This marketplace will establish an equitable platform for tech talents worldwide, eliminating disparities between African tech talents and their global counterparts. It opens doors for African youth who often face limited opportunities within the continent.

Andela, the world's largest private marketplace for technical talent, announced the Andela Talent Cloud in a press release issued on October 16. The Talent Cloud is an all-in-one platform connecting global technologists with companies in need of expertise.

Driven by AI, it offers IT executives a transparent view of talent profiles and skills, facilitating informed hiring decisions.

Jeremy Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Andela highlights the competitive edge of global, remote tech talent for leading organizations, making Andela a swift solution for team expansion and project acceleration.

Unlike traditional hiring, the Andela Talent Cloud provides clients with speed, flexibility, performance, and trust. IT organizations can scale their workforce with ease, streamlining the hiring process, reducing time to as little as 48 hours, and achieving cost savings of 30% to 50%.

Ikechi Okoronkwo, Global Executive Director, Advanced Analytics at Mindshare, also emphasized the importance of the talent cloud. “Our global client footprint requires us to deliver to anywhere from anywhere. To accomplish this, we need a balanced global talent strategy,” he said.

Andela boasts a 96% talent match success rate and speeds hiring by up to 70% compared to traditional methods, with expectations of further improvement as the platform expands.

Hikmatu Bilali