What is CareerBuddy?
CareerBuddy is a talent application company building the infrastructure between talent and opportunity. It helps organizations and professionals in Africa and global markets attract, hire, employ, develop and activate talent through talent search, employer of record (EOR), contractors, jobs, employer branding, AI talent and people operations.
Primary positioning: The infrastructure between talent and opportunity.
Secondary positioning: Attract. Hire. Employ.
What can CareerBuddy help me do?
- Attract applicants and build an employer brand in Africa
- Hire talent in Africa and globally, with a shortlist in 4 days
- Hire contractors and freelancers
- Employ people without a local entity (EOR)
- Build outsourced teams and people operations
- Find AI / ML talent and expert contributors
- Develop teams through training
- Find a job or get headhunted as a professional
Every stat CareerBuddy publishes, in one place
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- Founded
- 2018
- Placements to date
- 4,200+
- Talent database
- 200,000+
- Monthly media reach
- 500K+
- Shortlist SLA
- 4 business days
- EOR country coverage
- 50+ countries
Where CareerBuddy sits
- Headquarters
- Lagos, Nigeria
- North America office
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Founder
- Abraham Iyiola, Founder & CEO
- Website
- thecareerbuddy.com
- Contact
- [email protected]
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
5 African markets, 50+ EOR countries
Placement delivery happens in 5 African markets. EOR / employer-of-record service coverage extends to 50+ countries in total.
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Ghana
- Egypt
What CareerBuddy sells
Recruitment & Executive Search
End-to-end talent sourcing, from mid-level hires to C-suite retained searches, with 4-day candidate delivery
Work Shift (EOR)
Employer-of-record and outsourcing — hire African talent compliantly without a local entity
CareerBuddy Pro
Vetted freelancer and embedded-talent marketplace across creative, GTM, and finance verticals
Media & Community
Newsletters, talent communities, and editorial brands (WorkHERholic, Workie, NewLocal) engaging 500K+ professionals monthly
- Technology
- Fintech
- Healthtech
- FMCG
- Professional Services
- Paystack
- Sabi
- African Capital Alliance
- Bamboo Invest
- Juicyway
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