MUGOYA DIHFAHSIH

Andela has decided to lay off over 400 junior software developers in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria as the company makes big changes from within –in a new strategic move. The technology outsourcing company first launched in Nigeria over five years ago, its business model was to–train local new-level developers to be able to compete on a global market. The company there after gives the developers four-year contracts and earn revenue by outsourcing these developers skills to their partners, mainly in the US who mainly those who are budget conscious and want great skill at a low cost. Today, Andela is the most elite engineering organization in Africa, representing over 1500 engineers and working with more than 200 of the world’s most respected technology companies.  The tech based company has now made some changes to its model of business and will immediate effect no longer train jr developer in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda—three of its four African campuses. By extension, Andela i...

4 Ugandan startups shortlisted to at Africa Moves Summit 2019 Any person in the startup ecosystem looking for seed funding to scale their ideas knows the struggles and pain that comes with pitching to investors and getting the necessary deal for their business.  Africa Moves  Summit is an event for the development of Africa and dedicated to tech and innovation giving startups a chance to pitch to a global audience and raise investments to help change the dynamics of raising startup funds. They recently have announced a list of 100 startups across Africa that will be able to pitch to VCs and over 8,000 industry-leaders, investors and other tech lovers from around the world to help build meaningful connections around their ideas and products. The event is scheduled to start next week on Monday, June 17 to Friday 21st June 2019 in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The selection was carefully made from a pool of over 1,000 applications by a jury of more than 24 experts f...