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The Challenge IN THE U.S. $ 23k average cost to hire 1 developer. 65 hours of recruiting, assessing, and interviewing per developer hire. 59 average days to hire a software developer. 89 % 89% of U.S. developer are already employed IN AUSTIN, TALENT ACQUISITION COSTS ARE RISING EVEN FASTER.

2 The Challenge IN THE U.S. $ 23k average cost to hire 1 developer. 65 hours of recruiting, assessing, and interviewing per developer hire. 59 average days to hire a software developer. 89 % 89% of U.S. developer are already employed IN AUSTIN, TALENT ACQUISITION COSTS ARE RISING EVEN FASTER. Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Oracle have moved in, offering salaries and benefits to over 8,000 employees that most companies can t compete with. Combined with a cost of living that is growing more quickly than the national average, finding top tech talent only becomes more challenging. ABOUT ANDELA Andela helps companies build high-performing, distributed engineering teams with Africa's most talented software developers. Based in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda, Andela developers work as full-time, remote engineers with leading technology firms around the world. Mbithe Nzomo D2 PYTHON DEVELOPER, NAIROBI

There s no way we would have been able to grow as aggressively or be as successful as we have been without them.

3 Partner Profile THE ZEBRA FOUNDED 2012 EMPLOYEES 200 FUNDING $ 63M LOCATION Austin, TX TECH STACK A few of The Zebra s Andela developers collaborating at Andela s tech hub in Lagos, Nigeria We [were] in the middle of the largest project we ve undertaken as a business, and we had at least four Andela Developers heavily involved in that. There s no way we would have been able to grow as aggressively or be as successful as we have been without them. Meetesh Karia CTO The Zebra Austin, TX In July of 2016, Andela partnered with The Zebra, a comprehensive car insurance comparison site to improve their mobile user experience and migrate their systems to a microservices architecture. Starting with 2 Andela developers, they ve scaled rapidly to the 13 developers today who are working as full-time team members on 5 different Zebra teams, including customer acquisition, digital marketing, data and platform.

4 Developer Profile EMMANUEL AKINYELE Javscript PREN We found out that Emmy had been working with a developer one-on-one without being asked. Seeing that we can have people who are in a remote location who we can rely on as leaders within our team has been really cool. Manijeh Noori DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING The Zebra Austin, TX Emmy was one of the first Andela developers placed with The Zebra. Through his work there, he has been promoted twice in less than 2 years. Now a Technical Team Lead on the Product Value team, he manages a team of 4 Andela developers based in Lagos. ON WORKING WITH THE ZEBRA Everyone helped get us on board - we owned our work, we understood what value we could add. ON HIS SWITCH FROM ENGINEERING TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Everyone tinkered with things and broke them. I only tinkered so I could fix them.

The Zebra + Andela 2012 The Zebra was founded in 2012 to bring clarity in black and

developers SUNDAY D1, JavaScript D2 JUN 2017 CTO and Director of Engineering visit

round 9 of The Zebra's Andela developers traveled to Austin to onboard and collaborate

JUL 2016 Andela partnership begins with 2 developers JAN 2017 Zebra adds 3 more

team Lead LADE EMMANUEL OREOLUWA D1, Javascript D2 CHUKWUERIKA D2 EMEKA, JavaScript D4

5 The Zebra + Andela 2012 The Zebra was founded in 2012 to bring clarity in black and white to the massive car insurance market ABIODUN UZO AUG-OCT 2016 Zebra adds 3 more developers SUNDAY D1, JavaScript D2 JUN 2017 CTO and Director of Engineering visit their Andela team in Lagos, Nigeria SEP 2017 The Zebra raises a $ 40 million Series B round 9 of The Zebra's Andela developers traveled to Austin to onboard and collaborate in-person TODAY The current Andela team is 13 total and growing! JUL 2016 Andela partnership begins with 2 developers JAN 2017 Zebra adds 3 more developers OCT-DEC 2017 The Zebra adds 5 more Andela developers, including a Technical team Lead LADE EMMANUEL OREOLUWA D1, Javascript D2 CHUKWUERIKA D2 EMEKA, JavaScript D4 DEJI D4, Python YINKA, Python D4 HASSAN D2, Python ALEX KIURA D2, Python PENINA D2, Python STARTING LEVEL CURRENT LEVEL

TOP RIGHT Andela Zebra developers welcome CTO Meetesh Karia and Dir.

BOTTOM RIGHT A soccer match during 9 of The Zebra's Andela

6 TOP RIGHT Andela Zebra developers welcome CTO Meetesh Karia and Dir. of Eng. Manijeh Noori to the Andela office in Lagos TOP LEFT Celebrating The Zebra's Series B fundraising at The Zebra HQ in Austin, TX BOTTOM RIGHT A soccer match during 9 of The Zebra's Andela developers trip to Austin in September BOTTOM LEFT Manijeh with Andela Zebra developers Lade and Emmy on the rooftop of Andela Lagos HQ

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41 % of engineers say their top hiring challenge is a lack of candidates. of employers report increased productivity among remote employees

THE CHALLENGE 1.4 M software jobs went unfilled 59 is the average number of days in 2016 to hire a software developer in the U.S. THE TREND 41 % of engineers say their top hiring challenge is a lack of