The dev environment in Africa (at least in Nairobi, where I live) is growing quite quickly. Co-working spaces (mostly with attached incubators) like the iHub[1], 88mph[2], etc. are extremely vibrant spaces. In the iHub, we have frequent talks by prominent figures from the technology community (Larry Wall, Marissa Mayer, and Eric Schmidt are some of the ones I knew about). IBM research opened an office in Nairobi, and I hear they're recruiting Kenyan programmers.
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The dev environment in Africa (at least in Nairobi, where I live) is growing quite quickly. Co-working spaces (mostly with attached incubators) like the iHub[1], 88mph[2], etc. are extremely vibrant spaces. In the iHub, we have frequent talks by prominent figures from the technology community (Larry Wall, Marissa Mayer, and Eric Schmidt are some of the ones I knew about). IBM research opened an office in Nairobi, and I hear they're recruiting Kenyan programmers.
[1] http://www.ihub.co.ke/
[2] http://www.88mph.ac/
Edit: Fixed links.