Andela Blog

Interesting article.
If we take it as a given that software programming talent (main requirement for success of fourth industrial revolution - also an assumption) is mainly genetic or some other inherent aptitude that is spread globally, then the number of African software engineers is vastly underrepresented in Silicon Valley or really anywhere.
That's the set of assumptions that drives these guys: https://andela.com/ They allow tech companies to outsource programming work to best of the best of Africa just like India before and Eastern Europe now.
Maybe they, and companies that believe in the same thesis, can add to solutions that overcome the lack of hardware problem. MITs $100 laptop challenge doesn't seem to have done the job.

Chirau, our goal is to build more computer labs in more than just Kenya. Kenya was easiest for me because I already had a school there to do the pilot program. As you know with Africa, every country is a whole new market place with its own set of challenges. I will let you when we expand to more countries, it will probably be Ethiopia or Tanzania next. In the meanwhile, if you are looking at a similar projects in other countries, here are a few https://www.iamthecode.org, http://www.gebeya.com/: Ethiopian, https://andela.com/, https://worldcomputerexchange.org/, https://thisisafrica.me/born-to-code-rwanda-launches-first-coding-academy.

Apeel Sciences: https://apeelsciences.com/
I don't work for this company or have any affiliation but they are up to some really cool stuff in the food space. They develop a plant based coating for fresh produce that keeps it fresh for longer minimizing food waste and making produce easier and safer to distribute.

https://andela.com/ is another company that is really awesome and doing some cool stuff with helping make technology jobs more accessible to people all over Africa.