{"id":16330,"date":"2016-06-17T04:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T04:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=16330"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:20:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:20:46","slug":"zuckerberg-andela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/zuckerberg-andela","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s Foundation Invests Millions Of Dollars To Train African Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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GV (formerly called Google Ventures) along with Spark Capital, the Omidyar Network, and Learn Capital also invested in <span class=\"s4\">the African company<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Zuckerberg is one of the business moguls who has signed the Giving Pledge,\u00a0a campaign that encourages to contribute to philanthropic causes. When his daughter was born, he and his wife pledged to give 99% of their Facebook shares during their lives to charity in order to advance human potential and promote equality. Today, those shares are valued at approximately $46 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We live in a world where talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not,&#8221; Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. &#8220;Andela&#8217;s mission is the close that gap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16341\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/screen-shot-2016-06-17-at-12-06-54-am.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/screen-shot-2016-06-17-at-12-06-54-am.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/screen-shot-2016-06-17-at-12-06-54-am-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/screen-shot-2016-06-17-at-12-06-54-am-85x47.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/dd\/Mark_Zuckerberg_TechCrunch_2012.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Unleashing Africa&#8217;s Talent<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Founded by\u00a0Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Jeremy Johnson, Andela is an ultra-selective software developer program. The company takes advantage of today&#8217;s global economy to connect Africa&#8217;s best developers with client companies based in the United States. Some of Andela&#8217;s clients \u00a0include Microsoft, IBM, the Muse, and Udacity. Created in 2014, the company plans to expand across the continent\u00a0and train 100,000 developers in the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16340\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/cbww0wyw8aazhaq.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"719\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/cbww0wyw8aazhaq.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/cbww0wyw8aazhaq-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CbWw0wyW8AAzhaQ.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/tech-africa\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0These 10 Companies 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