Founded in 2021, Mercy Corps and BFA Global are in charge of the Jobtech Alliance, an ecosystem building project for inclusive job technology in Africa. The goal of Jobtech Alliance is to make it easier for entrepreneurs to build platforms that provide good ways to make a living, are open to everyone, and help people find decent jobs.
Jobtech Alliance supports startups that create jobs, improve employment quality for youths, improve employment quality for workers, and uplift underserved individuals.
The selected startups are:
1. Selar (Nigeria)
Founded in 2016, Selar is an e-commerce platform that enables African creators and entrepreneurs to sell their digital products, contents, and services across borders. From web stores, affiliate marketing solutions, multiple payment gateway integration, custom-made landing & sales pages for products, follow-up tools for customer targeting, Sela is changing the African creator economy.
2. Mwingi Africa (Kenya)
Founded in 2019, Mwingi is a Kenyan social enterprise that provides essential food items to remote rural areas in Kenya. Mwingi is solving the issue of under supply of essential food items by establishing retail franchise shops in very remote rural areas , where there are no cars, roads, electricity, and water.
3. Opareta (Kenya)
Founded in 2020, Opareta provides mobile money operators with a digital operating system that allows efficient oversight of agent networks. They offer a suite of tools designed to automate commercial operations, manage liquidity, monitor performance, and facilitate digital onboarding for mobile money agents.
4. Instollar (Kenya)
Founded in 2022, Instollar is a green energy workforce marketplace that connects renewable energy companies in need of skills for solar project implementation across Africa.
5. CatalyzU (South Africa)
CatalyzU Formerly Young African Catalysts, is an organization that shapes the future of Africa’s leading talent. They focus on non-technical talent and offer programs to equip founders, aspiring founders, and startup employees with essential skills for building scalable businesses in Africa.
6. Gwiji (Kenya)
Gwiji for Women, is a platform that connects underprivileged local female cleaners known as “Mama Afua”, with clients in need of their services.
7. Goodayon (Ethiopia)
GoodayOn is an Ethiopian location based gig platform that connects customers with domestic manual workers. It matches gig workers with customers on an ad-hoc basis through an app and call center.
8. Afriwork (Ethiopia)
Founded in 2018, Afriwork mission is to bring top talent from all over the world to team up with fast growing startups in Africa. They leverage Telegram to offer fully automated and self-catered recruitment services to SMEs.
The selected startups will receive;
- Investment capital
- Venture building support
- Mentorship and advisory services from leading experts
