Femi Akinde

Femi Akinde is a Principal Program Manager for Azure Global at Microsoft and a co-founder of Reskill Americans, a nonprofit that provides historically underrepresented racial minorities with tuition-free software development training and mentorship....

An episode of the Amplify Voices podcast, hosted by Amplify Voices, titled "Femi Akinde" was published on September 22, 2021 and runs 27 minutes.

September 22, 2021 ·27m · Amplify Voices

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Femi Akinde is a Principal Program Manager for Azure Global at Microsoft and a co-founder of Reskill Americans, a nonprofit that provides historically underrepresented racial minorities with tuition-free software development training and mentorship. Femi is also a successful tech entrepreneur, having received a TED Global Fellowship in 2011 for establishing Africa's first mobile commerce platform. He wants to see the tech industry become as diverse as the rest of the world, and he discovered that part of the issue is that most recruit training programs are either pricey or demand prior coding knowledge. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation with Femi Akinde!

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Femi Akinde is a Principal Program Manager for Azure Global at Microsoft and a co-founder of Reskill Americans, a nonprofit that provides historically underrepresented racial minorities with tuition-free software development training and mentorship. Femi is also a successful tech entrepreneur, having received a TED Global Fellowship in 2011 for establishing Africa's first mobile commerce platform. He wants to see the tech industry become as diverse as the rest of the world, and he discovered that part of the issue is that most recruit training programs are either pricey or demand prior coding knowledge. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation with Femi Akinde!

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