Business Chief US+CAN Magazine February 2021 | Page 85

06 Andela

CEO : Jeremy Johnson

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Co-founded in 2014 by Jeremy Johnson , Andela is an engineeringas-a-service company that helps its customers to build remote teams quickly and cost-effectively . Headquartered in New York , Andela is backed by multiple investors , including Spark Capital , Generation Investment Management , Serena Ventures , Chan Zuckerberg Education , and Omidyar Network , with its engineers working from Nigeria , Kenya , Uganda , Rwanda , Egypt and Ghana . Andela ’ s mission is to solve the global tech talent shortage . “ Doing remote well is hard . We ’ ve helped hundreds of companies build and manage high performing teams ,” states Andela .
FOUNDED :

2014

EQUITY RAISED : US $ 181mn businesschief . com