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Re:Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech st... by mekicha on Friday May 12, 2017 @07:45AM (#14323101)
Nigerian techies are making great strides in the sector, overcoming challenges the environment and the system poses on them to shine among their peers. Great efforts have been made in the ecommerce and fintech sectors, but I will also like to mention Andela(https://andela.com/what-we-do/) which is doing a great job training and exposing African tech talents to the outside world. There are other platforms of that nature now, springing up across the nation.
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Re:Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech st... by Lordarminius on Friday May 12, 2017 @11:10AM (#14324637)
I'll be contentious here.

Andela's business model is to scout for young talent and train them as developers. They rent them out to companies in the developed world essentially exploiting the gap in wages that exists between the West and Africa. Not bad in the sense that it gives young people a job and exposure, but hardly an innovative idea and not a startup if you go by the common understanding of the term .

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