Jeremy Johnson

Founder of Andela

Jeremy is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Andela, an African company that trains software developers. In just under 5 years, Andela has grown to nearly 2000 people and become known as the "Best Place to Work in Africa," with tech campuses in Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala, and Kigali. Andela developers work as full-time engineers with companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to high-growth startups like Gusto and Cloudflare.

Before Andela, Johnson had co-founded 2U, one of the fastest growing education technology startups. He is now the President of Strategic Initiatives at 2U. Jeremy serves on the board of the Young Entrepreneur Council and the education non-profit PENCIL and was listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2013 and 2014.

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