NIGERIAN TECH STARTUP ANDELA SACKS 420 STAFF IN MAJOR RESTRUCTURING DRIVE

In what is seen as a major shake-up, ANDELA has sacked 420 employees in an effort to restructure the firm's talent pool in line with global market demands.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Jeremy Johnson, announced this on Tuesday.


The company said, “250 junior engineers and staff from Nigeria and Uganda hubs with another 170 potentially impacted in Kenya.”

According to the CEO, the company had provided a holistic professional and financial support package for the affected employees.

Sahara Reporters revealed that the firm was partnering CcHUB (Nigeria), iHub (Kenya), and Innovation Village (Uganda) to help connect impacted developers with opportunities as over 60 companies are looking to hire top quality junior engineering talents.

Andela said that the “impacted engineers” will have the opportunity to use their co-working spaces of the partner hubs free of charge for the next three months.

The tech company said plans to hire an additional 700 experienced engineers by the end of 2020 was intact.

Omowale David-Ashiru

Andela Nigeria Country Director, Omowale David-Ashiru, said, “We’re proud of what we have achieved at Andela in five short years; we know the impact we have made both in Nigeria and globally.

“However, we have reached an inflection point that has required a change in strategy, which is why we are announcing these changes to our talent strategy.

“Our immediate focus is on providing practical support to those employees who are impacted by the restructure, and we will provide them with the resources they need to succeed in their next steps.”