Extant works have shown that virtually all African countries had at one time experienced colonialism of which European colonialism was dominant, and this colonialism exposed the hitherto hidden continent of Africa to the European mercantilist ideologies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This exposure has been argued to have caused the socio-economic imbalances across Africa. Thus, at its dusk, colonialism left a significant heritage on African soil, which has shaped contemporary society. Little or no attention has been given to the “Afro-Europe” relations triggered by colonialism and the implication on Africa's educational system, especially with regard to indigenous industrialisation, which is the gap this paper intends to fill. Both primary and secondary sources will be used for data collection in its reconstruction, and the study will adopt a historical method of analysis. The paper argues that despite poor distribution, Africa must leverage extant colonial heritage to boost its indigenous knowledge/industrialisation process. When properly used, these can serve as the foundation for Africa's economy to rely on and grow in order to compete effectively in the global economy. © 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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