Engineering Capability Building for Software and DevOps Teams
Edacy partnered with Atos to strengthen software engineering and DevOps teams across West and Central Africa, building the technical foundations for AI-ready enterprise operations through hands-on, project-based delivery.
At a Glance
Building AI-ready engineering teams
Atos is one of the world's leading digital services companies, with deep roots in Africa spanning over 70 years and a growing operational footprint across West and Central Africa, including Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire. As the enterprise technology landscape shifts toward AI-first delivery, Atos recognized a gap in their regional engineering teams that needed to be addressed through practical, hands-on capability building.
2 Teams
Software Engineers & DevOps Engineers
70+ Years
Atos presence across Africa
Project-Based
Learning in the flow of work
Zero Disruption
To active client delivery
The Challenge
Strengthening engineering capability without disrupting delivery
As the enterprise technology landscape shifts toward AI-first delivery, Atos recognized a gap in their regional engineering teams. Software engineers and DevOps engineers needed stronger technical foundations. Not just to maintain current delivery standards, but to be ready for the AI-native systems and infrastructure their clients would increasingly demand.
The challenge was specific: how to meaningfully strengthen engineering and DevOps capability across distributed teams in West and Central Africa, without pulling people off active client work, and without defaulting to generic training programs that rarely translate into measurable skill improvement.
Key Constraints
Engineers could not be pulled off active client delivery
Generic training programs rarely translate to measurable skill improvement
Distributed teams across multiple countries in West and Central Africa
Need to prepare for AI-native systems and infrastructure demands
Why Edacy
A model built for working teams
Atos chose Edacy because the model addressed what traditional training could not: building practical, lasting skills inside working teams.
Learning in the flow of work
Atos engineers could not step away from client delivery for extended classroom training. Edacy's approach embedded capability building into hands-on project work, so engineers improved their skills while continuing to deliver.
Structured for enterprise standards
Atos operates with rigorous delivery discipline. Edacy's structured sprint cadence, code reviews with detailed teaching feedback, and regular technical checkpoints matched the governance and quality standards Atos already expected.
Regional presence and understanding
Edacy's established presence across West and Central Africa, and its understanding of the local engineering talent landscape, meant faster alignment, smoother collaboration, and delivery adapted to the teams on the ground.
The Engagement
Two teams. One structured approach to capability building
Edacy worked with two distinct engineering groups across Atos's West and Central Africa operations.
Software Engineering Teams
Strengthening core software engineering practices
Focus Areas
How It Worked
Engineers worked through guided, project-based sprints tied to project deliverables. A dedicated Edacy technical coach reviewed code with detailed, instructive feedback not just approvals, but explanations that built understanding. Live sessions reinforced key concepts using the team's own codebase and tooling.
DevOps Engineering Teams
Modernizing infrastructure and operations practices
Focus Areas
How It Worked
DevOps engineers worked through structured sprints focused on building and improving production infrastructure. Sessions covered modern deployment practices, automated pipelines, observability, and governance frameworks, all taught in the context of Atos's own infrastructure standards.
Across Both Teams
Regular technical reviews assessed what was built, evaluating architecture decisions, code quality, and team progress. Feedback was direct and constructive, with deeper teaching on concepts teams found challenging. Sprint plans were adjusted continuously to match evolving priorities and skill gaps.
The Outcomes
Proven capability. Measurable impact.
Stronger engineering foundations
Engineers completed the engagement with measurably stronger technical skills, validated through production-quality deliverables, code review progression, and hands-on project delivery. Software engineers wrote better-architected, more maintainable code. DevOps engineers built more robust, automated infrastructure.
AI-ready teams
By strengthening core engineering and DevOps fundamentals, Atos's regional teams are now better positioned to adopt AI tools, integrate ML capabilities, and support AI-native workloads: the natural next step after solid technical foundations are in place.
No disruption to client delivery
The project-based model allowed Atos to build capability within teams that were actively serving clients. Skill development happened in the rhythm of work, not instead of it.
Internal multipliers
Engineers who went through the engagement became knowledge carriers within the organization, able to raise standards, mentor peers, and contribute to more ambitious technical initiatives across the region.
“Edacy gave us a practical way to strengthen our engineering teams without pulling them off delivery. The skills stuck because the learning was tied to the work itself.”
Engagement Summary
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