People of Semicolon
Meet the cofounders accountable for Semicolon’s direction and a verified selection of alumni and builders carrying its training, discipline, and community into companies, products, and new ventures.
Leadership
Sam and Ashley Immanuel established Semicolon to connect talent development, employment, enterprise, and technology innovation.
Cofounder
Sam leads Semicolon’s work to create employment and economic opportunity by developing technology talent, founders, and the systems that help them succeed.
“Developing and shaping technologists and entrepreneurs who will drive a new future in Africa.”View verified profile
Cofounder
Ashley leads Semicolon’s operating model and ecosystem work, bringing industry, education, and institutional partners together around human capital and innovation.
“Given the scale of need for human capital and innovation in Africa, industry, academia, government, and many other organizations (like Semicolon) need to work collaboratively to create robust ecosystems that achieve this at scale.”View verified profile
A living network
Training is the starting point. The network compounds its value through careers, useful products, public-interest work, and new ventures.
Alumna at Moniepoint
Dorcas moved from Semicolon’s software engineering apprenticeship into product management. She now leads product work at Moniepoint after progressing through technical product and associate product management roles.
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Alumna at Moniepoint
Hadiza trained at Semicolon before joining its engineering team. She now builds software at Moniepoint, bringing a problem-solving practice shaped by Java, Spring Boot, critical thinking, and continuous growth.
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Alumna at Moniepoint
After a year as a Semicolon trainee, Abimbola progressed through a backend engineering internship at Moniepoint into a full-time engineering role spanning Java, Spring Boot, systems design, and clean architecture.
“I am a solutions-driven software engineer with proven expertise in designing and building scalable software systems.”View verified profile
Builder profile
A product-minded frontend engineer working across React, Vue, TypeScript, scalable interface architecture, and accessible digital products.
“I’m driven by a commitment to clean code, performance optimization, and solving real-world problems through technology.”View verified profile
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A backend engineer building resilient applications with Java, Spring Boot, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and distributed product systems.
“I am passionate about building sustainable, performant and fault-tolerant applications.”View verified profile
Alumni profile
“I am proud to say that I am a Software Engineer, and I plan on creating a map for others who look like me to follow.”View verified profile
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“This is a big step toward turning Atlas into an operating system for UAVs that can support critical missions and first responder operations.”View verified profile
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“Semicolon Africa trained me to think analytically, to see patterns, and approach challenges with precision.”View verified profile