Oredola Adeola |
Andela is leaving behind its core vision of developing talents into a full outsourcing firm to hire experienced and more senior developers for big companies. Consequently, the tech firm has laid off more than 400 engineers from its Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya hubs.
The tech incubator established in 2014 in Nigeria, used to develop programmers from all over the continent with top-notch computer-science instruction, with a vision to train 100,000 young people across Africa over the next 10 years. It has now abandoned that to focus on other profitable venture.
In a statement released to the media, Andela said, " the restructure affected approximately 250 junior engineers and staff from its Nigeria and Uganda hubs with another 170 potentially impacted in Kenya.
The tech giant incubator disclosed that its model was not sustaining as companies and organisations want more senior developers than the junior ones. It added that the company is partnering with CcHUB (Nigeria), iHub (Kenya), and Innovation Village (Uganda) to help connect impacted developers with opportunities in their local ecosystems."
Jeremy Johnson , Andela co-founder, and CEO says: “As the talent world has evolved, we have as well, and over the past few years it’s become increasingly clear that the world needs what Andela provides: high-quality engineering-as-a-service. It has also become clear, however, that the majority of the demand is for more experienced talent, and to keep up with it, we need to grow our senior talent base even faster.
Corroborating the co-founder's statement, Seni Sulyman, VP, Global Operations at Andela, in a series of tweets, said the market demand is for more experienced talent, hence, the company needs to change the mix in talent base.
The company is therefore recruiting mid and senior-level software developers while abandoning its core vision.
In a statement released to the media, Andela said, " the restructure affected approximately 250 junior engineers and staff from its Nigeria and Uganda hubs with another 170 potentially impacted in Kenya.
The tech giant incubator disclosed that its model was not sustaining as companies and organisations want more senior developers than the junior ones. It added that the company is partnering with CcHUB (Nigeria), iHub (Kenya), and Innovation Village (Uganda) to help connect impacted developers with opportunities in their local ecosystems."
Jeremy Johnson , Andela co-founder, and CEO says: “As the talent world has evolved, we have as well, and over the past few years it’s become increasingly clear that the world needs what Andela provides: high-quality engineering-as-a-service. It has also become clear, however, that the majority of the demand is for more experienced talent, and to keep up with it, we need to grow our senior talent base even faster.
Corroborating the co-founder's statement, Seni Sulyman, VP, Global Operations at Andela, in a series of tweets, said the market demand is for more experienced talent, hence, the company needs to change the mix in talent base.
The company is therefore recruiting mid and senior-level software developers while abandoning its core vision.
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