Africa's Tech Future, Today.
Victoria Abiodun transitioned from studying anatomy to building Web3 startups and developer communities across Africa. Driven by curiosity during the pandemic lockdowns, she taught herself blockchain concepts, co-founded a Web3 gaming platform, and is now authoring a book to simplify decentralized technology.
AltSchool Africa CEO Adewale Yusuf is stepping down and co-founder Akintunde Sultan takes over as the edtech pivots to licensed degrees and an edX-style model.
Former healthcare worker Betelhem Abebe transitioned from nursing to software development to build solutions for Ethiopia's health system. Her career shift highlights the growing trend of domain experts learning software development to address sectoral challenges.
Former University of Lagos students Dare Adeola and Olamide Onigbanjo built UniBeta AI to help students navigate complex academic syllabi. By leveraging artificial intelligence to process past questions and university course materials, the edtech startup offers personalized study paths for tertiary education.
Engineers at Microsoft's Africa Development Centre in Nairobi were told on 12 October that their roles are going. Microsoft calls it a "proposed" change and says it will keep staff in Kenya, but has not said how many jobs are affected.
As generative artificial intelligence tools lower software development costs, African venture capitalists are shifting their evaluation criteria. Investors now prioritize proprietary datasets, local market defensibility, and clear execution capabilities over easily replicable code.
Foreign employers paying foreign salaries have been transformative for individual engineers and difficult for the companies trying to hire at home.
Meet-ups, user groups and unpaid volunteer organisers have done more for engineering capacity on the continent than most funded programmes.
For engineers without a recognisable employer on their CV, public work is the most reliable way to be judged on what they can actually do.
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