Every senior local hire pulls months off the clock. Founders end up choosing between the team they need now and the time they need to get there.
The $40K Hiring Savings Preview
Get 3 matched African candidates in 72 hours. Free.
See their skills, experience, expected salaries and what your company could potentially save before spending anything.
Free. No obligation to hire. Takes less than 2 minutes.
Only 5 free shortlist requests accepted each week.
When this week's capacity is full, new requests move to the next available week.
What you get in 72 hours
- Three matched profiles, chosen against your requirements
- Skills, experience and expected salaries in one place
- A clear cost comparison before you spend anything
What employers say
“Saved me time, money and stress.”
11,900+
Professionals in our network
44
African countries represented
Up to 70%
Lower hiring costs
The commercial problem
Local hiring quietly eats runway, margin and capacity.
Agency owners win the client, then watch delivery salaries take the profit out of the account before the work is finished.
Growing teams pause hiring because the next role costs more than the value it unlocks in its first six months.
A realistic example
The same role, two salary markets.
Across all US occupations, average wages are approximately $5,814 per month. Many professional and technical roles cost considerably more. Experienced African professionals in similar roles typically expect $700 to $1,500 per month, depending on the role, country and level of experience. It's a realistic range, not a guarantee. Your actual numbers come back with your three profiles.
Average US wage
$5,814
per month, all occupations
Experienced African professional
$700–$1,500
per month, role dependent
Potential annual wage savings: more than $50,000 per year, based on $5,814 compared with the upper end of the range at $1,500 per month.
This is a salary comparison, not total employment cost. The US figure is an average across all occupations and excludes benefits, taxes, recruitment fees and other employment costs. Source: BLS, May 2025. View the source data
Want the same comparison run on your role, with real people attached?
Free. No obligation to hire. Takes less than 2 minutes.
The honest answer
A lower salary market does not mean lower capability.
Geography changes what a salary buys. It does not decide whether someone can design a product, close a deal, ship a feature or run your operations.
The professionals we meet have portfolios, years of experience and a track record inside international teams. What many have not had is access to the same opportunities someone with equivalent ability would get in the US or UK.
You don't have to take our word for it. Give us one role, and look at three real people.
What you get
What the free preview includes.
- Three matched candidate profiles
- Relevant experience and skills
- Expected monthly salary
- Potential annual wage comparison
- Screening information where applicable
Talent preview
See the kind of talent already in our network
These anonymised profiles are examples from a recent developer Talent Drop. Your free shortlist will be matched specifically to your role.
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Your shortlist is built around your requirements, not a public list.
Free. No obligation to hire. Takes less than 2 minutes.
How it works
Three steps, no commitment.
- 01
Tell us about one remote role
Job title, must-have skills, working hours and anything that makes someone a strong fit. Under two minutes.
- 02
We search and review suitable talent
A short role-briefing call keeps the brief clear, then our team reviews the network against your requirements.
- 03
Receive three matched profiles within 72 hours
Experience, expected salary, screening notes where applicable, and the potential wage saving against hiring locally.
Roles
Roles that work well for this.
TechnologyProduct and designOperationsSalesMarketingFinanceCustomer supportCreativeData
Highly niche roles, or roles that can't be done remotely, may need a different timeline. Tell us anyway and we'll be straight with you about what's realistic.
Quality
Matched against your requirements, not pulled off a list.
Every profile is matched against the specific role requirements you give us: skills, experience level, tools and working hours.
Where the role calls for it, we go deeper with skills assessment before a profile reaches you.
Africa-wide sourcing across 44 countries is part of the eventual managed search, if you decide you want us to run the full process.
From employers
What employers discovered after looking to Africa
Better access to talent can change the cost, capacity and pace of a growing team.
“I wish I had known about this platform earlier. Hire Africa saved me time, money and stress.”
Kemi Potts-JohnsonCEO, Productive Pigeon“Being someone from the diaspora, I always wanted to explore hiring in Africa because I've seen firsthand the abundance of talent. It's great to see what they're doing at Hire Africa. The experience was very smooth, and I'm looking forward to hiring through the platform again when the time comes.”
Milimo BanjiFounder, Tap In (acquired)“Hire Africa quickly understood what we needed and presented relevant professionals with the right skills and experience. The process was straightforward, and the potential cost saving was genuinely impressive.”
Aaron ArmstrongGroup Operations Manager, Contrust Group“I was surprised I had not explored African talent sooner. Hiring full-time administrative assistants through Hire Africa gave me the capacity to focus on higher-value work and made a massive difference to my productivity.”
Samuel WardSolicitorGive us one remote role and see three matched professionals within 72 hours.
Free. No obligation to hire. Takes less than 2 minutes.
FAQ
Straight answers.
Tell us the role. We'll show you three people.
Within 72 hours you'll see who's available, what they expect to earn and what your company could potentially save. Then you decide what happens next.
Free. No obligation to hire. Takes less than 2 minutes.
Only 5 free shortlist requests each week.
When this week's capacity is full, new requests move to the next available week.