Andela

Andela Inc.
Private
Founded May 21, 2014 (May 21, 2014)
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Number of locations
 Lagos, Nigeria, Nairobi, Kenya, Kampala, Uganda
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Jeremy Johnson (Co-Founder & CEO)
Christina Sass (Co-Founder & COO)
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Co-Founder & Recruitment Director)
Ian Carnevale (Co-Founder & Brand Director)
Brice Nkenga (Co-Founder & Director of Engineering)
Nadayar Enegesi (Co-Founder & Director of Training)
Services Computer science education, programming, outsourcing, software training
Number of employees
 500 (March 2017)
Website Andela.com

Andela is a global engineering organization that extends engineering teams with world-class software developers. The company recruits the most talented developers on the African continent, shapes them into technical leaders, and places them as full-time distributed team members with companies that range from Microsoft and IBM to dozens of high-growth startups. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google Ventures) and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global technology leaders. Andela has offices in Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala and New York.

Overview

Andela's training and education program unites qualified African students, regardless of age or income, with leading developers who teach them to code.[1] The four-year training program, which pays its students, is highly selective.[2][3] Jeremy Johnson, the company's CEO, has said that in Nigeria its recruitment rate was around 0.7% of the 15,000 applicants it had received to that point.[4] Within six months of starting the program, those students who have been accepted start to be placed at technology companies that partner with Andela, and receive continual training and professional development.[5][6] Andela has partnered with Microsoft, IBM, 2U, Udacity, and others.[7]

History

Andela was founded in May 2014 by a team of entrepreneurs from Nigeria, Cameroon, the United States, and Canada. The members of that founding team are: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Nigerian serial entrepreneur), Jeremy Johnson (founder of now public 2U, American), Ian Carnevale (edtech entrpreneur, Canadian), Christina Sass (economic development expert, American), Brice Nkengsa (Blackberry and Pivotal Labs lead engineer, Cameroonian), and Nadayar Enegesi (Technology and Learning expert, Nigerian) [8] In 2016, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative invested $24 million in the company and visited the company’s offices in Lagos and Nairobi.[9][10] In May 2017, Andela opened its third African office in Uganda.

Funding

On June 25, 2015, Andela announced a Series A funding round.[11] Led by Spark Capital, the new funding, Spark’s first investment in Africa, was to help Andela maintain its growth in Nigeria and Kenya while expanding across the continent to meet the growing demand for Andela’s world-class training. In 2016, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative announced that it is leading a new $24 million Series B round of funding into Andela.[12] Venture firm GV also joined the round, alongside existing investors Spark Capital, Omidyar Network, Learn Capital and CRE Ventures.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Solis, Brian 14 startups that will change our everyday life VentureBeat. November 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Veselinovic, Milena Want to join the world's most exclusive all-female developer team? CNN. November 20, 2016
  3. ↑ Mulligan, Gabriella Andela partners Codementor for on-demand mentorship for graduates Disrupt Africa. November 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Adegoke, Yinka Nigeria’s Andela has closed a large funding round led by an early Twitter investor Quartz. November 20, 2016
  5. ↑ Bidwell, Allie African Company Pays People to Learn Computer Science U.S. News & World Report. November 20, 2016
  6. ↑ Finley, Klint This Company is Paying Nigerians to Learn Computer Programming Wired. November 20, 2016
  7. ↑ Magee, Christine Backed By Spark Capital, Andela Will Develop A Continent Of Tech Talen TechCrunch. November 20, 2016
  8. ↑ "Andela Team Page".
  9. ↑ O'Brien, Sarah Ashley (June 16, 2016). "Zuckerberg backs Andela, a startup more elite than Harvard". CNN Money. Retrieved Feb 14, 2017.
  10. ↑ Shapshak, Toby. "Facebook's Zuckerberg Visits Nigeria On First Sub-Saharan Africa Trip". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  11. ↑ "Andela Announces Series A Funding Round Led by Spark Capital". techpoint.ng. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  12. ↑ "Andela Raises $24 Million from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Fund". techpoint.ng. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
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