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Exciting day at @Andela I’m so pleased to finally share this BIG news.
Led by @SoftBank, this investment allows for real & rapid progress to be made in expanding the reach of our global talent marketplace for skilled remote technologists.
bit.ly/3zRvAVu
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Excited to see @Microsoft waking up to the reality of African tech talent. This is just the start, folks. qz.com/africa/1618874/micros…
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Proud to Announce our Series D: Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets @Andela $100 million – TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2019/01/23/co…
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Proud to announce @Andela's $40M Series C: @nytimes: "Start-Up Bets on Tech Talent Pipeline From Africa" nytimes.com/2017/10/10/busin…
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Love this story (even if it means losing a great @Andela teammate). Congrats @dara_tobi! "How a chance meeting with Twitter bosses landed a Nigerian developer his dream job" edition.cnn.com/2019/11/13/a… Smart move @kayvz
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Thrilled to see two amazing incubators like @Cc_HUB and @iHub joining forces to bring east and west Africa a little closer together. Congrats @bosuntijani, @femilonge, @whiteafrican, @Nekesa techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/ni…
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Goodbyes are never easy, but this is especially tough. @senisulyman is a remarkable individual and his contributions over the past 4 years at @Andela will be felt for the next 40. On behalf of the entire Andela community: Seni, thank you.
It’s always hard to say goodbye to a community you love from the bottom of your heart, and people you’ve built life-long relationships with. After four tremendous years, I’m transitioning out of my role as VP of Global Operations @Andela (in May). medium.com/@senisulyman/anot…
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Congrats @nadayar and @unicodeveloper! Excited to see @ouredenlife planting seeds in the garden :) #Andelamafia
Proud to announce our first step to making life better in Africa @ouredenlife 💚
Read about our progress and get involved here: blog.ouredenlife.com/introdu…
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I’m proud of how far @Andela has come and pleased that our brand reflects our significant growth. Join me in a celebration of our creative team for visualizing our evolution as a company! #ThisisAndela bit.ly/3tQx8PP
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If I could pick one book for anyone interested in economic development to read, it would be @EfosaOjomo’s new masterpiece: amazon.com/Prosperity-Parado…
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40% of Fortune 500 founded by immigrants or their children. All ethnicities should have access to opportunity -- founding principle of U.S.
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Thanks, @SlackHQ, for this fun post on our partnership - we're proud to work with you also: slack.com/customer-stories/a…
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@Andela prospects 4 years ago: "Wait, what does "distributed" mean again? All of our developers are in NY/SF. We just thought you sounded cool."
Andela prospects now: Of course we're going distributed. Can you help with the process as well as the people?
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Juneteenth is henceforth considered a US holiday at @Andela
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@nbcgovng: @JasonNjoku isn’t being hyperbolic. This would make the industry impossible to invest in. I have no economic interest in this debate, but from an outside observer who cares about and believes in Nigeria’s potential: please don’t do this.
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So proud and inspired by everything you, @nadayar, and the @ouredenlife team are building (and the way you’re doing it).
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Love this quote from our partner: "What is unique about a partnership with Andela is that your developers really feel like part of the team from the day that they join. From my perspective, there is no difference between an engineer who’s on site from one who’s distributed."
Learn how our Bay Area partner @starcity increased team bandwidth by going distributed with Andela. Check out the case study here: bit.ly/2FMvQew. #hiring #developers #recruiting #tech
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Really enjoyed talking to @Jason about the @Andela story on @TWistartups. Check it out here: piped.video/watch?v=njiQ1QBo…
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10 years from now, if he outlasts the trolls and zero-sum thinkers, @EfosaOjomo is going to be one of our planet’s most important public intellectuals.
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Announcing Andela’s $100M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management linkedin.com/pulse/announcin…
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Huge congrats to @chippaucek, @JamesKenigsberg, @andrewhermalyn, and the rest of the @2Uinc team. This partnership w/ @WeWork can be game changing. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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It’s hard to overstate how big of a deal this caliber of undergraduate degree, offered online at this price point, is for the world. Congrats @UoLondon, @LSEnews, and @2Uinc on the most exciting edtech news of the year. CC: @chippaucek @andrewhermalyn @JamesKenigsberg
.@UoLondon and @LSEnews launch brand-new online degree portfolio in partnership with @2Uinc
#edtech #distanceed #distancelearning
💡👓Read about it here: ow.ly/UDlx50ydXHc
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Right back at you brother. Your 2012 email may go down as one of the world’s best case studies in cold outreach :) Thank you for introducing me to Nigeria and helping me see what was possible with talent from the continent. The world will work differently as a result
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I love this!!! Thank you @idrisayobello, @senisulyman, @PuleTaukobong, and everyone who contributed here. I also love that this is coming from people who have played a key role themselves in the @Andela story.
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Big news: @Andela is launching our 3rd country: Uganda! wired.co.uk/article/andela-c…
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Proud to announce Andela's Series B from folks who know a little bit about quality software development... forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/…
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{Video Flashback} Mark Zuckerberg's visit to @Andela_Nigeria (and first trip to Africa) piped.video/A1zH8df4-zs
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Ultimately, we’re not ending talent development. We still believe junior talent will represent a significant portion of the business. We just needed to normalize the ratio with what the market wants.
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For what’s its worth, our goal in that blog post - and throughout this process - has been to be wildly transparent. Unfortunately, the answers are pretty obvious. The company is doing fine. We mis-read the market demand as it relates to experience level.
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I'm so happy to see this come to life! Together, by creating new, sustainable ways of working, we can make positive and lasting changes for people and the planet. Check out @Andela's documentary with @CBSNews. cbsn.ws/3POBjok
#ThisIsAndela #Acquisition #GTL
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“What an Engineer Looks Like”: What we should learn from @cyberomin's adventures this weekend at JFK medium.com/@JeremyJ_63651/wh… CC: @Andela
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Want to join the world's most exclusive all-female dev team? #talentisgenderneutral cnn.com/2016/03/24/africa/an… CC: @cindygallop @sasschristina
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.@Andela's first WSJ piece out today! The op-ed @iaboyeji and I wrote on Africa's importance to the future of tech: wsj.com/articles/is-africa-h…
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An Open Source Culture Pushes Everyone Forward goo.gl/bdqmI3 # via @andela
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“Zuckerberg in Africa” by @StevenLevy - great summary of Mark's recent trip and visit to @Andela backchannel.com/zuckerberg-i…
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The stat we have no way of getting but would blow the world’s collective mind if we could: How much more, in total, are people who have gotten a job through Andela making now.
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As a result, we brought in more aspiring developers last year than we were able to place this year, and had to decide between people sitting on the bench indefinitely or letting them go. It was immensely painful, but also the only option.
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A sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create - @iAboyeji @FredSwaniker
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This has been the most interesting @acela ride of all time. Yes, Michael Hayden just sat down with @tommatzzie and I
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Excited and proud to welcome @ValerieJarrett to the board of @2UInc. Her experience will be invaluable as @chippaucek and team embark on the next phase of the journey. for.tn/2Ay38Nr via @FortuneMagazine
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1/ Last night, Nigerian forces opened fire on hundreds of peaceful protesters in Lagos. Andela stands firmly with the technology community of Nigeria which has been particularly targeted by the SARS police unit and has suffered for too long. aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2…
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Dear world: If you can convince @nnenna to show up for your panel, you should. Brilliant + hilarious. #InternetSummit
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Little known fact: It’s actually because a few years ago, reporters started digging up and reporting on SEC form D filings (publicly accessible and required for private fundraises) which in turn meant your valuation was going to be public anyways, so you might as well just own it
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Fun fact: We love @LambdaSchool also. Tons of synergies - even before you get to our obviously aligned missions.
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Watch this space. It’s possible, just differently than we originally thought, and not as the primary go-to-market.
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Brilliant move by @officialABAT. I’m excited for you and for Nigeria.
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Breaking News! Please join me in welcoming @christinekmagee (of @TechCrunch fame) to the @Andela family! #TIA
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Excited to see @2Uinc continuing to lead the push for transparency in online higher education. linkedin.com/pulse/deliverin… @chippaucek @JamesKenigsberg @andrewhermalyn
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Kind of blown away by the @2Uinc results from Q1. 32% growth while approaching 1B in revenue is rare in any industry - but virtually non-existent in edtech. Such a valuable reminder of how big this space could be. prnewswire.com/news-releases…
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Hey @RobertAlai - it is true that we're going fully remote, but it's not a secret. We announced it earlier this week to all Andelans. Here's more info if you're curious: medium.com/@JeremyJ_63651/lo…
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Love this thread and glad you had a good experience with the @Andela Learning Community!
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To be clear, all of those things matter, of course. That said, part of the issue was that we worried too much about perception early on. As a result, yes, we had to pull back and that hurt expectations - but the company is healthier than we’ve ever been. ‘21 will be a big year.
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It’s a little depressing how excited I get when I see Republicans and Democrats working together in any way - even if they are supreme court justices and not technically partisan.
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Congrats @EfosaOjomo! So well deserved.
When I applied to @HarvardHBS, a voice in my head said, "You can't get in." Today, I sit on the admissions board for HBS & co-authored The Prosperity Paradox with @claychristensen & @KarDillon.
Don't listen to the voice that says you can't. Listen to the one that says you can.
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Great interview with the inimitable @sheeltyle: This VC firm is creating opportunities for diverse global talent fastcompany.com/video/this-v…
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Via @WSJ: "Breaking: The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr." Should David take it?
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This is really sound advice. Was the exact same for me with 2U. Learning with and from those who have experienced more will always be faster and more effective than learning everything yourself.
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Beautiful write up by @finkelstein1 and @jmelaskyriazi of @Sparkcapital about why they invested in @Andela. medium.com/@sparkcapital/wel…
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Every company that hires an @andela developer funds the training of another brilliant software developer in Africa.
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Enjoyed chatting the shift to distributed and tech talent sourcing w/@rdv1 on #ONFoundersCorner podcast: medium.com/emerging-tech-ins… @Andela
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An early Christmas present: @Andela included in @CNN's list of the top 10 start-ups in Africa for 2014 cnn.com/2014/12/24/tech/afri… CC: @iaboyeji
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The best way to show you’ve never built something: Ask a startup founder why they are so “focused”.
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Big day for @Andela_Kenya: One of the legends of the tech ecosystem, @kenyanpundit, stopped by. #TIA @OmidyarNetwork
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.@Andela featured as a case study for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum: reports.weforum.org/digital-…
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Even if you assumed they would have increased earnings by 10% per year on their own and subtracted that from the final number. The total would still dwarf the value of the company, and is growing faster now than ever.
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.@Andela How do you define a senior developer? mid level? etc. #GrowYourEng
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Loving this clip of @senisulyman, Country Director of @Andela_Nigeria, on @channelstv this weekend: piped.video/watch?v=RL61X35f…
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Me too! @Andela Ghana is going to be amazing. The world needs more @edemkumodzi
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Slightly old data, but this gives more context for the ALC: ynaija.com/the-andela-learni… In short, it's way more than downloads. It's an intensive multi-month process, and has accounted for hundreds of thousands of hours of training.
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At Andela, we believe that opportunity should not be limited by identity or circumstance. The situation in #Ukraine requires action. As a result, we’ve formed the @Andela Refugee Coalition to act as a central resource hub for #refugee aid.
Join us here. bit.ly/3tyvWAF
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Fun to see @Andela on the @GSVcap Pioneer 250 top Global Startups list with friends like @AltSchool @Coursera @GA a2apple.stfi.re/trailblazing…
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With just 1,373 days until Americans vote in the 2020 election, responsible thing to do is wait until then to consider any #SCOTUS nominee.
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Congrats @Spolsky, @Alexa and the @StackOverflow team! @Andela is proud to help you expand the pie :) #SOreadytohelp
Ten. Million. Questions.
Every 12 seconds, a dev helps a stranger on StackOverflow.
Are you a helper? #SOreadytohelp
stackoverflow.com/10m
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Congrats to @Andela co-founder @iaboyeji! Forbes 30 Under 30: Africa's Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs!!! onforb.es/1CxUBW8
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This made my day. So glad you got to see some of the work you and @ALAcademy + @alueducation helped inspire.
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Great piece by @jeremyphilips of @sparkcapital - lots of parallels to education and @2Uinc: mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/1… CC: @chippaucek
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Excited to speak about @Andela, distributed teams, and the future of work at #SouthSummit16 in a few minutes.
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There was a day a couple months ago when we had 20+meetups across 15+states in Nigeria with over a thousand people attending in person. That said, it doesn't change how difficult today is. If there's anything to take away: This is a market issue. The devs are awesome.
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Sun setting over the roof of Amity, @Andela's Lagos campus. Wish I was with you all right now, but I'll see you soon
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