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The future is Africa: African developers are building for the world

on YouTube 15m
Talkat Google I/O 2021 · 2021-05-18..05-20· [career-development, diversity-and-inclusion]

speakers

name:Andy Volk
website:https://andyvolk.com/
name:John Kimani
website:https://github.com/kimani139/kimani139.github.io

resources

video:https://youtu.be/N9Kj1_nvQOg
slides:none on file

summary

Research claims 700,000 developers across Africa with most aged 18–34, concentrated with over half in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa; tech hubs double to ~600 since 2016 and venture funding spikes produce unicorns like Flutterwave ($170M round). Accenture mapping and an IFC/Google report project the internet economy to $180B by 2025 and $700B by 2050. Concrete programs include a 100,000 developers Google training pledge, local accelerators, Android and cloud certifications, and startups such as Pineapple using mobile peer‑to‑peer insurance models that are already live.

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chapters (6)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 8:372 Increase in venture funding for African startups
  3. 10:573 Rising number of developer training programs and resources
  4. 11:1367% of developers in Africa use informal education channels.
  5. 13:29Tech hubs 2 Venture funding
  6. 13:39The future is Africa

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