Emre Varol is a Turkish software engineer, technologist, teacher, and Founder & CEO of A2SV. He works on AI technologies, agent systems, lectures, and products that expand human capability, and previously worked at Google, Palantir, and Liftoff.

A2SV (Africa to Silicon Valley) is a nonprofit founded by Emre Varol in 2019. Google supported its early growth. A2SV serves 1,200+ software engineers and technology entrepreneurs across 22 African countries through education, mentorship, product building, global opportunities, and a graduate-led teaching loop.

How can I hire African software engineers?

You can hire world-class African engineers through Eskalate (eskalate.io), an A2SV product that connects top African tech talent with global companies. Visit eskalate.io/book-a-call to get started.

How can I support or donate to A2SV?

You can donate to A2SV at a2sv.org/donate. A2SV is a registered nonprofit and donations support training the next generation of African tech talent.

Emre
Varol

Technologist

Twubaka tekinoloji za AI, sisitemu z'abakozi ba AI n'ibicuruzwa by'imyigire byongera ubushobozi bw'abantu.

Uyu murimo ushingiye ku bunararibonye bwo kubaka A2SV na sisitemu zikoreshwa mu musaruro muri Google · Palantir · Liftoff.

Reba ibicuruzwa Tangira ikiganiro

⌖ 🇹🇷 Ankara 🇷🇼 Kigali 🇬🇧 London 🇺🇸 Palo Alto

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ibyerekeye

Ikoranabuhanga rigomba kongera ubushobozi bw’abantu.

Imyaka i Silicon Valley

Navutse mu Ankara, Turukiya. Narangije amashuri makuru muri Kaminuza ya Bilkent mu ikoranabuhanga. Naratsindana mu Olimpiki y'Amakuru, hanyuma nakoze imyaka 8+ muri Palantir, Google na Liftoff.

Mu 2019, navuye muri Silicon Valley nshinga A2SV. Icyatangiranye n’abanyeshuri 22 muri Addis Ababa cyahindutse sisitemu ifasha impano zitabonwa kuba abajeniyeri n’amatsinda y’ibicuruzwa ku rwego rw’isi.

Uyu munsi, iyo ngingo ni yo iyobora n’akazi kacu muri AI: ikoranabuhanga rigira agaciro iyo ryongera ubushobozi bw’abantu bwo kugira icyo bakora. A2SV yagura ibyo abantu bashobora kubaka; Engram iha AI agents ububiko burambye kugira ngo amatsinda yubakire ku byo yize.

Umuherwe & CEO · A2SV TOYP 2024 Yagize IOI Umukandida 🟡🔴 Galatasaray Igitari 🎸 Kunyura 🥾

inzira y'akazi

Aho Nakoze Ibikorwa

Kuva mu bushakashatsi kugeza i Silicon Valley, none kubaka ejo hazaza h'ikoranabuhanga muri Afurika.

A2SV Foundation · 501(c)(3) Itagira Inyungu · Palo Alto / Kigali

Umushingatsi & Umuyobozi Mukuru

Ugo 2019 → Ubu Yanditswe 2021

Sisitemu y'impano n'ibicuruzwa: nashinze A2SV nyigeza ku bahanga muri software n'abashoramari b'ikoranabuhanga 1.200+ bo mu bihugu 22 bya Afurika
Nubatse amasomo akomeye, uruziga rw'abasoje bahinduka abajyanama, ikigo gikurirwamo ibicuruzwa na hackathon ya AI ihuza umugabane
Nafatanyije gushinga Eskalate kandi tubona inkunga ya Google, Jeff Dean na Karim Beguir

Liftoff Mobile, Inc. · Palo Alto, CA

Injeniyeri wa Machine Learning

Nze 2016 → Uku 2019

Nateguye ML pipelines nziza zo gushaka aho gutangaza: gukora bundi bwenge no gukusanya ibyumba
Nagerageje guhitamo ibikorwa binyuze muri Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT)
Nahuguye ~15% yo kwiyongera kw'inyungu ku murimo wa $100M+

Google Research · Mountain View, CA

Injeniyeri ya Logiciel, Google Research

Agi 2014 → Agi 2016

Nateye imbere ubwiza bw'aho gutangaza ukoresheje NLP inonosoye
Nabugiye sisitemu yo gukora ibisobanuro by'aho gutangaza
Nakoze ibishinwa byo kumenya imitwe n'imiterere y'amategeko kugira ngo noneho ubutumwa busobanutse neza

Palantir Technologies · London / Palo Alto

Injeniyeri ya Logiciel

Nze 2012 → Kam 2014

Nagendeye sisitemu yo kubika inyandiko kuva ku gukoreshwa kw'amadosiye kugeza ku sisitemu ya Git
Nanaguye igihe cyo gukora imipaka ya database kuva amasaha kugeza amasegonda

Yahoo! Research · Barcelona, Esipanye

Umunyeshuri w'Ubushakashatsi

2009 · 2010 · 2011

Ubushakashatsi ku kohereza ibibazo mu mashanyarazi ya interineti abakurikirana
Ingamba zo gufatanya zipfuura igihe cyo gusubira mu bisangira binini

a2sv

Afurika kuri Silicon Valley

A2SV ni umuryango udaharanira inyungu nashinze mu 2019. Natangiriye ku banyeshuri 22 i Addis Ababa. Google yashyigikiye iterambere ryacu ryo mu ntangiriro, ifasha gahunda kuba sisitemu irambye. Impano zari zihari kuva mbere.

Duhuza amasomo y'ubuntu arenga amasaha 1.000 n'ubujyanama, kubaka ibicuruzwa no kugera ku mahirwe mpuzamahanga. Abasoje gahunda bagaruka kwigisha igisekuru gikurikira, bityo ubushobozi bugakomeza kwiyongera mu muryango.

A2SV yarenze gutegura abantu ibizamini by akazi. Abasoje gahunda bagaruka nk abajyanama, amakipe akora ibicuruzwa bikemura ibibazo nyakuri, kandi gahunda iri guhuza uburezi bwa engineering n igihe cya AI.

Byanditswe muri: Financial Times · Yahoo Finance · Business Insider Africa

Tanga kuri A2SV

Ibigo abanyamuryango babonyemo akazi

Google aAmazon BBloomberg inLinkedIn

Palantir DDatabricks

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1,200+

Abahanga muri software n’abashoramari b’ikoranabuhanga

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120+

Akazi kabonetse mu muryango

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20+

Ibicuruzwa byatejwe imbere

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Ibihugu bya hackathon

Inyandiko za A2SV

Soma raporo y’imyaka itanu y’ingaruka kugira ngo umenye gahunda, ibisubizo n’abantu bari inyuma y’iterambere rya A2SV.

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Raporo y'Ingaruka: Imyaka 5 ya A2SV

Imyaka itanu ya gahunda, imiyoborere, ibisubizo, abantu n’ibicuruzwa.

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Inyandiko y'Intangiriro (2 Pager)

Uburyo A2SV ikora, ibisubizo, aho igeze n’inzira zo gufatanya mu mpapuro ebyiri.

Mu Itangazamakuru

Reba ikiganiro ku buryo AI ihindura umurimo n’icyo iryo hinduka risobanura ku bubatsi b’ikoranabuhanga bo muri Afurika.

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Ikiganiro

AI irimo guhindura akazi - Afrika iherereye he?

A2SVApr 25, 2025100+ abarebye

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Inkuru ya A2SV

Gutoza abayobozi b’ikoranabuhanga b’ejo hazaza

A2SVJanuary 2025601K+ abarebye

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TRT World

A2SV kuri TRT World

TRT WorldSep 8, 202412K+ abarebye

Emre Varol - Upbringings, Faith, Career, A2SV and more

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Podcast

Emre Varol - Imikurire, Ukwizera, Umwuga na A2SV

Dagmawi BabiApr 9, 20258K+ abarebye

ibicuruzwa

Ibicuruzwa bya A2SV

Ibisubizo by'ikoranabuhanga byubakwe n'inzobere za A2SV, zivugana n'ibibazo bikomeye bya Afurika mu buzima, uburezi, imari no kwinjira muri AI.

Ibicuruzwa bya A2SV

Ibicuruzwa byubatswe n’amatsinda ya A2SV

Inshuti y'ubuzima bw'inzara i Afurika. Gukurikirana ubuzima bwawe, indwara, kwibuka gahunda n'inzobere 20+ mu buzima. Abategarugori 200+, ibitaro 4 bifatanyije.

Umuvuduko: gufasha ababyeyi binyuze mu bufatanye n’ibitaro n’inzobere mu buvuzi.

Umufasha wa AI utanga uburenganzira bwo gukoresha AI nyinshi ku giciro gito. Kora amashusho, huza na Telegram, byemewe i Afurika. Abakoresha 2.600+ bava mu bihugu 85.

Umuvuduko: abantu ibihumbi bo mu bihugu byinshi basanzwe bayikoresha.

Platform y'akazi ikurikirana urubyiruko rwa Afurika hamwe n'akazi, internship no gufasha abandi. AI ifasha gushaka amahirwe ahwanye n'ubumenyi bwawe.

Umuvuduko: yubakiwe guhindura impano inzira z’umwuga zigaragara kandi zigerwaho.

Uburyo bworoshye bwo kohereza amafaranga i Afurika. Amakuru meza y'amafaranga biva mu mabanki menshi, kwishyura gufite ibiciro bito kandi bigaragara. Kubw'inzamugambi z'Afurika.

Umuvuduko: kugabanya inzitizi muri imwe mu nzira z’imari z’ingenzi ku miryango.

Outsourcing y'ikoranabuhanga iyoborwa n'inzobere za A2SV. Fata impuguke z'Afurika zo ku rwego rwa Google gukorera project zawe, hamwe na ibyumweru 2 bikuriwe ubuntu. Impuguke 90+ zabonye akazi.

Umuvuduko: amatsinda mpuzamahanga yizera ba injeniyeri batojwe na A2SV gutanga software ikoreshwa.

Platform yo gushakisha resitora muri Afurika. Menu y'amashusho, ibitekerezo by'ibicuruzwa buri kimwe, gushakisha no gukurikirana ibicuruzwa mu gihe nyacyo. Resitora 400+, ibisubizo 1.400+.

Umuvuduko: abakiriya na resitora amagana, hamwe n’amakuru y’isuzuma akomeza kwiyongera.

Platform yo kwiga iyoborwa na AI kubanyeshuri b'amashuri yisumbuye muri Afurika. Ibikoresho by'isomo bihwanye n'ibizamini by'igihugu, kwiga mu gushaka, umwarimu wa AI. Abanyeshuri 2.700+.

Umuvuduko: abanyeshuri ibihumbi n’ibibazo ibihumbi mirongo byakemuwe.

Fungura SkillBridge ↗

Ibindi bicuruzwa

Ibicuruzwa byigenga bikomeje gutera imbere

English Cash ihindura kwimenyereza ururimi ikaba inzira ifatika: gusubiramo bifite akamaro, kuvugana neza no kugera ku mahirwe mpuzamahanga.

Umuvuduko: yubakiwe abiga bashaka kubona iterambere mu biganiro nyabyo.

Fungura English Cash ↗

Engram iha agent ba AI ububiko burambye bwa context y’umushinga, ibyemezo, amasomo n’uburyo bushobora kongera gukoreshwa, kugira ngo amatsinda atongera kubaka ubwenge kuva ku ntangiriro.

Umuvuduko: agent bakomeye, ihererekanya ryihuta, amakosa make asubirwamo n’abubatsi batanga umusaruro.

EvimiBul ni igicuruzwa cyo gushaka inzu cyubakiye ku bwumvikane, icyizere n’ubufasha mu gufata ibyemezo.

Umuvuduko: software ifite akamaro ku kimwe mu byemezo bya buri munsi bitera impungenge.

Fungura EvimiBul ↗

ubumenyi

Ibyo Nzi

Ubumenyi mpuza kuva ku bisobanuro bya tekiniki kugera ku makipe, ibicuruzwa n ibigo.

Ubuyobozi & Ingamba

Gucunga ONGUbuyobozi bwa StartupGushaka InkungaUbufatanye bw'IsiItumanaho rya IngambaGukura EdTechKugenzura ImariAmatsinda Mpuzamahanga

Ubuhanga bw'Ikoranabuhanga

Sisitemu ZisaranganyijweImiterere ya BackendML Pipelines Zishobora KwagukaGutegura AlgorithmePythonJavaC/C++GoClojureSQL

AI & Siyanse y'Amakuru

Ikoranabuhanga RyigaNLPGBDTGutegura Ibiranga AmakuruML mu Ikoranabuhanga ryo KwamamazaKunoza Ihinduka ry’Abakoresha

Cloud & Ibikoresho

GCPAWSPostgreSQLGitDockerCI/CD

Kwigisha & Gutuza

Gutegura Gahunda y'IsomoGuhatanira mu PorogaramuKuvuga mu RuhameGahunda zo GutozaKwigisha Ikoranabuhanga

Ibyifuzo

AI ku Bw'Inyungu z'AbaturageIbishya muri EdTechIkirangirire 🎸Umupira w'amaguru ⚽Urugendo ku musozi 🥾Gusoma 📚Chess ♟️

uburezi

Imizi y'Amashuri

Urufatiro rw amashuri rw umwuga wubakiye kuri algorithms, systems, ubushakashatsi no kwigisha.

Impamyabumenyi y'Ikirenga muri Kaminuza, Ubuhanga bw'Ikoranabuhanga

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turukiya

Mut 2010 → Mut 2012

GPA 3.61 / 4.00

Baccalauréat muri Kaminuza, Ubuhanga bw'Ikoranabuhanga

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turukiya

Nze 2006 → Mut 2010

GPA 3.64 / 4.00

kwigisha

Uburambe mu Kwigisha

Kuva mu mashuri ya kaminuza kugeza ku makipe y igihugu y amarushanwa, kwigisha byakomeje kuba igice cyingenzi cy umurimo.

Umwarimu w'Urugendo - Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
Ugushyingo 2019 – Nzeli 2022 · Imiterere y'Amakuru, Ibipimo, Gukemura Ibibazo, Ishusho ya Logic

Umwarimu & Munyeshuri - TUBITAK National Olympiads in Informatics
2005 – 2011 · Ibipimo by'imbere, gutunga itsinda ry'igihugu, gutegura indirimbo n'agahagiro

Umufasha w'Umwarimu - Kaminuza ya Bilkent
Gashyantare 2010 – Kamena 2012 · CS351, CS102 (Ibipimo), CS473, CS223 (Ishusho ya Dijitali)

icyubahiro

Ibihembo & Icyubahiro

Bimwe mu bihe byingenzi mu marushanwa ya programming, uburezi n ubuyobozi rusange.

2024

Abantu Icumi Bikomeye (TOYP) 2024, Ubuyobozi bw'Ingufu & Ubwitange · JCI Turukiya

2005

International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), Uhagarariye Turukiya (2005)

2004

Ikarita ya Zahabu (Umwanya wa 1), Olimpiyadite ya Turukiya (2004)

Umwanya wa 10 ku Isi, Indirimbo ya 2 ya IEEEXtreme Programming (2008)

Umwanya wa 1, Indirimbo ya Programu ya IEEE ya Kaminuza ya Bilkent (2010)

Umwanya wa 1, Indirimbo ya 12 ya Programu ya METU (2009)

Umwanya wa 82 / 500.000+, Ikizamini cy'Igihugu cyo Kwinjira mu Ishuri Ryo Hejuru, Turukiya (2002)

ubushakashatsi

Ibikorwa by'Ubushakashatsi

Ubushakashatsi bwatoranyijwe kuri sisitemu nini zo gushakisha no kumenya inyandiko zisa cyane.

Kohereza ibibazo muri moteri zishakisha ku rubuga zisaranganyijwe ku isi

Cambazoglu B. B., Varol E., Kayaaslan E., Aykanat C., Baeza-Yates R.

SIGIR '10 · ACM SIGIR 2010

CoDet: Gukurura ibikubiye mu nkuru hashingiwe ku nteruro

Varol E., Can F., Aykanat C., Kaya O.

CIKM '11 · ACM CIKM 2011

Galatasaray

Navukiye i Ankara, umutima wanjye umuhondo n'umutuku. Umupira w'amaguru na code byabaye nanjye ku buryo bungana.

inyuma ya kode

Igihe ntubaka

Uramfite nkurikije: ikirangirire mu ntoki, urugendo ku musozi, kureba Galatasaray, cyangwa gusoma igitabo cy'ubuyobozi cyangwa ingamba. Nziko inzobere nziza ziba abantu b'ubushake.

🎸 Igitari ⚽ Umupira 🥾 Kunyura 📚 Gusoma ✍️ Kwandika 🧀 Fromayi Nziza

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Ibihe n'Inzibutso

Abantu, ahantu n’ibihe byo kubaka A2SV, kwigisha, gukora ibicuruzwa n’urusobe rw’ikoranabuhanga ku isi rubikikije.

Global AI Summit on Africa 2025 · Umuvugizi, hamwe n'abagize panel Ikiganiro cyagutse kuri AI ifite akamaro, ubushobozi n’abubatsi bahindura ikoranabuhanga rikavamo ibisubizo.

Ibihe byatoranyijwe

Abantu n’ahantu inyuma y’akazi.

Ibi si ibyibukwa gusa. Ni amashusho y’abanyeshuri, abajyanama, amatsinda n’ibigo bikikije umurimo w’uburezi, AI, ibicuruzwa n’amahirwe ku isi.

Iby'ingenzi byatoranyijwe

Ibihe bitandatu bivuga inkuru

University of Ghana Legon with A2SV students

Kaminuza ya Ghana, Legon · Hamwe n'abanyeshuri ba A2SVKubaka amahirwe hamwe n’abanyeshuri bashobora guhangana ku rwego rw’isi.

A2SV AI Hackathon 2023 · IherezoIgitutu cyo gukora ibicuruzwa, ubujyanama n’ibikoresho bya AI bigamije ibibazo nyabyo.

GITEX 2024 · MarokeUrubuga mpuzamahanga rw’ikoranabuhanga, impano n’intego zo kubaka ibicuruzwa.

With Jeff Dean, co-founder and CEO of Discovery Loop

Hamwe na Jeff Dean · Umwe mu bashinze na CEO wa Discovery Loop · wahoze ari Chief Scientist wa GoogleImyaka namaze muri Google yahinduye uburyo ntekereza kuri sisitemu, ubunyamwuga n’umuco w’ubwubatsi bwa software.