.elementor-1574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-71d52f6{margin-top:-20px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-4904e15 */.franchise-hero {
  background: #2e3a6e url('https://afracademy.lbs.edu.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Front-view-of-LBS-campus-1.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 150px 40px 200px;
  min-height: 540px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
}

.franchise-hero__overlay {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, #141c3ceb 0%, #141c3ca6 50%, #141c3c73 100%);
  z-index: 1;
}

.franchise-hero__tape { position: absolute; top: 0; right: -60px; width: 420px; height: 100%; background: #00afef; transform: skewX(-8deg); opacity: 0.12; pointer-events: none; }
.franchise-hero__tape-2 { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 60px; width: 6px; height: 100%; background: #00afef; transform: skewX(-8deg); opacity: 0.5; pointer-events: none; }
.franchise-hero__tape-3 { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 90px; width: 2px; height: 100%; background: #00afef; transform: skewX(-8deg); opacity: 0.3; pointer-events: none; }

.franchise-hero::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
  height: 4px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #00afef 0%, transparent 100%);
}

.franchise-hero__inner { position: relative; z-index: 2; max-width: 980px; width: 100%; }

/* white text, not sky: sky text over this badge's translucent tint can drop
   to roughly 3.6:1 against the brighter regions of the hero photo and fail
   the 4.5:1 needed at this size and weight */
.franchise-hero__label {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #ffffff;
  background: #00afef1f;
  border: 1px solid #00afef59;
  padding: 6px 14px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}

.franchise-hero__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 62px;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: #ffffff;
  line-height: 1.1;
  max-width: 700px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.franchise-hero__title em { font-style: normal; color: #00afef; }

.franchise-hero__subtitle {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #fffffffc;
  max-width: 560px;
  margin-bottom: 32px;
}

.franchise-hero__meta { display: flex; gap: 32px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.franchise-hero__meta-item { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; min-width: 0; }
.franchise-hero__meta-item span:first-child {
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #00afef;
  font-weight: 600;
}
.franchise-hero__meta-item span:last-child { font-size: 17px; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }

/* ---------- countdown ---------- */
.franchise-hero__countdown { margin-top: 36px; }
.franchise-hero__countdown-label {
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #ffffff80;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.franchise-hero__countdown-grid { display: flex; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.franchise-hero__countdown-item {
  min-width: 64px;
  padding: 12px 8px;
  background: #ffffff0f;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff29;
  border-radius: 4px;
  text-align: center;
}
.franchise-hero__countdown-value {
  display: block;
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 26px;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: #00afef;
  line-height: 1;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
.franchise-hero__countdown-unit {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 6px;
  font-size: 9.5px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #ffffff80;
}
.franchise-hero__countdown-closed {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #ffffff;
  background: #ffffff14;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff2e;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 12px 18px;
}

/* ---------- actions ---------- */
.franchise-hero__actions { display: flex; gap: 16px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 40px; }

.franchise-hero__btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 8px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 15px 28px; border-radius: 3px;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;
  border: 2px solid transparent;
  transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.15s ease;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.franchise-hero__btn:hover { transform: translateY(-1px); }
.franchise-hero__btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #00afef; outline-offset: 2px; }

/* dark navy text on sky blue, not white: white-on-sky only reaches roughly
   2.5:1 and fails AA at this weight and size */
.franchise-hero__btn--primary { background: #00afef; color: #141c3c; border-color: #00afef; }
.franchise-hero__btn--primary:hover { background: #0095cc; border-color: #0095cc; }
.franchise-hero__btn--outline { background: transparent; color: #ffffff; border-color: #ffffff8c; }
.franchise-hero__btn--outline:hover { background: #ffffff; color: #2e3a6e; border-color: #ffffff; }
.franchise-hero__btn svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; stroke: currentColor; fill: none; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; flex-shrink: 0; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-hero__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-hero__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-hero__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-hero__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }
.franchise-hero__reveal--delay-3 { transition-delay: 0.3s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-hero__title { font-size: 46px; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-hero { padding: 72px 24px 64px; min-height: auto; }
  .franchise-hero__title { font-size: 32px; }
  .franchise-hero__meta { gap: 20px; }
  .franchise-hero__countdown-grid { gap: 8px; }
  .franchise-hero__countdown-item { min-width: 56px; padding: 10px 6px; }
  .franchise-hero__countdown-value { font-size: 21px; }
  .franchise-hero__actions { flex-direction: column; margin-top: 36px; }
  .franchise-hero__actions .franchise-hero__btn { width: 100%; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-hero__reveal, .franchise-hero__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
  .franchise-hero__btn { transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-8224aa3 */.franchise-overview { background: #ffffff; padding: 88px 40px; }

.franchise-overview__inner {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 72px;
  align-items: start;
}
.franchise-overview__inner > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-overview__left h2 {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.franchise-overview__left p {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 15.5px;
  line-height: 1.78;
  color: #333333;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.franchise-overview__left p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.franchise-overview__right {
  background: #2e3a6e;
  padding: 40px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.franchise-overview__right::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 0; right: 0;
  width: 100px;
  height: 4px;
  background: #00afef;
}

.franchise-overview__stat { margin-bottom: 32px; }
.franchise-overview__stat:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.franchise-overview__stat-number {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 44px;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: #00afef;
  line-height: 1;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.franchise-overview__stat-label {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #ffffffa6;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  font-weight: 600;
}
.franchise-overview__stat-desc {
  font-size: 14.5px;
  color: #ffffffd9;
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin-top: 6px;
}
.franchise-overview__divider { height: 1px; background: #ffffff1f; margin: 28px 0; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-overview__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-overview__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-overview__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-overview__inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-overview { padding: 64px 24px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-overview__reveal, .franchise-overview__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-aa46609 */.franchise-outcomes { background: #e6e7e8; padding: 88px 40px; }
.franchise-outcomes__inner { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; }

/* #007cb0, not #00afef: sky-blue text on this light background measures
   roughly 2.5:1 and fails AA; #007cb0 clears 4.5:1 */
.franchise-outcomes__eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #007cb0;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.franchise-outcomes__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
  max-width: 620px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.franchise-outcomes__grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 20px; }
.franchise-outcomes__grid > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-outcomes__card {
  background: #ffffff;
  padding: 32px 28px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  border-top: 3px solid transparent;
  transition: border-color 0.25s ease, transform 0.25s ease, box-shadow 0.25s ease;
  cursor: default;
}
.franchise-outcomes__card:hover {
  border-top-color: #00afef;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 36px #2e3a6e1f;
}

.franchise-outcomes__card-icon {
  width: 40px; height: 40px;
  background: #00afef1a;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.franchise-outcomes__card-icon svg { width: 20px; height: 20px; stroke: #00afef; fill: none; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; }

.franchise-outcomes__card h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  line-height: 1.3;
}
.franchise-outcomes__card p { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #555555; line-height: 1.7; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-outcomes__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-outcomes__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-outcomes__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-outcomes__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }
.franchise-outcomes__reveal--delay-3 { transition-delay: 0.3s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-outcomes__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-outcomes { padding: 64px 24px; }
  .franchise-outcomes__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-outcomes__reveal, .franchise-outcomes__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-599face */.franchise-structure { background: #2e3a6e; padding: 88px 40px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; }

.franchise-structure::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: -120px; right: -120px;
  width: 480px; height: 480px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #00afef0f;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.franchise-structure__inner { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.franchise-structure__eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #00afefcc;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.franchise-structure__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #ffffff;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
  max-width: 620px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.franchise-structure__days { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 24px; }
.franchise-structure__days > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-day-card {
  background: #ffffff0d;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff1a;
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: background 0.25s ease;
}
.franchise-day-card:hover { background: #ffffff14; }

.franchise-day-card__header { padding: 20px 24px; background: #00afef; }
.franchise-day-card__number {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #ffffffbf;
}
.franchise-day-card__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #ffffff;
  margin-top: 4px;
}

.franchise-day-card__modules { padding: 20px 24px; list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }
.franchise-day-card__module { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff12; }
.franchise-day-card__module:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
.franchise-day-card__module-num { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; color: #00afef; letter-spacing: 0.08em; min-width: 24px; padding-top: 2px; }
.franchise-day-card__module-name { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; color: #ffffffd1; line-height: 1.5; }

.franchise-structure__capstone {
  margin-top: 28px;
  background: #00afef1a;
  border: 1px solid #00afef4d;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 28px 32px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 24px;
}
.franchise-structure__capstone-icon {
  width: 48px; height: 48px;
  background: #00afef;
  border-radius: 50%;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
}
.franchise-structure__capstone-icon svg { width: 22px; height: 22px; stroke: #ffffff; fill: none; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; }
.franchise-structure__capstone p { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14.5px; color: #ffffffcc; line-height: 1.65; }
.franchise-structure__capstone strong {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-structure__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-structure__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-structure__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-structure__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }
.franchise-structure__reveal--delay-3 { transition-delay: 0.3s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-structure__days { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-structure { padding: 64px 24px; }
  .franchise-structure__capstone { flex-direction: column; gap: 16px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-structure__reveal, .franchise-structure__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-963ae6d */.franchise-audience { background: #e6e7e8; padding: 88px 40px; }
.franchise-audience__inner { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; }

/* #007cb0, not #00afef: sky-blue text on this light background measures
   roughly 2.5:1 and fails AA; #007cb0 clears 4.5:1 */
.franchise-audience__eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #007cb0;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.franchise-audience__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
  max-width: 620px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.franchise-audience__grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 16px; }
.franchise-audience__grid > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-audience-item {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 12px;
  background: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #2e3a6e14;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 20px 22px;
}
.franchise-audience-item__dot { width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; background: #00afef; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 7px; }
.franchise-audience-item p { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #2e3a6e; line-height: 1.5; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-audience__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-audience__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-audience__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-audience__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-audience__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-audience { padding: 64px 24px; }
  .franchise-audience__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-audience__reveal, .franchise-audience__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-29861e1 */.franchise-faculty { background: #ffffff; padding: 88px 40px; }
.franchise-faculty__inner { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; }

/* #007cb0, not #00afef: sky-blue text on this light background measures
   roughly 2.5:1 and fails AA; #007cb0 clears 4.5:1 */
.franchise-faculty__eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #007cb0;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.franchise-faculty__title {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
  max-width: 620px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.franchise-faculty__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 240px));
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 24px;
  margin-top: 100px;
}
.franchise-faculty__grid > * { min-width: 0; }

/* ---------- faculty card ---------- */
.franchise-faculty-card {
  border: 1px solid #e6e7e8;
  border-radius: 6px;
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: border-color 0.25s ease, box-shadow 0.25s ease, transform 0.25s ease;
}
.franchise-faculty-card:hover {
  border-color: #00afef;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 32px #2e3a6e24;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}

.franchise-faculty-card__link { display: block; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; }
.franchise-faculty-card__link:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #00afef; outline-offset: -2px; }

/* Photo well: the initials sit centred in this box as a fallback, with the
   real photo layered on top. If the image 404s, its onerror hides the <img>
   and the initials already underneath simply show through, no JS needed
   beyond the inline fallback already on the <img> itself. */
.franchise-faculty-card__photo {
  position: relative;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #2e3a6e;
}
.franchise-faculty-card__initials {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 34px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #00afef;
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, #2e3a6e 0%, #1e2750 100%);
}
.franchise-faculty-card__img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  filter: grayscale(55%) contrast(1.02);
  transition: filter 0.35s ease, transform 0.5s ease;
}
/* Compound .elementor-1574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-29861e1 + !important: Kadence (and most WP themes) ship a
   global `img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }` reset for responsive
   images. That rule beats a plain single-class .elementor-1574 .elementor-element.elementor-element-29861e1 on specificity,
   which is what was leaving the image at its own intrinsic height inside
   the 4:5 box, exposing the initials gradient underneath as a solid bar.
   This forces the crop to actually apply regardless of theme load order. */
.franchise-faculty-card__photo .franchise-faculty-card__img {
  width: 100% !important;
  height: 100% !important;
  max-width: none !important;
  object-fit: cover !important;
}
.franchise-faculty-card:hover .franchise-faculty-card__img {
  filter: grayscale(0%);
  transform: scale(1.05);
}
.franchise-faculty-card__tag {
  position: absolute;
  top: 14px;
  left: 14px;
  z-index: 2;
  background: #141c3cb8;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.franchise-faculty-card__body { padding: 22px 20px 26px; }
.franchise-faculty-card__body h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  line-height: 1.3;
}
.franchise-faculty-card__role {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  color: #666666;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
/* #007cb0, not #00afef: same white-background contrast rule as the eyebrow.
   Hidden until hover or keyboard focus, purely as a visual flourish: the
   whole card is already one link with its own accessible name, so this
   caption fading in adds a hint without being required to use it. */
.franchise-faculty-card__cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
  margin-top: 12px;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #007cb0;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(4px);
  transition: opacity 0.25s ease, transform 0.25s ease;
}
.franchise-faculty-card:hover .franchise-faculty-card__cta,
.franchise-faculty-card:focus-within .franchise-faculty-card__cta {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
}
.franchise-faculty-card__cta svg { width: 13px; height: 13px; stroke: currentColor; fill: none; stroke-width: 2.5; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; transition: transform 0.25s ease; }
.franchise-faculty-card:hover .franchise-faculty-card__cta svg,
.franchise-faculty-card:focus-within .franchise-faculty-card__cta svg { transform: translateX(3px); }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-faculty__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-faculty__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-faculty__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-faculty__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }
.franchise-faculty__reveal--delay-3 { transition-delay: 0.3s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-faculty__grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 200px)); }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-faculty { padding: 64px 24px; }
  .franchise-faculty__grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 14px; }
}
@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .franchise-faculty__grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-faculty__reveal, .franchise-faculty__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
  .franchise-faculty-card, .franchise-faculty-card__cta svg { transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-f47e4c6 */.franchise-brochure { background: #e6e7e8; padding: 96px 40px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; scroll-margin-top: 100px; }

.franchise-brochure__grid {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: radial-gradient(#2e3a6e17 1.5px, transparent 1.5px);
  background-size: 24px 24px;
  -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 70% at 22% 50%, #000000 0%, transparent 72%);
  mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 70% at 22% 50%, #000000 0%, transparent 72%);
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 0;
}

.franchise-brochure__inner {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(240px, 320px) 1fr;
  gap: 88px;
  align-items: center;
}
.franchise-brochure__inner > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-brochure__visual { position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; min-height: 380px; }

.franchise-brochure__tape {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%; left: 50%;
  width: 230px; height: 320px;
  background: #00afef;
  opacity: 0.1;
  border-radius: 6px;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) skewX(-8deg);
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.franchise-brochure__stack { position: relative; width: 250px; height: 320px; z-index: 1; }
.franchise-brochure__page { position: absolute; inset: 0; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 24px 54px #141c3c33; }
.franchise-brochure__page--back { background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #2e3a6e14; transform: rotate(9deg); }
.franchise-brochure__page--mid { background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #2e3a6e14; transform: rotate(-6deg); }
.franchise-brochure__page--front {
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, #2e3a6e 0%, #1e2750 100%);
  padding: 30px 26px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  overflow: hidden;
  transform: rotate(2deg);
  transition: transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-brochure__visual:hover .franchise-brochure__page--front { transform: rotate(-2deg) translateY(-8px); }

.franchise-brochure__page-eyebrow { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #00afef; }
.franchise-brochure__page-title { font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.28; margin: 18px 0; }
.franchise-brochure__page-foot { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #ffffff80; }
.franchise-brochure__page-fold {
  position: absolute; bottom: 0; right: 0;
  width: 0; height: 0;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 0 0 36px 36px;
  border-color: transparent transparent #ffffff29 transparent;
}

.franchise-brochure__badge {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -6%; right: 4%;
  z-index: 2;
  background: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 12px 18px;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 32px #141c3c29;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  line-height: 1;
}
.franchise-brochure__badge-num { font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 800; color: #2e3a6e; }
.franchise-brochure__badge-label { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #777777; margin-top: 4px; white-space: nowrap; }

.franchise-brochure__content { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.franchise-brochure__eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #2e3a6e;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.franchise-brochure__title { font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: 700; color: #2e3a6e; line-height: 1.2; margin: 14px 0 18px; }
.franchise-brochure__desc { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.75; color: #444444; max-width: 460px; margin-bottom: 30px; }

.franchise-brochure__list { list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 15px; margin-bottom: 38px; }
.franchise-brochure__list li { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 13px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14.5px; color: #2e3a6e; font-weight: 600; }
.franchise-brochure__check { width: 22px; height: 22px; border-radius: 50%; background: #00afef; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; flex-shrink: 0; }
.franchise-brochure__check svg { width: 12px; height: 12px; stroke: #ffffff; fill: none; stroke-width: 3; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; }

/* dark navy text on sky blue, not white: white-on-sky only reaches roughly
   2.5:1 and fails AA at this weight and size */
.franchise-brochure__btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 8px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 15px 28px; border-radius: 3px;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;
  border: 2px solid #00afef;
  background: #00afef;
  color: #141c3c;
  transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.15s ease;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.franchise-brochure__btn:hover { background: #0095cc; border-color: #0095cc; transform: translateY(-1px); }
.franchise-brochure__btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #00afef; outline-offset: 2px; }
.franchise-brochure__btn svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; stroke: currentColor; fill: none; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; flex-shrink: 0; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-brochure__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-brochure__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-brochure__reveal--delay-1 { transition-delay: 0.1s; }
.franchise-brochure__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-brochure__inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 64px; justify-items: center; text-align: left; }
  .franchise-brochure__grid {
    mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 60% at 50% 30%, #000000 0%, transparent 72%);
    -webkit-mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 70% 60% at 50% 30%, #000000 0%, transparent 72%);
  }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-brochure { padding: 64px 24px; }
  .franchise-brochure__stack { width: 210px; height: 270px; }
  .franchise-brochure__page-title { font-size: 17px; }
  .franchise-brochure__badge { right: 2%; }
  .franchise-brochure__btn { width: 100%; }
}
@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .franchise-brochure__stack { width: 180px; height: 230px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-brochure__reveal, .franchise-brochure__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
  .franchise-brochure__page--front, .franchise-brochure__btn { transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */
/* Start custom CSS for html, class: .elementor-element-b49c649 */.franchise-cta {
  background: #2e3a6e url('https://afracademy.lbs.edu.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Front-view-of-LBS-campus-1.jpg') center / cover no-repeat;
  padding: 88px 40px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  max-width: 1100px;
  width: calc(100% - 80px);
  margin: 60px auto;
  border-radius: 8px;
  scroll-margin-top: 100px;
}

.franchise-cta__overlay {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(120deg, #141c3cf2 0%, #141c3ce0 55%, #005f968c 100%);
  z-index: 1;
}

.franchise-cta__inner {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 48px;
  align-items: center;
}
.franchise-cta__inner > * { min-width: 0; }

.franchise-cta__text h2 {
  font-family: 'Roboto Slab', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 38px;
  font-weight: 800;
  color: #ffffff;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  line-height: 1.15;
}
.franchise-cta__text p { font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #ffffffd1; line-height: 1.7; max-width: 540px; }

.franchise-cta__actions { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; min-width: 0; }

.franchise-cta__contact { margin-top: 28px; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #ffffffa6; line-height: 1.6; }
.franchise-cta__contact a { color: #00afef; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; }
.franchise-cta__contact a:hover, .franchise-cta__contact a:focus-visible { text-decoration: underline; }

/* dark navy text on sky blue, not white: white-on-sky only reaches roughly
   2.5:1 and fails AA at this weight and size */
.franchise-cta__btn {
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 8px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 15px 28px; border-radius: 3px;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;
  border: 2px solid #00afef;
  background: #00afef;
  color: #141c3c;
  transition: background 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.15s ease;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.franchise-cta__btn:hover { background: #0095cc; border-color: #0095cc; transform: translateY(-1px); }
.franchise-cta__btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #00afef; outline-offset: 2px; }
.franchise-cta__btn svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; stroke: currentColor; fill: none; stroke-width: 2; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; flex-shrink: 0; }

/* ---------- reveal animation ---------- */
.franchise-cta__reveal {
  opacity: 1; transform: none;
  transition: opacity 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), transform 0.72s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
.franchise-cta__reveal--pending { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(28px); }
.franchise-cta__reveal--delay-2 { transition-delay: 0.2s; }

/* ---------- responsive (ARA breakpoints: 700px / 1100px) ---------- */
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .franchise-cta { width: calc(100% - 48px); }
  .franchise-cta__inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 36px; }
  .franchise-cta__actions { flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .franchise-cta { padding: 64px 24px; width: calc(100% - 32px); margin: 40px auto; border-radius: 6px; }
  .franchise-cta__actions { flex-direction: column; }
  .franchise-cta__btn { width: 100%; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .franchise-cta__reveal, .franchise-cta__reveal--pending { opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: none; }
  .franchise-cta__btn { transition: none; }
}/* End custom CSS */