From Nairobi's Silicon Savannah to Lagos's fintech ecosystem and Cape Town's digital economy, African technology businesses are building real products for real markets. The best technology leaders in Africa — those who can build engineering teams and develop products for mobile-first markets — are globally contested. We source across local networks, the African diaspora and international markets.
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Through our active networks in Africa's technology community, relationships built through placements, investment community connections and direct engagement across Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town. We also engage the African technology diaspora in Silicon Valley, London and Bengaluru, a pool of technically exceptional professionals who are increasingly interested in returning to or engaging with African markets and who are often overlooked by firms without that international reach.
Yes. The first Country Manager or Regional Director for an international tech business entering Africa is a critical appointment that sets culture, builds the team and often shapes the product strategy for the local market. We invest significant time in defining this role accurately, because the requirements differ substantially from a standard country manager profile in a more established market. Speed to market is often the constraint, and we can move quickly for the right mandate.
It has changed dramatically in the past five years. Global remote work has reset benchmarks for exceptional engineers and product leaders. For CTO and CPO-level roles, organisations need to compete at or close to international compensation levels for the best candidates. We provide market-specific benchmarking based on current placement data, not published surveys. Understanding the real compensation landscape before a search begins avoids the costly mistake of presenting a package that the strongest candidates will not consider.
Yes, selectively, typically for founding team additions including commercial lead, CFO and COO, where our network within the African investor and entrepreneurial community helps us identify candidates genuinely interested in early-stage opportunities. We are honest with early-stage businesses about what compensation packages they can realistically offer and what candidate profiles they can attract at each stage of their development.
