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At an exclusive launch held at their offices along Riara Road last Friday, Gebeya opened its doors in Kenya to satiate the growing demand for qualified Information Technology (IT) professionals in Africa. Meaning ‘market place’ in Amharic, Gebeya is a venture that seeks to provide a marketplace for top IT talent to showcase and contribute their experience and skills to software projects. The company matches highly skilled, certified and multilingual African IT professionals with customers across the world to develop innovative technology solutions, improving development efficiency, scalability and mobile success.
Their unique business model offers clients access to a pool of talent unmatched on any other platform that will help them get their project built right and on budget.
"Gebeya Workplace will enable entrepreneurs, startups and corporations to very quickly hire independent IT professionals who are highly trained and certified at competitive market rates." Gebeya's co-founder and COO Hiruy Amanuel said.
As one of the continent's premier IT services platforms, Gebeya will seek to increase the visibility of IT talent in the continent with the intention of increasing opportunities for IT professionals whilst reducing IT operational costs for businesses and organizations in Africa and the world at large. “Kenya has the highest level of internet penetration and is home to a lot of multinationals and Fortune 500 companies that will accelerate customer acquisition. Additionally, Kenya’s technology industry is nearing maturity with a current population of 47 million. Internet penetration stands at 52.3 per cent placing it in the lead board in Africa. This has increased the use of technology to foster growth and efficiency which has in turn led to increased demand for highly skilled professionals in the IT sector.” Amadou Daffe the co-founder and CEO pointed out.
To cater to the growing demand for IT solutions, the Gebeya IT Academy was launched in October 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The academy offers practical training in software engineering and development with supplemental training in professional English and communications to enable developers to eloquently communicate with potential clients and comprehensively capture project information.
