Meet the 21-year-old tech whiz who's coded for Instagram and Snapchat

By Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN

Updated 1705 GMT (0105 HKT) December 21, 2018

Iddris Sandu learnt to code while on work experience at Google when he was just 13-years-old.
Photos: Meet the 21-year-old who's coded for Instagram, Snapchat
Iddris Sandu learnt to code while on work experience at Google when he was just 13-years-old.
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He recently collaborated with Jaden Smith. The pair are working on creating digital interaction experiences around ComplexCon in Chicago in 2019. <br /><br />
Photos: Meet the 21-year-old who's coded for Instagram, Snapchat
He recently collaborated with Jaden Smith. The pair are working on creating digital interaction experiences around ComplexCon in Chicago in 2019.

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"With Jaden we are getting more young people to vote and creating experiences around that," Sandu told CNN.
Photos: Meet the 21-year-old who's coded for Instagram, Snapchat
"With Jaden we are getting more young people to vote and creating experiences around that," Sandu told CNN.
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In 2017, he met rapper Nipsey Hussle at a local Starbucks. He turned this chance meeting into a collaboration on a 'smart' store.
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In 2017, he met rapper Nipsey Hussle at a local Starbucks. He turned this chance meeting into a collaboration on a 'smart' store.
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Three weeks after opening, "everyone from Diddy to Jay-Z , Swizz Beatz.. everyone came out and it was amazing," Sandu told CNN.
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Three weeks after opening, "everyone from Diddy to Jay-Z , Swizz Beatz.. everyone came out and it was amazing," Sandu told CNN.
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Exclusive music and other digital content is offered via an app to customers. <br />
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Exclusive music and other digital content is offered via an app to customers.
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(CNN)Iddris Sandu has done a lot in his 21 years.

Besides creating algorithms for Instagram and Snapchat and consulting for Twitter, he's now working with Kanye West and Jaden Smith to create augmented-reality experiences around music and politics for the tech festival ComplexCon next year in Chicago.
Africa's DIY style cultures on show at Brighton exhibit
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Whether it's Kenya's jet setting grannies or Johannesburg's street style battles - Africans have long found their voice in knowing how to dress sharp - as Brighton Photo Biennial's latest exhibition explores.
Photos: Africa's DIY style cultures
The Queen of Spades -- Andile Biyana (2014) by Harness Hamese – Whether it's Kenya's jet setting grannies or Johannesburg's street style battles - Africans have long found their voice in knowing how to dress sharp - as Brighton Photo Biennial's latest exhibition explores.
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The Dandy Lion Project looks at African and diasporans who dress provocatively as dandies.
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Calligraphist, London, by Sara Shamsavari – The Dandy Lion Project looks at African and diasporans who dress provocatively as dandies.
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"When I first started curating the exhibition I was really anti including any artists who are not of African descent. So I really wanted to look at dressing up not as a response to racism and discrimination but as a source of pride," says curator Shantrelle Lewis.<br />
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The Smarteez , Joburg style battles series (2012) by Daniele Tamagni – "When I first started curating the exhibition I was really anti including any artists who are not of African descent. So I really wanted to look at dressing up not as a response to racism and discrimination but as a source of pride," says curator Shantrelle Lewis.
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The exhibition will showcase around 150 images taken by more than 30 photographers over the past 10 years.
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Lebogang from the Smarteez, Joburg style Battles series, by Daniele Tamagni – The exhibition will showcase around 150 images taken by more than 30 photographers over the past 10 years.
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