Software companies such as Andela are starting to emerge from Nigeria.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
Judge as of 2018-04-25. True: by that date, Andela (or a similar firm, if Andela fits) was an operating software or tech-talent company with significant operations rooted in Nigeria, and other Nigerian software firms were emerging. Andela being founded in Lagos in 2014 with Nigerian engineering operations satisfies this. Mostly true: Andela was a software-talent company with major Nigerian operations, but a minor detail is off (for example its US headquarters, or that it is a developer-training/outsourcing firm rather than a product company). Mixed: Andela's link to Nigeria was minor, but other Nigerian software companies were clearly emerging. Mostly false: Nigerian software activity was negligible and Andela had little to do with Nigeria. False: Andela did not exist or had no Nigerian operations by April 2018, and no Nigerian software sector was emerging.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 Andela - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 9 November 2016
“In May 2014, Andela launched their first recruitment cycle in Lagos by putting their first call for applications on Twitter. The company hired their first cohort—four Nigerian software engineers—after receiving 700 applications for 4 spots.”
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E2 Andela - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 9 November 2016
“In 2018, Andela celebrated the first two sets of engineers to complete the four-year program.”
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E3 Opportunities for Nigeria's Emerging Technology Sector Center for Global Development and ONE Campaign · 12 November 2019
“Nigeria has a vibrant and growing tech sector. Large firms are delivering services in healthcare, agriculture, and finance while smaller firms are providing e-commerce platforms and other retail-related services.”
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E4 NIGERIA TECH INDUSTRY REPORT 2018 BusinessDay Research & Intelligence Unit (BusinessDay Group) · 2018
“Lagos is the headquarters of the tech industry in Nigeria, with its share of the sector valued at near US$2billion1, making it the largest in Africa.”
Reasoning
E1 shows that Andela began recruiting in Lagos in May 2014 and that its first cohort was four Nigerian software engineers. E2 shows its engineer programme was still running in 2018. E4 is BusinessDay's 2018 tech industry report, which describes Lagos as the headquarters of Nigeria's tech industry, with Lagos's share of the sector valued at nearly US$2 billion. E3 (2019) describes Nigeria's tech sector as vibrant and growing. That meets the criteria's test for "true": Andela began recruiting and hiring Nigerian software engineers in Lagos in 2014 [E1] and its program was still running in 2018 [E2], and the Nigerian tech sector was growing [E3][E4].
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Balaji Srinivasan, “Software companies such as Andela are starting to emerge from Nigeria.” (said 25 April 2018). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_af86d30a5e25, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_af86d30a5e25
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