Andela, a leading private marketplace for technical talent, said it grew Nigeria’s technical talent by 791 per cent in the last four years, starting in January 2020.
The growth milestone was announced as Andela celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of international events recently held across the United States, the United Kingdom, and multiple African countries.
Andela said in a statement on Thursday that it had played a significant role in transforming Africa’s tech landscape, training over 110,000 technologists since January 2020.
“110,000 technologists have been trained through Andela’s programs, exceeding the original 10-year goal of 100,000. 15 per cent of Africa’s estimated 716,000 engineers were skilled through Andela,” the company stated.
According to the co-founder and CEO of Andela, Jeremy Johnson, building a great company was fundamentally an exercise in hiring great people.
The CEO remarked, “At Andela, I have been unbelievably blessed to work with extraordinary humans on this now decade-long journey. Bringing people together and fostering a sense of community in our marketplace has been part of our secret sauce.
“As we look to the future, Andela will continue to show why we are the most trusted tech talent marketplace for enterprises. Our customers will continue to experience the world as a hiring pool, and technology will continue to enable us to extend that reach,” Johnson expounded.
Abdela is backed by prominent investors such as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Softbank, Google Ventures, Serena Ventures, and Generation Investment Management, making it the first talent marketplace to become a unicorn company and one of the seven unicorn companies founded in Africa.
Through its rigorously qualified global marketplace of skilled technologists, Andela’s adaptive hiring model has emerged as a future-proof solution, empowering businesses such as MasterCard, GitHub, and Tawi Fesh to rapidly scale world-class teams on demand to meet their evolving needs, the company stated.
By tapping into 60 per cent of Andela’s qualified tech talent pool from largely untapped markets like Africa and LATAM, these businesses gain access to cost-efficient tech expertise and diversity of thought while also benefiting from hiring speeds up to 70 per cent faster than traditional recruiting methods.
The Community Programs Manager of Andela, Ofejiro Ikogho, said, “We, at Andela, celebrate a decade of impact and reflect on the transformative journey that began in Lagos. Over these years, our technologists have been instrumental in catalyzing the growth of tech communities across Africa, showcasing their profound talent and potential.
