Africa’s booming developer ecosystem

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Research finds 716,000 developers in 16 African countries and startup funding hits $4 billion in 2021, concentrated so that over 80% of VC flows to Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya. Startups hire half of developers, remote hiring surges, web and Android development dominate, and compensation rises ~9% for mid and ~11% for senior levels. Major constraints are unreliable costly internet and insufficient training—developers request scholarships, bootcamps and local events.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:12Africas booming developer ecosystem
3. 3:33Increasing opportunity for African developers
4. 6:01Africas developer ecosystem
5. 9:10Google Developer Groups

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