Microsoft closes the engineering section of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, two years after its opening, reportedly impacting 100+ engineers
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A look at startup culture wars happening around Coinbase, Expensify, and others as they become embroiled in a debate over the role of politics in the workplace
Coinbase, Expensify, Soylent, Clubhouse and others are embroiled in a culture war over politics and the workplace. Tweets: @belril , @nathanielpopper , @nicoleperlroth , @nytmedia , @oduneweniyi , @el...
Google to increase its workforce in Canada from 1,500 to 5,000 by 2022, as it expands hiring at its Stadia gaming studio in Montreal and other offices
Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @turnbullwhitby , @ellemen12027885 , @carnage4life , @one_two_sree , and @saraheneedleman Tweets: Ryan Turnbull / @turnbullwhitby : The Canadian economy co...
How a teenage developer from Nigeria learned to code on a Nokia feature phone and ended up at an MIT-backed startup that makes online education more accessible
How a teenage developer from Nigeria learned to code on a Nokia feature phone and ended up at an MIT-backed startup that makes online education more accessible
Elvis Chidera is a developer at dot Learn in Lagos, a startup which builds educational apps for students in emerging markets. Tweets: @cnnafrica Tweets: CNN Africa / @cnnafrica : Elvis Chidera's story...
Zuckerberg-backed Andela raises $40M to train African software developers and connect them with US tech firms
When Tolulope Komolafe first heard the pitch, she was skeptical. A fledgling company in Lagos, Nigeria, would pay her to learn how to write modern computer code and then offer her a good job in the h...