Andela, cofounded by iyinoluwa aboyeji and run in nigeria by seni sulyman, is a rigorous training program that teaches coders and engineers with the goal of creating no less than a continent-wide ecosystem of high value software developers. shalom: my mom has like a mobile shop, something like what s in computer village. that s where i grew up, like, she would sell mobile phones and they d fix it there, and she just used to run that. blessing: i came looking for a job, but the jobs i got, i said, no, i don t want to be a salesperson, i don t want to be a secretary. so that s why i got into programming. anthony:shalom and blessing are trainees in the program, people who will someday rewrite the way africa works. seni: as you can see, there are a lot of issues in nigeria today. the average nigerian is struggling for just food, water, clothing, shelter. we all believe that this will