This archive report was first published on 8 July 2019.
Published on July 8, 2019, Gebeya, an Ethiopian ICT talent center, is set to launch in Senegal and expand across Francophone Africa, a region that has remained largely untapped for Africa's tech talent development.
According to CEO and co-founder Amadou Daffe, Senegal offers an ideal landscape for tech companies, with numerous hubs dedicated to tech advancements and a population predominantly under the age of 25, signifying energy and capacity to thrive in the economy.
Gebeya trains, hires, and cultivates top African software engineers in fields such as AI, AgriTech, Blockchain, FinTech, Internet of Things, Media Production, Telecom, and Gaming.
The firm provides specialized industry-specific training in software engineering, design, and digital skills, as well as supporting the vision and potential of Africans. Upon completion of the training program, Gebeya sets its trainees up on its Marketplace section to match them with jobs from clients across the globe, similar to Andela and Moringa School in Nigeria and Kenya.
Following its fourth graduation class in May, Gebeya launched Blockchain technology courses in Senegal in partnership with the Swedish Initiative United in Tech (UNITECH). Senegal was the first location for Coders4Africa (C4A), which Daffe co-founded, and he has high hopes for its impact.
“The focus of Gebeya is the untapped tech potential of the African continent. Our mission is to make Africa the biggest IT outsourcing Hub in the world. We aim to achieve this by combining a practical training model to prepare the next generation of talented African Software Developers for continental and global job opportunities as well as entrepreneurship to support a growing African tech startups ecosystem,” said the firm.
