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Recruitment Startups in Africa

Local players like WUZZUF and FORASNA have strong market penetration, but face competition from global giants like LinkedIn and Indeed. Kalido excels in tech recruitment. Local business leaders prioritize cost-effectiveness and cultural fit when choosing platforms.

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16 companies in this sector

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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