How much funding have Recruitment startups in Africa raised?

Recruitment startups in Africa have raised $24.9M in disclosed funding.

Who invests in Recruitment startups in Africa?

500 Global has backed 3 Recruitment startups, followed by Endure Capital (2) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2).

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Recruitment Startups in Africa

StartupList Africa tracks 16 Recruitment startups across Africa, which have raised $24.9M in disclosed funding. Egypt has the most, with 4, followed by South Africa (4) and Kenya (2).

Updated 8 Oct 2026

Tracked Companies

Avg. Deal Size

$1.5M

Active Startups

Total Funding

$24.9M

Avg. Growth

Recruitment companies

16 companies in this sector

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Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
Jobzy Kenya	Jobzy is a Kenyan professional recruitment and skill matching platform for informal blue collar workers.	-	Pre-seed -	11-50	No Data
Wamly South Africa	Wamly is a South African HR software startup that helps companies recruit people faster.	-	Seed -	51-200	No Data
Stllr Network Egypt	Instantly access expert teams from all industries with Stllr Network.	-	Pre-seed -	11-50	No Data
WUZZUF Egypt	Wuzzuf is an online marketplace that connects highly educated people as well as low, medium, or no education workers with employers.	$8M	Series B -	51-100	No Data
FORASNA Egypt	FORASNA's is the first and most reliable recruitment platform in the Middle East that targets job seekers from all educational background.	$6M	Series B -	201-500	No Data
Kalido South Africa	Kalido constantly creates personalised opportunities for every user, based on the networks they have and trust.	$5M	Seed -	11-50	No Data

Propel Nigeria	Propel is a Nigerian HR startup that is building the largest ecosystem of tech talent communities across the world.	$3M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Duma Works Kenya	Duma Works is changing the way people think about hiring.	$828K	Venture -	11-50	No Data
Kwiks Morocco	Kwiks is a Moroccan HR startup that streamlines the hiring process by connecting companies with top freelance headhunters	$827K	Venture -	2-10	No Data
Giraffe South Africa	Giraffe is a fully-automated digital recruitment solution.	$500K	Grant -	2-10	No Data
Job Crystal South Africa	JobCrystal is an online career management portal purposed towards shaping careers and helping people find job.	$253K	Venture -	11-50	No Data
Jobartis Angola	Jobartis is the leading job board in Angola. It combines the main features of traditional job boards with African specifications.	$170K	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Koann Mauritius	Koann is a profiling platform for a better job-matching and career evolution.	$170K	Seed -	1-10	No Data
TalentBase Nigeria	TalentBase is an affordable payroll solution enabling African SMEs to simplify and organize their HR processes.	$150K	Seed -	11-50	No Data
CodeLn Ghana	CodeLn is an end-to-end technical recruitment platform. We help Companies find and test Software Developers.	$100K	Seed -	1-10	No Data
Cantalop Egypt	Cantalop.com is the 1st Regional Job Search Engine dedicated to Egypt & MENA Region.	$100K	Seed -	11-50	No Data

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Recruitment startups by country

Top Recruitment investors in Africa

500 Globalbacked 3
Endure Capitalbacked 2
European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentbacked 2
Kingsway Capitalbacked 2
Vostok New Venturesbacked 2
A15backed 1

Recruitment startups: quick facts

How many Recruitment startups are there in Africa?: StartupList Africa tracks 16 Recruitment startups across Africa.
How much funding have Recruitment startups in Africa raised?: Recruitment startups in Africa have raised $24.9M in disclosed funding.
Which African countries have the most Recruitment startups?: Egypt has the most, with 4, followed by South Africa (4) and Kenya (2).
Who invests in Recruitment startups in Africa?: 500 Global has backed 3 Recruitment startups, followed by Endure Capital (2) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2).