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'''Andela''' is an African company that identifies and develops Africa’s most talented [[software developer]]s to help companies scale with high-performing teams. The company launched operations in Nigeria in 2014, to help global companies overcome the severe shortage of skilled software developers and invest in Africa’s top technical minds and has offices in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and the United States<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/business/andela-start-up-coding-africa.html|title=Start-Up Bets on Tech Talent Pipeline From Africa|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=2017-10-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 14:47, 21 December 2018
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | May 21, 2013 |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 5 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jeremy Johnson (Co-Founder & CEO) Christina Sass (Co-Founder & COO) Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Co-Founder & Recruitment Director) Nadayar Enegesi (Co-Founder & Director of Learning) Brice Nkengsa (Co-Founder & Director of Technology) Ian Carnevale (Co-Founder) |
| Services | Computer science education, programming, outsourcing, software training |
Number of employees | 1458 (November 2018)[1] |
| Website | Andela.com |
Andela is an African company that identifies and develops Africa’s most talented software developers to help companies scale with high-performing teams. The company launched operations in Nigeria in 2014, to help global companies overcome the severe shortage of skilled software developers and invest in Africa’s top technical minds and has offices in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and the United States[3].
History
Andela was founded in 2014 by four professionals who were working in the online education and recruitment business. The founders, Ian Carnevale, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Jeremy Johnson from 2U and Christina Sass,[4] started Andela as a training company to match developers in emerging markets not known as technology hubs[5] with North American companies. In June 2016, the company received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In 2017, Andela raised $40 million in Series C funding. The investment came from CRE Venture Capital, DBL Partners, Amplo, Salesforce Ventures and TLcom Capital, becoming one of the most highly funded African companies not based in Africa.[6]
In 2018, Andela Nigeria was ranked by a Nigerian website as the best place to work in Nigeria in its annual survey of the "Best 100 Companies To Work For" in the country. [7] Andela Nigeria had ranked eighth in the same survey in 2017.[8]
References
- ^ "Company Profile". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Tom How Andela is helping Africa beat the world’s developer shortage The Next Web March 31, 2016
- ^ Lohr, Steve (2017-10-10). "Start-Up Bets on Tech Talent Pipeline From Africa". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ Lovering, Joanne (August 16, 2016). "Former Mississauga News intern's company gets $24 million boost from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg". The Mississauga News.
- ^ Ufeli, Mohini (December 18, 2014). "This Company Is Paying Nigerians to Learn Computer Programming". Wired.
- ^ "Andela, a tech training and development outsourcer for African coders, raises $40M". October 10, 2017.
- ^ https://www.jobberman.com/blog/best-100-companies-to-work-for-nigeria-2018/
- ^ https://www.jobberman.com/blog/jobberman-best-100-companies-work-nigeria-2016/