"Brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not"

With guests
Koffi Kelvin, Nicola Lyons

Episode notes

This week on the Limitless Africa podcast, we look at something young Africans care about: work! How work is changing, how you can get hired, how you can upskill, and what kind of work is out there - in fact these days more and more jobs can be done remotely, parrticularly in tech. For us, for young Africans, this shift matters. It allows talent from Lagos to Nairobi and Johannesburg (that’s me!) to work for companies based in California or New York or wherever really without leaving home. Andela is an American company doing just that - it’s a talent marketplace that trains and connects technologists from the continent and other emerging markets with leading companies around the world. It means American tech companies are getting high quality tech talent and Africans are sharing in the prosperity of Silicon Valley. We speak to Koffi Kelvin, who trained with Andela, and Nicola Lyons, the company’s talent lead.

Transcript

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:28 The Andela mission
6:20 Why character matters more than skills
10:14 The importance of AI skills
14:15 Working remote
17:59 Are Africans cheap labour?
23:03 How to stand apart

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:
“I’m able to be present in the lives of the people who matter to me”
“Price isn’t really what Andela competes on with our global North American clients. It’s the skills.”
“I feel like it’s a huge plus fo...

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