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“The next tech leaders are coming from Africa. Why? Because they are exposed to problems which they have the solutions to “this are words from Iddris Sandu, A Ghanaian who code for Instagram and Snapchat , Uber

Iddris Sandu is an African doing great thing in the technology industry, a budding African bridging the gap between culture and technology want a level playing field between Silicon Valley and black communities America, crediting his intense work ethic to strong African icons he admired while growing up. They include the Ghana’s first President, Kwame Nkrumah, plus the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

Sandu born in Ghana , his parent moved to united states when he was 3, he started coding when was 13 during an internship with Google , since then he has been working on different inspiring solution based coding project,

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Sandu, a recipient of the Presidential Scholar Award from former United States President, Barack Obama, which in turn earned him a visit to the White House had worked with Kanye West on his latest Album, creating tech experience around the rapper Album, also he worked with Nipsey Hussle, the pair turned an abandoned shop in Los Angeles into a marathon store, which sells clothing, accessories and music.

Sandu plans to host student workshops in Lagos Nigeria.

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