Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya have the most advanced ecosystem for tech developers in Africa – Google

Google, in its latest “Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021“, has revealed that Africa’s tech developer ecosystem is on the rise. This is according to the findings of a study conducted across 16 Sub-Saharan African countries through fielded and analyzed surveys of software developers and interviews with local experts.

According to the report, demand for African developers reached a record high in 2021 against the backdrop of a global economic crisis and the impact of the pandemic. With increased (+22 percent) use of the internet among small and medium businesses (SMBs) on the continent, the need for web development services also increased alongside higher demand for remote development work (38 percent of African developers work for at least one company based outside of the continent). This is evidenced by the magnitude of growth in Nigeria’s professional developer population which added an estimated 5,000 new professional developers to its pool in 2021.

“Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021” is the second in a series of studies on the state of the continent’s Kenya. The first, published in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), found that Africa’s Internet economy has the potential to reach 5.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, contributing nearly US$180 billion to Africa’s economy. The projected potential contribution could reach US$712 billion by 2050.