$1.5bn Andela turns into West Africa’s third unicorn this 12 months

 $1.5bn Andela turns into West Africa’s third unicorn this 12 months

Tech agency Andela, which matches software program builders from Africa and different rising markets with world shoppers, has gained unicorn standing after elevating $200m in a Sequence E funding spherical led by Japan’s Softbank Group.

With a $1.5bn valuation, the Nigerian startup joins Senegal’s Wave and Nigeria/US-based Flutterwave because the West African unicorns of 2021.

The newest funding permits the corporate to take a position additional in its AI software program which the corporate says makes hiring faster and simpler by offering hundreds of thousands of knowledge factors to information corporations on the place a person could be most profitable.

5 years from now it will likely be simpler to push a button and have expertise available to you than it will likely be to exit and attempt to recruit domestically,” Andela’s CEO and co-founder Jeremy Johnson advised CNBC Africa.

“That’s what it’s finally about, discovering the suitable match between expertise and an organization. And if you are able to do that on a world scale you may dramatically enhance entry to alternative, but additionally expertise. And that’s what the world must carry us all collectively.”

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