{"id":37910,"date":"2018-07-25T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-company-to-establish-pan-african-tech-hub-in\/"},"modified":"2018-07-27T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T12:20:25","slug":"us-company-to-establish-pan-african-tech-hub-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-company-to-establish-pan-african-tech-hub-in\/","title":{"rendered":"US company to establish pan-African tech hub in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the partnership with RDB, Andela will support the country\u2019s ICT goals by supporting the development of Rwandan and other talents from across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>According to Andela co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Johnson, Kigali was chosen as Andela\u2019s first Pan-African hub due to its strong existing infrastructure, technological excellence and ease of access for developers across the continent.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur partnership with the Government of Rwanda is a new model for Andela, and we are thrilled to have found a partner whose mission is so closely aligned with our own; to grow and sustain a Pan-African elite tech workforce. In Kigali, we have found a location that makes travel to-and-from other African countries seamless and also has the modern and connected infrastructure we require to collaborate with a global workforce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, RDB Chief Executive Officer, Clare Akamanzi, noted that Andela has an important role to play in ensuring that Rwanda\u2019s ICT goals are met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to partner with Andela to build the next generation of technology leaders who will lead innovation in Kigali and beyond. Through partnerships, such as the one we are announcing today, we are accelerating Kigali\u2019s growth as a global technology hub while also advancing skills development and employment opportunities for young, talented Africans\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to RDB, applications to the hub will be open to candidates from any African country looking to jumpstart a global career in software development.<\/p>\n<p>Andela will open applications for the first developer cohort in August 2018 and open its Kigali tech campus in December 2018.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26368 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amasezerano_yasinywe_azatuma_abanyarwanda_500_bahugurwa_mu_gukora_software-127d0.jpg\" alt=\"ICT Minister Jean de Dieu Rurangirwa, Andela co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Johnson and RDB CEO, Clare Akamanzi at the signing event\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of ICT and Rwanda Development Board (RDB) yesterday signed a partnership agreement with Andela,  an American company that specializes in training software developers, to establish the company\u2019s pan-African tech hub in Kigali. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37910"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37910"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}