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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

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But since the unicorn changed its business model to a pure marketplace focusing on senior developers, other platforms such as AltSchool Africa are trying to fill one of the gaps it left: training people to become junior to mid-level engineers. Andela has been pivotal to placing the continent’s tech talent globally.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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We radically transformed the way that we did our business, and designed a process through which the refugees themselves would get all of that experience. He was actually on a business trip, on his bike, to Uganda. He was the first person that we sponsored to our High School Education Program, and he was able to complete his education.

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Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans, H-1B alternatives

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She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. We sponsored several people in this year’s lottery. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” due to Omicron.