Andela
Andela is a global tech talent platform that connects companies with engineers in emerging markets. It has placed professionals across six continents and raised $381M, including a Series E in 2021.
The growth story
Andela grew from 1,275 to 1,291 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $381M along the way, most recently a Series E in September 2021.
About
Andela operates a marketplace where companies like InVision and Cloudflare hire remote engineers, primarily from emerging markets. It focuses on cost-effective scaling for clients while providing opportunities for underrepresented tech talent.
The company has grown to 1,291 employees and counts major investors like SoftBank and Google Ventures. Its 2021 Series E suggests continued expansion despite no recent headcount growth data.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Andela's largest function with 312 employees. The company maintains a distributed workforce across six continents, reflecting its global talent sourcing model.
The Andela org chart
Carrol Chang (Chief Executive Officer) leads 60 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 646 (-2% YoY), Information Technology 101 (+9% YoY), Operations 58 (-6% YoY), Arts and Design 44 (-17% YoY), Sales 42 (+56% YoY), Business Development 41 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Andela recruits heavily from Vodafone (12 hires) and Microsoft (11), while its alumni often move to Microsoft (15) and Safaricom (9). Many employees come from African universities like Nairobi and Lagos.
Most common previous employers of Andela staff: Vodafone (12), Microsoft (11), Upwork (8), HP (8), Accenture (6), Access Bank (6). Former Andela employees most often moved to Microsoft (15), Safaricom (9), Google (7), Delivery Hero (4), Interswitch (4), Yassir (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Andela mafia
Andela alumni have founded 97 companies including Proof (255 staff) and Eden Life (72 staff), showing strong entrepreneurial output from former employees.
99Mo' Ekujumi, was Project Manager until 2015Victor Alade, was Senior Software Engineer until 2019Nadayar Enegesi, was Co-founder & Director, Launchpad until 2019Silm Momoh, was Senior Product Designer until 2019Scott Taylor, was Director of Sales until 2017
William U. Imoh, was Talent Partnerships Associate until 2019
Martin Karori, was Director of Operations until 2018
Seyi Fakoya, was Engineering Manager until 2020
Seni Sulyman, was Strategic Advisor until 2021
Mick Hagen, was Seed Investor until 2014
Sachin Bhagwat, was Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) until 2023
Paul Pavlović, was Enterprise Sales Partnerships - Qualified.io & AndelaPay [SaaS] until 2025
Theodore Okafor, was Associate Software Engineer until 2020
Tosin Okojie, was Global VP of Finance until 2022
Oluwagbenga Osowe, was Operations Manager until 2019
Derek Handley, was Advisor until 2018
Simon V. Maier, was BD & Strategy Lead (EiR) until 2020
Tony Capasso, was Chief Business Officer until 2024
Ngibuini Gibbs Mwaura, was Senior Program Manager until 2020
Sabba Nazhand, was Director of Sales until 2019
Mehar Ahmad, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022
Damilola Oba Adesanya, was Mentor - ALC x Microsoft 4Afrika Skillslab (Andela & Microsoft) until 2021
Cedrick Mupenzi, was Full-stack software engineer Apprentice until 2021
Elohor Thomas, was Technical Skills Lead until 2017
Jade Batstone, was Head of Marketplace Strategy & Development until 2024
Kiarash Amalivand, was Product Designer until 2022
Enaho Murphy, was Technical Team Lead until 2018
Lemuel Abishua, was Product Manager until 2023
Waleola Akinsanmi, was Software Developer / Support Engineer until 2018
Christabel Ojuok, MISK, was Facilities Associate until 2018
Nengo Ally, was Software Engineer in Andela Technical and Leadership Program (ATLP) until 2021
Emmanuel Fadare, was Senior Product Designer until 2023
Lena Spasovski, was Director of Strategy and Operations (Match funnel) until 2023
Emeka Ehinze, was Community Mentor ALC until 2018
Oladayo Oyelade, was Software Engineer at Andela until 2016
Oluwaseyi Francis Ayodele, was Developer Program Assistant | Google Africa Developer Scholarship Program #GADS2022 until 2022
Carlos Carrascal, was Director, Marketing & Product Growth until 2023
Wambui Kinya, was Vice President, Partner Engineering until 2021
Alvaro Oliveira, was Chief Talent Officer & SVP of Engineering until 2025
Ashraf Salama, was People Operations & systems Manager - Global until 2024
Abdullah Medhat, was Software Engineer until 2023
Dennis Machu PMP®, was Technical Delivery Manager until 2021
Michael Ngiri, was Lead Learning community Facilitator until 2020
Mariana Mavila, was Vice President Talent Marketplace until 2023
Matias Maccaglia, was Talent Matching Manager - Enterprise Client Services until 2025
Hossam Eldin Mahmoud, was Senior Mobile Software Engineer until 2025
Sophie Okonkwo, was Lead Engineering Recruiter until 2020
Rachael Onoja, was Regional Program Assistant until 2020
Olotin Temitope, was Senior Software Engineer until 2025
James T. Oyanna, was Software Developer until 2017
Eslam Shaker, was Senior ios developer until 2023
Ibrahim Ali, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021
Abdelraouf Sabri, was Android Mentor until 2022
Reuben Frimpong, was Android Developer until 2019
Adebayo Oluwaseun, was Ambassador until 2022
Moses Kihumba, was Program Lead – Engineering Experience until 2020
Samuel Prince Nwafor, FCCA, was Senior Manager, FP&A - Strategic Finance until 2022
FRANKLIN H., was Junior Full-stack Engineer until 2020
Merary S., was Vice President, People (Global Head of HR) until 2018
Malik Shaffy Lizinde, was Head Of Operations until 2020
Simon Peter D., was Senior Software Engineer until 2019
Japheth Obala, was Software Engineer until 2018
Samuel Udeh, was Google Africa Developer Scholarship - Google Cloud Platform until 2023
Collins Akaniru, was Senior Product Designer until 2023
Mohamed ElBahrawy, was Principal Software Engineer until 2019
Jack DeSantis, was Manager, Sales Development until 2021
Mohammed Abdelaty, was Senior Software Engineer - iOS until 2021
SENGA KABARE, was Software Engineer Intern until 2024
Tayyab Shahid, was Full Stack Engineer until 2023
Scott Businge, was DevOps Software Engineer until 2019
Iradukunda Allelua Fiacre, was Full Stack Engineer until 2020
StellaMaris Njage, was Ruby on Rails Engineer until 2023
Nicolas EMANE, was Marketing and Communications Coordinator until 2020
Ayoola A., was Principal Engineer until 2020
Lina Gharbi, was Associate Software Engineer #GADS2021 until 2021
Fayokemi Hunja, was Software Engineer until 2022
Bonvic Bundi, was Associate Software Engineer until 2020
Gbolahan A., was Partner Engineering Manager until 2021
Emmanuel Akita, was Software Engineer until 2023
Rukayat Dada, was Software Engineer until 2023
Peter K., was Snr Manager, Programs and Operations until 2020
Moki Daniel Mathuva, was Mentor - Google Africa Developer Schorlaship (HTML5, CSS 3, JavaScript, Bootstrap, react) until 2021
Olaniyi Ajayi, was Software Engineer until 2023
Eliutherius Juma, was Andela Trainee until 2019
Claudio Correa, was Senior Product Marketing Manager until 2024
Mohammed ElSayed, was Growth Marketing Manager - Middle East and Africa until 2022
Bolaji Olajide, was Senior Software Developer until 2021
Yazid Lawal Ahmed, was Learning Community Ambassador until 2024
George Githuma Njogu, was Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS) 2021 Mentor until 2022
Curtis Michael Faith, was CTO until 2014
Joshua Mwaniki, was Country Director until 2019Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 49% direct, 20% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Andela: JavaScript (442), Python (Programming Language) (343), SQL (340), PostgreSQL (313), Software Development (306), HTML (295), React.js (295), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (294).
Where the team actually sits
Andela people are concentrated in Lagos State, Nigeria (61), Nigeria (53), Nairobi County, Kenya (49), Kenya (31).
Search footprint
Andela attracts about 1,454 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $5K a month if bought through ads. It gained 48 ranking keywords and lost 27 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
Andela has 1,291 employees as of September 2026.
Andela has raised $381M in total, most recently a Series E round in September 2021.
Carrol Chang (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Andela's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Andela staff are Vodafone (12 people), Microsoft (11 people), Upwork (8 people).
Former Andela employees most often move to Microsoft (15), Safaricom (9), Google (7).
At least 97 companies have a founder who previously worked at Andela, including Proof, SkillHat, Raenest Business.
Andela attracts about 1,454 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $5K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Andela staff are JavaScript, Python (Programming Language), SQL, PostgreSQL, Software Development.
Andela staff are concentrated in Lagos State, Nigeria (61), Nigeria (53), Nairobi County, Kenya (49).
Andela has about 646 people in Engineering, down 2% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Andela has about 101 people in Information Technology, up 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 557 current and 968 former Andela profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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