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    Sellers and growth leaders who hit number.

    Sales, partnerships, marketing, and growth.

    IN SHORT

    CareerBuddy recruits sales professionals across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Egypt, and delivers three vetted candidates within four business days of a signed brief. A mid-level sales professional costs $12,500–$22,000 a year and a senior sales professional $20,000–$34,000, depending on market. We can also employ them for you through our employer of record, so you need no local entity.

    AT A GLANCE

    Sales & growth hiring, in six answers.

    Who is this for?
    Companies hiring for sales & growth roles such as Account executive, Business development, Partnerships manager, in Africa or globally.
    What problem are you solving?
    Sales & growth talent is in demand, and generalist recruiters can't tell a strong candidate from a strong CV.
    What does CareerBuddy activate?
    Talent search from a search partner who specialises in sales & growth: contingent, retained or executive.
    What outcome can you expect?
    A vetted shortlist of interested candidates 4 days after the brief.
    Why CareerBuddy?
    4,200+ placements, and 88.3% of placements still in role after 12 months.
    What should you do next?
    Share the role on a 20-minute brief call.Get your shortlist in 4 days →

    How we search for sales & growth.

    Specialist partners who know the market, the salaries, and the people.

    4 days
    brief to shortlist
    01
    Track record
    Quota attainment and pipeline history checked.
    02
    Market network
    Candidates who know your buyers.
    03
    Role plays
    Pitch and negotiation exercises.
    CONTINGENTMid-level & volumePay only when you hire.Quoted per search
    RETAINEDSenior & criticalExclusive, dedicated search.Quoted per search
    EXECUTIVELeadershipConfidential leadership search.Quoted per search

    Questions about hiring sales & growth.

    Lagos and Johannesburg have the deepest enterprise-sales talent on the continent; Nairobi, Cape Town and Cairo add strong mid-market and SDR pools. We recruit SDRs, account executives, sales managers and heads of sales across the five African markets we cover — B2B SaaS, fintech, and enterprise sales in particular.

    Every candidate is screened by a human recruiter against the criteria in your brief before they reach your shortlist: a CV and portfolio screen against role-specific criteria, a structured competency interview, a technical or domain assessment set by sector specialists, and reference and credential checks. If a hire leaves within 90 days, we replace them free.

    Mid-level sales professionals benchmark around $12,500–$22,000 in annual gross base salary; senior sales professionals around $20,000–$34,000. South Africa anchors the top of the range; Egypt the bottom. Employer statutory costs on top vary by market — pension in Nigeria is 10%, in Kenya 12%, in South Africa 8%, in Ghana 13% and in Egypt 11%. CareerBuddy's employer-of-record fee sits between $379 and $549 per employee per month depending on country.

    Yes. You can employ sales professionals in any of the five African markets we cover without registering a local entity. CareerBuddy acts as the legal employer through our own registered entities — compliant local contracts, monthly payroll and statutory filings, pension and benefits, onboarding and offboarding — while you direct the work and pay a single monthly invoice.

    Hiring for sales & growth? Shortlist in 4 days.

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