Tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc, t\u00f4i c\u00f3 cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i v\u1edbi Jeremy Burton, ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed c\u1ea5p cao c\u1ee7a m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti l\u1edbn \u1edf New York. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y n\u00f3i: “Trong nhi\u1ec1u n\u0103m ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 kho\u00e1n ngo\u00e0i ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m cho \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 v\u00e0 Trung Qu\u1ed1c, nh\u01b0ng b\u00e2y gi\u1edd ch\u00fang t\u00f4i t\u00ecm th\u1ea5y ch\u1ed7 t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n: ch\u00e2u Phi.”<\/p>\n
T\u00f4i ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean: “T\u1ea1i sao l\u1ea1i ch\u00e2u Phi? T\u00f4i c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 tr\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ee3i ho\u1eb7c \u0110\u00f4ng \u00c2u ho\u1eb7c \u0110\u00f4ng Nam \u00c1 l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u1ebfn ti\u1ebfp nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 ch\u00e2u Phi.”<\/p>\n
\u00d4ng \u1ea5y gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch: “Ng\u00e0y nay \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 \u0111ang tr\u1edf n\u00ean \u0111\u1eaft h\u01a1n, v\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n Trung Qu\u1ed1c v\u1eabn c\u00f2n c\u00f3 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 v\u1edbi ti\u1ebfng Anh. Ch\u00e2u Phi c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u00f4ng minh, nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00f3i ti\u1ebfng Anh t\u1ed1t, nh\u01b0ng h\u1ecd thi\u1ebfu \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o v\u00e0 c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i v\u00ec kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t \u1edf \u0111\u00f3. Ba n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc (2014), \u0111\u00e3 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p t\u00ean l\u00e0 Andela t\u1edbi v\u1edbi \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng v\u1ec1 cung c\u1ea5p ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m cho M\u0129 v\u00e0 c\u00e1c n\u01b0\u1edbc ch\u00e2u \u00c2u. C\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y g\u1ed3m s\u00e1u sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc \u0111\u00e3 b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o tr\u1ef1c tuy\u1ebfn v\u1ec1 c\u00e1c k\u0129 n\u0103ng \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t m\u00e0 c\u00e1c c\u00f4ng ti M\u0129 v\u00e0 ch\u00e2u \u00c2u c\u1ea7n t\u1edbi nh\u01b0 Java, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, v.v. \u0110\u1ec3 chu\u1ea9n b\u1ecb cho nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n n\u00e0y th\u1ef1c hi\u1ec7n t\u1ed1t, h\u1ecd \u0111\u01b0a nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00e0y v\u00e0o m\u00f4i tr\u01b0\u1eddng th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c “m\u00f4 ph\u1ecfng” k\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m trong th\u1eddi k\u00ec ba th\u00e1ng, n\u01a1i nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi n\u00e0y l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c trong m\u1ed9t d\u1ef1 \u00e1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed b\u1edfi nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed c\u1ee7a Andela \u1edf c\u00e1c th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 kh\u00e1c nhau v\u00e0 m\u00fai th\u1eddi gian kh\u00e1c nhau, \u0111\u1ec3 cho h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 quen thu\u1ed9c v\u1edbi c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m kho\u00e1n ngo\u00e0i. Ch\u1ec9 nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n qua \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o nghi\u00eam ng\u1eb7t m\u1edbi c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c thu\u00ea l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. V\u00ec \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o n\u00e0y d\u1ef1a tr\u00ean nhu c\u1ea7u c\u1ee7a kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd \u1edf M\u0129 v\u00e0 ch\u00e2u \u00c2u, c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 gi\u00fap gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft vi\u1ec7c thi\u1ebfu h\u1ee5t k\u0129 n\u0103ng hi\u1ec7n th\u1eddi. Sau khi t\u00f4i nghe n\u00f3i v\u1ec1 h\u1ecd, t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 t\u1edbi th\u0103m \u0111\u1ec3 ki\u1ec3m \u0111i\u1ec3m vi\u1ec7c \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd, v\u00e0 t\u00f4i b\u1ecb \u1ea5n t\u01b0\u1ee3ng. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd t\u00f4i kho\u00e1n ngo\u00e0i c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m cho Andela \u1edf Lagos, ch\u00e2u Phi.”<\/p>\n
T\u00f4i h\u1ecfi: “\u0110i\u1ec1u h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m l\u00e0 t\u01b0\u01a1ng t\u1ef1 v\u1edbi \u0111i\u1ec1u c\u00e1c c\u00f4ng ti \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m cho n\u00ean c\u00e1i g\u00ec ph\u00e2n bi\u1ec7t h\u1ecd v\u1edbi c\u00e1c c\u00f4ng ti kho\u00e1n ngo\u00e0i \u1edf \u0110\u00f4ng \u00c2u hay \u0110\u00f4ng Nam \u00c1?”<\/p>\n
Jeremy gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch: “Nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng ti \u1ea4n \u0111\u1ed9 \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t l\u00fac b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u, nh\u01b0ng qua th\u1eddi gian, ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd s\u00fat gi\u1ea3m khi h\u1ecd t\u0103ng tr\u01b0\u1edfng l\u1edbn v\u00e0 gi\u00e1 c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd c\u1ee9 t\u0103ng l\u00ean m\u1ecdi n\u0103m. C\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p ch\u00e2u Phi n\u00e0y hi\u1ec3u v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng v\u00e0 gi\u00e1 c\u1ea3. H\u1ecd l\u1ef1a ch\u1ecdn nh\u1eefng t\u00e0i n\u0103ng h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u t\u1eeb nhi\u1ec1u \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc kh\u1eafp ch\u00e2u Phi v\u00e0 \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o k\u0129 nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1eafc r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u00edch h\u1ee3p v\u00e0o trong t\u1ed5 \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c cho kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng. C\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o ng\u01b0\u1eddi theo t\u1eebng c\u00e1 nh\u00e2n m\u00e0 c\u1ea3 ngh\u00ecn thanh ni\u00ean kh\u1eafp ch\u00e2u Phi \u0111\u00e3 d\u00f9ng vi\u1ec7c h\u1ecdc tr\u1ef1c tuy\u1ebfn \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh m\u00e1y t\u00ednh. Sau khi qua \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c c\u00e1c m\u00f4n h\u1ecdc tr\u1ef1c tuy\u1ebfn n\u00e0y, h\u1ecd xin vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ea1i Adela v\u00e0 ch\u1ec9 v\u00e0i ng\u01b0\u1eddi ch\u1ee9ng t\u1ecf k\u0129 n\u0103ng \u0111\u00fang m\u1edbi \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u1ea5p nh\u1eadn. Ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u1ea3n l\u00ed c\u1ee7a Andela b\u1ea3o t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u00e0o t\u1ea1o x\u1ea5p x\u1ec9 ba m\u01b0\u01a1i ngh\u00ecn ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m, nh\u01b0ng m\u1ee5c \u0111\u00edch c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd l\u00e0 ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n 100,000 ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m cho ch\u00e2u Phi t\u1edbi n\u0103m 2020. \u0110\u00e2y l\u00e0 c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p l\u1edbn d\u00e0nh cho thanh ni\u00ean mu\u1ed1n h\u1ecdc l\u1eadp tr\u00ecnh c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m t\u1ed1t. Ng\u00e0y nay Andela c\u00f3 tr\u00ean m\u1ed9t tr\u0103m kh\u00e1ch h\u00e0ng, ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn t\u1eeb M\u0129 nh\u01b0 Viacom, Mastercard, v\u00e0 SeatGeek c\u0169ng nh\u01b0 nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng l\u1edbn \u1edf c\u00e1c n\u01b0\u1edbc kh\u00e1c.”<\/p>\n
T\u00f4i h\u1ecfi: “Andela c\u00f3 v\u1eabn l\u00e0 c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p kh\u00f4ng? H\u1ecd b\u00e2y gi\u1edd l\u00e0m \u0103n t\u1ed1t ra sao?”<\/p>\n
Jeremy c\u01b0\u1eddi: “C\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ea5p d\u1eabn m\u1ed9t nh\u00f3m nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 h\u00e0ng \u0111\u1ea7u th\u1ea5y doanh nghi\u1ec7p c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd l\u00e0 h\u1ea5p d\u1eabn. Cho n\u00ean Google Ventures v\u00e0 Spark Capital \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 tr\u00ean $80 tri\u1ec7u \u0111\u00f4 la cho c\u00f4ng ti c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd. Nh\u01b0ng h\u01a1n c\u1ea3 \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3, Andela c\u0169ng \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u1ea7u t\u01b0 v\u00e0 h\u1ed7 tr\u1ee3 t\u1eeb The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c m\u00e0 \u00f4ng Zuckerberg v\u00e0 v\u1ee3 \u00f4ng \u1ea5y, Priscilla Chan \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ea1o ra. \u00d4ng Zuckerberg \u0111\u00e3 t\u1edbi th\u0103m v\u0103n ph\u00f2ng c\u1ee7a Andela v\u00e0 b\u1ea3o h\u1ecd, “C\u00e1c anh l\u00e0 m\u1ecdi ph\u1ea7n c\u1ee7a c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 m\u00e0 th\u1ef1c s\u1ef1 quan tr\u1ecdng ng\u00e0y nay.”<\/p>\n
V\u1edbi thi\u1ebfu h\u1ee5t k\u0129 n\u0103ng hi\u1ec7n v\u00e0 s\u1ee9c \u00e9p gi\u1ea3m chi ph\u00ed, nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng ti M\u0129 \u0111ang chuy\u1ec3n c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c kho\u00e1n ngo\u00e0i t\u1eeb \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 v\u00e0 Trung Qu\u1ed1c sang ch\u00e2u Phi. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd l\u1ee5c \u0111\u1ecba n\u00e0y l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1edbi cho c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c ph\u1ea7n m\u1ec1m. T\u00f4i mong \u0111\u1ee3i c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 t\u0103ng tr\u01b0\u1edfng l\u1edbn h\u01a1n v\u00e0 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh m\u00f4 h\u00ecnh cho nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p \u0111i theo. Th\u00e1ch th\u1ee9c c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd b\u00e2y gi\u1edd l\u00e0 l\u00e0m sao t\u0103ng qui m\u00f4 \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u00e1p \u1ee9ng cho \u0111\u00f2i h\u1ecfi c\u1ee7a nhu c\u1ea7u to\u00e0n c\u1ea7u n\u00e0y. Cho t\u1edbi gi\u1edd, c\u00f4ng ti kh\u1edfi nghi\u1ec7p n\u00e0y \u0111\u00e3 ho\u1ea1t \u0111\u1ed9ng t\u1ed1t, nh\u01b0ng li\u1ec7u n\u00f3 c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c t\u0103ng tr\u01b0\u1edfng v\u00e0 c\u00f3 kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng gi\u1eef d\u1ecbch v\u1ee5 ch\u1ea5t l\u01b0\u1ee3ng cao c\u1ee7a n\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c kh\u00f4ng?<\/p>\n
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—English version—<\/p>\n
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A successful Startup in Africa<\/p>\n
Last week, I had a conversation with Jeremy Burton, a senior manager of a large company in New York. He said: “For many years we outsourced software development to India and China, but now we found a better place: Africa.”<\/p>\n
I was surprised: “Why Africa? I could expect either Eastern Europe or South East Asia as the next destination but never think of Africa.”<\/p>\n
He explained: “Today India is getting more expensive, and Chinese developers are still having a problem with the English language. Africa\u00a0 has a lot of smart people, many speak English well, but they lack the training and opportunity because there were not many good jobs there. Three years ago (2014), there was a startup named Andela who came up with an idea about providing software developers to the U.S. and European countries. This startup of six college students started an online training on specific skills that were needed by U.S. and European companies such as Java, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, etc. To prepare these developers to perform well, they put them in a challenging environment that “simulated” a real software development scenario over a three months period where they were working on a project managed by\u00a0 Andela managers in different cities and time zones, so they could be familiar with the outsourcing works. Only developers that passed these rigorous training could be hired to work for their customers. Because the training was based on the needs of their customers in the U.S. and Europe, this startup could help solve the current skills shortage. After I heard about them, I came to visit to review their training, and I was impressed. Now I outsource software works to Andela in Lagos, Africa.”<\/p>\n
I asked: “What they did was similar to what Indian’s companies were doing so what distinguishes them from outsourcing companies in Eastern Europe or South East Asia?<\/p>\n
Jeremy explained: “Many Indian companies did well in the beginning, but over time, their quality is degrading as they grow big and their price is getting higher every year. This African startup understands the quality and the price issues. They select the top talents from many universities across Africa\u00a0 and train them well to make sure that they can be integrated into a team to work for their customers. Not only this startup train people in person but thousands of young people across Africa have used the free online learning to learn computer programming . After passing these online courses, they apply to get a job at Adela and only a few who demonstrate the proper skills get accepted. Andela managers told me that they had trained approximately over thirty thousands software developers, but their goal is to develop 100,000 software developers for Africa in by 2020. This is a great startup story that gives young people who want to learn programming can get good jobs. Today Andela have over hundred customers, mostly from the U.S. such as Viacom, Mastercard, and SeatGeek as well as several large companies in other countries.”<\/p>\n
I asked: “Is Andela still a startup? How well are they doing now?”<\/p>\n
Jeremy laughed: “This start-up has attracted a group of top investors that find their business appealing. So far Google Ventures and Spark Capital have invested over $80 million dollars to their company. But more than that, Andela also received investment and support from The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which Mr. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan have created. Mr.Zuckerberg visited Andela’s office and told them, “You are all part of something that is really important today.”<\/p>\n
With the current skill shortage and the pressure to reduce costs, many U.S. companies are switching their outsourcing works from India and China to Africa. Now this continent is the new destination for software works. I expect this startup could grow bigger and become a model for many startups to follow. Their challenge now is how to scale up to meet the demand of this global needs. So far, this startup has been doing well, but can it continue to grow and be able to keep its high-quality services?<\/p>\n
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