Scaling AI opportunity across the globe: Learnings from GitHub and Andela
Across the globe, developer talent is abundant.
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Key Takeaways
- Major industry investment.
- But what has been historically inequitable is the access to emerging technologies, mentorship, and enablement when those technologies are reshaping the industry.
- Developers in regions like Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia can build products at scale, yet access to emerging tools and learning pathways often varies by geography and employer.
What It Means
Context
But what has been historically inequitable is the access to emerging technologies, mentorship, and enablement when those technologies are reshaping the industry. Developers in regions like Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia can build products at scale, yet access to emerging tools and learning pathways often varies by geography and employer. Andela is a global talent marketplace built on the belief that where you live should not determine your access to opportunity. Over the past two years, GitHub and Andela have been working together to expand structured AI access across Andela’s 5.5-million-member global talent network. As of now, 3,000 Andela engineers have been trained on GitHub Copilot through Andela’s AI Academy. Starting in 2024, Andela began rolling out structured AI training to selected developers across Africa and Latin America whose day-to-day work directly involved complex production systems. Instead of treating AI as a standalone experiment, the program integrated Copilot directly into day-to-day development processes—within IDE environments, pull request reviews, and active refactoring work—ensuring it was evaluated under real production constraints. To…
For builders
But what has been historically inequitable is the access to emerging technologies, mentorship, and enablement when those technologies are reshaping the industry.
For Builders
But what has been historically inequitable is the access to emerging technologies, mentorship, and enablement when those technologies are reshaping the industry.