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Sarah Chen
Head of Curriculum
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Who we are
Building
Futures
Through Code.
BirtuEd was built on a single belief: the most talented engineers in the world don't all live in Silicon Valley. We're here to find them, equip them, and connect them.
From Addis Ababa to Lagos, Nairobi to Sรฃo Paulo โ we build courses that meet learners where they are and take them where they want to go.
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Our Pillars
Mission
Democratize
world-class tech
education.
We believe access to excellent education is a right, not a privilege. BirtuEd exists to make world-class learning available to every ambitious learner โ regardless of where they were born.
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Online access
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๐ช๐น Ethiopia
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ง๐ท Brazil
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The gap between talent and opportunity is not about ability. It's about access.
โ Abebe Tadesse, Co-Founder
Story
Born in Addis,
built for the
world.
Founded in 2019 by three engineers who saw the gap between industry needs and educational offerings in Africa. What started as a single bootcamp in Addis Ababa has grown into a platform serving learners across four continents.
Vision
One million
builders by
2030.
By 2030, we aim to equip one million learners with the technology skills needed to build the next generation of solutions to global challenges. Not aspirational โ operational.
Progress toward 1M learners 1.56%
15,600 of 1,000,000 learners enrolled
2019 50 First learners
2021 1k Crossed 1,000
2023 10k 10,000 strong
2024 15.6k Today
2030 1M The goal
What drives us
Radical Accessibility
Top-tier education should not be gated by geography or income. We price for global access.
Excellence by Default
We hold every course, every lesson, every line of curriculum to the standard of the best in the world.
Community First
Learning is social. Every feature we build deepens connection between learners and instructors.
Build Real Things
Theory without practice is decoration. Every course ships a project that lives in the real world.
The journey
2019
The Spark
Three engineers in Addis Ababa recognize the gap: world-class talent with no path to world-class education.
2020
First Cohort
50 students. One bootcamp. 92% landed jobs within 6 months. The proof of concept worked.
2021
Going Online
BirtuEd launches its digital platform. Learners from 8 countries enroll in the first week.
2022
Series A
Raised $4.2M to build the curriculum team and expand to East and West Africa.
2023
10,000 Learners
A community milestone. Learners building products, founding companies, changing careers.
2024
Global Expansion
Instructors from 12 countries. Courses in 3 languages. The vision is becoming reality.
The People
Built by people who've
lived the problem.
Educators and engineers from across Africa and the diaspora, united by one mission.
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Leadership
15 yrs
industry experience
Abebe Tadesse
Co-Founder & CEO
Former Google engineer with 15 years building global-scale systems. Returned to Addis to solve the tech talent gap he lived through firsthand.
The best thing I ever built wasn't a product. It was the team that builds the products.
Distributed Systems Strategy Fundraising
We're Hiring
Want to shape what's next?
We're looking for passionate educators and engineers who believe world-class tech education belongs everywhere.
Ready to start?
Your next chapter
starts here.
Join thousands of learners already building, shipping, and growing with BirtuEd.