Andela launches pan-African technology center in Kigali – Tech

A model of technological excellence on the African continent, Kigali was chosen as a strategic location for Andela's first pan-African center because of its strong existing infrastructure and its ease of access for developers of the continent.

Through this partnership, RDB will support Andela's efforts to build a pan-African workforce and support the development of Rwandan and African talent. This will catalyze Andela's mission to invest in Africa's most promising talent and build the continent's future technology leaders, adding to the 700 Andela developers based in the existing premises of the company. 39 in Lagos, Nairobi and Kampala.

We are delighted to have found a partner in the Rwandan government whose mission is so closely aligned with ours: to develop and support a pan-African elite workforce. . In Kigali, we have found a place that makes journeys to and from other African countries smoothly and also has the modern, connected infrastructure we need to collaborate with a hand-in-hand. global work, "says Jeremy Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Andela.

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Andela's co-founder and CEO, Jeremy Johnson (in blue) poses with a delegate. (The Economics of Pbadion)

Andela launched its operations in Nigeria in 2014 to help global companies overcome the serious shortage of skilled software developers and invest in Africa's best technical minds. Since then, the company has hired and developed more than 700 software engineers across the continent who have collectively badisted the technology teams of more than 150 global companies, including Viacom, Pluralsight and GitHub, while setting new standards for the engineering culture. In 2018, Andela received the Best Place to Work awards for her offices in Lagos and Nairobi in recognition of her interest in diversity and inclusion, her outstanding office culture, her dynamic work environment and her opportunities to work. Advancement

Seni Sulyman, Andela VP, Global Operations, adds: "As the first fully 4G city in Africa, Kigali continues to promote the excellence of ICT and is becoming the world's largest One of the key technology hubs of East Africa Connecting talent globally is Andela's ethic and, with the opening from our hub in Kigali, we hope to provide opportunities to thousands of software engineers from across the continent who will make their mark on the global technology stage via Kigali.

Through Andela's distributed work model , developers gain a global experience with me the world's leading technology companies while working remotely from an Andela campus. This allows them to actively contribute to the growth of their local technological ecosystems by leading groups of developers, advising young technologists and showing how local developers can compete globally.

Clare Akamanzi, CEO of RDB "We are delighted to partner with Andela to build the next generation of technology leaders who will drive innovation in Kigali and beyond. Today, we are accelerating the growth of Kigali as a global technology center while advancing the development of skills and employment opportunities for talented young Africans. "

N & # Any African country wishing to launch a global software development career in August 2018 and launch its Kigali Technology Campus in December 2018. It will also launch applications for the Andela Learning Community (ALC), which provides free resources and mentoring to technologist candidates in Rwanda and Tanzania in August 2018.