Open source software development is booming in Nigeria
She Code Africa meetup Nigeria had the highest percentage growth of open source contributors in 2020, according to GitHub. Successful Nigerian startups like Flutterwave and Paystack (acquired by Stripe) are encouraging young people to pursue careers in tech. The demand for tech is growing, developer communities are emerging, and companies like Facebook are investing heavily in the region. When Nigerian developer Gift Egwuenu first started learning computer science as a student in 2012, she felt isolated: She was learning on her own most of the time, she told In...
Source: businessinsider.com