The funding round is led by Generation Investment Management, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s investment firm.…
Andela’s latest funding might just go into doubling down on recruiting established hands
With 500 fellows currently employed by Andela, we now know where a large pool of their funding will go into…
Andela extends operations to Uganda
Andela announces its launch in Kampala, Uganda.With 70% of its population below the age 25, Andela seeks to equip the next generation of Ugandan innovators.…
Inside Andela’s new Nigeria HQ — EPIC Tower
On the 16th of January 2017, the Andela Nigeria corporate office moved headquarters from Yaba to a new 5-floor building along Ikorodu Road, dubbed the EPIC Tower. The move reignited debates about the …
Ex-Konga engineer, Celestine Omin joins Andela as Senior Technical Consultant
UPDATE: This post originally mentioned Celestine Omin as a former Konga executive, when indeed he was a senior software engineer. This was an honest error that was never intended to elicit any undesir…
Mark Zuckerberg inspires nearly 200 Nigerian Developers during Andela Lagos visit
After his surprise visit to the Co-creation Hub Lagos (CcHub) yesterday, Facebook CEO and Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, embarked on a 2km walk to the Andela Amity Campus. During a closed door meeting at A…
Iyin Aboyeji officially announces Andela exit, but we already knew
According to a report on Quartz Africa this morning, Iyin Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela has finally taken a bow to focus on a new venture called Flutterwave. What is Flutterwave? Flutterwave is a plat…
Why Andela’s Nigeria story is important
Today, the world got to know that Mark Zuckerberg led the round to invest in Andela’s Series B. It was carried by Forbes, WSJ, INC, CNET and many others like Quartz. It is a massive story that would b…
Andela raises $24 million from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan fund
For its first lead investment, Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan’s social issues-minded fund is looking to help Andela train more engineers in Africa to get tech jobs. Nearly a year ago from toda…
No men allowed: Andela announces All-female developer intake programme
The name “Andela” in itself sounds very feminine, which somehow explains why I wasn’t so surprised when Andela announced it is now accepting applications for its first ever All-Femal…
7 startups that will shake the Nigerian Market in 2016
2015 has indeed been anything but a dull moment, especially for startups in Nigeria. A lot of startups in this period have tinkered their model to achieve scale, while the major highlight for some acq…
Application open for Andela Kenya’s Class 5 Fellowship
Do you know Andela? The company paying Africans to learn how to become world class developers? Andela Kenya is looking for ambitious, talented young people passionate about technology and keen with a …
How to become a World Class Developer in less than 3 weeks
How long does it take for one to be considered a World Class developer? A couple of months? A year or more? The guys at Andela reckon it’d take 4 years but here’s how one can progress from a …
Andela’s Series A round led by Spark Capital was worth $14.6m
Andela today announced a Series A funding round. Led by Spark Capital, the new funding, Spark’s first investment in Africa, will help Andela maintain its growth in Nigeria and Kenya while expanding ac…
Why Andela is paying Nigerians to become World Class developers
UPDATE (August 10, 2016): Iyin Aboyeji has exited Andela to co-found Flutterwave, a platform that allows merchants make and receive payments across multiple platforms. An ever ongoing debate around th…
5 Companies With the Coolest Office Spaces in Nigeria [Photos]
Nigerian offices are notoriously monotonous and stifling. I mean, perks like staff buses and “thirteenth month” bonuses are great but, how about we did away with the boring fluorescent bul…
Andela Has Now Received Over 10,000 Applications
Since launching in September 2014, Andela has been gaining increasing momentum in the niche they carved out for themselves in the employment market. Andela’s offer to train and employ developers…
Yaba gets its first tech campus: Andela Amity [Photos]
If you are still doubting the status of Yaba as Nigeria’s tech nest, then here is one more story to convince you. Earlier this month, we welcomed Rocket Internet to Yaba. Last week, we announced…
Andela moves to their new Amity Campus
Andela, the global talent accelerator that trains and produces world-class developers and connects them with top employers, has finally made the move into their spanking new Amity campus in Yaba, Lago…