{
  "id": 10639338,
  "title": "The competency illusion: Why Africa’s tech ecosystem is firing top engineers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-competency-illusion-why-africas-tech-ecosystem-is-firing-top",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T07:15:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCabal",
    "slug": "techcabal",
    "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/09/29/why-africas-tech-ecosystem-is-firing-top-engineers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Technical skills alone no longer guarantee success in tech careers in Africa. Now, companies are prioritising business literacy, leadership, and AI-driven strategic thinking over pure coding ability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}