article thumbnail

African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

TechCrunch

Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). ALG founder and CEO Fred Swaniker started the organization as a leadership academy (now the African Leadership Academy ) for small cohorts of students. Image Credits: African Leadership Group.

Groups 335
article thumbnail

‘Boomerang’ CIOs: IT leaders level up by coming back

CIO

Postulka aspired to become a CIO — and he achieved it, landing a job as CIO and senior vice president of technology and operations at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. But in 2022, after two years at the bank, Postulka returned to Arbella as vice president and CIO. It helps get you support at the executive level,” Postulka says. “It

Culture 282
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO

The push is part of an industrywide trend toward making banking more accessible by giving customers better access to savings accounts, investments, and loans through digital services, according to careers website Dice.com. Software engineer. Full-stack software engineer. Back-end software engineer.

article thumbnail

The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO

The push is part of an industrywide trend toward making banking more accessible by giving customers better access to savings accounts, investments, and loans through digital services, according to careers website Dice.com. Software engineer. Full-stack software engineer. Back-end software engineer.

article thumbnail

Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

CIO

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight.

Airlines 284
article thumbnail

Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO

Prepping for success By focusing on training and certifying learners in valuable, in-demand skills, Per Scholas aims to be a “pathway to a thriving wage,” says Wayne Wilson, director of business solutions at the nonprofit, who graduated from Per Scholas’ software engineering program in 2019 before going on to work for the organization.

Nonprofit 249
article thumbnail

Mural raised $5.6M to help brands deploy DAO treasuries

TechCrunch

Mural wants to tackle the financial aspects of DAO management as a banking stack for brands and startups with active communities. For reference, DAOs are community-led groups with no central leadership. As DAOs have grown in popularity, their tooling has not scaled commensurately.