn't. Let AI handle it. I think that answer is dangerously wrong. Nigeria has a remarkable talent for adoption. We absorb technology fast. But adoption is not the same as authorship, and the wealth of the AI era will flow, disproportionately, to the nations and institutions that build foundational systems, not to those that consume them. The gap between those two positions begins long before anyone writes a prompt. It begins in the mathematics classroom. I've just published a long-form blog on this, my most personally urgent piece of writing in years. It covers: → Why the "AI replaces mathematics" argument is seductive but structurally flawed → The principle I call "Code the Math" (a book I started writing about 2 years ago), and why I believe it is one of Nigeria's most consequential educational investments → A research study I intend to conduct: testing whether students with strong conceptual grounding outperform those without it, even when both groups have equal access to AI tools → The deeper question: are we raising AI builders, or AI consumers? But I'm not publishing this to close a conversation. I'm publishing it to open one. I am specifically looking to hear from: 🎓 Mathematics & Computer Science educators (secondary and tertiary) 🔬 AI / ML researchers and practitioners 🏢 Industry hiring managers who have formed real opinions about what Nigerian graduates are, and aren't, prepared for 📋 Curriculum and policy specialists 🎤 EdTech founders and university administrators 🧑🎓 Students and recent graduates who are living this reality right now If you have a perspective, especially if it challenges mine, I want to hear it. This research will be stronger with diverse voices, and the conversation will be richer with honest disagreement. If you are interested in collaborating on the study, I'd also love to connect. The link to the full blog is in the comments. I'd genuinely appreciate you reading it and sharing your thoughts here, in my DMs, or via my website. The question is open. The research is beginning. #MathematicsEducation #ArtificialIntelligence #NigeriaEducation #CodeTheMath #EdTech #AI #DataScience #STEM #NigerianYouth #HigherEducation