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Talent Pipelining for Social Good
We merge the best of program design, technology, and recruitment expertise to:
- Deliver work experience and youth employment
- Unlock growth for impactful organizations
- Enable more diverse & equitable hiring




Our Approach
We build end-to-end talent pipelines, working from employer’s needs to provide youth
with real work experience and kickstart their careers.

Candidates are engaged from a variety of sources or provided by partner programs.




Aggregate employer demand and facilitate job matches.
Outreach & awareness.
Screen for fit, interest and aptitude.
Organize into cohorts.

Engage upskilling partners and design appropriate intervention.
Deliver technical training as well as “career readiness” support.
Analyze data from platform as well as training interaction.
Assess development and ability/motivation

Our Approach
We build end-to-end talent pipelines, working
from employer’s needs to provide youth
with real work experience and kickstart their careers.


Screen for fit, interest and aptitude.
Organize into cohorts.


Engage upskilling partners and design appropriate intervention. Deliver technical training as well as “career readiness” support.

Analyze data from platform as well as training interaction. Assess development and ability/motivation.


Aggregate employer demand and facilitate job matches.
What Makes us Different?
We link awareness to education to employment
We identify, design and implement programs that require short-term training, education and awareness which expedites youth employment and participation in the global workforce.

Employer led
We leverage our recruitment work with 1,000+ employers and 5,000+ placements to work backwards from genuine employer demand.

On-the-job focused
We don’t just “train-and-hope”, but instead find young people on-the-job experience as an on-ramp to full-time careers.

Partnership driven
We have a strong track record of building partnerships with leading organizations to drive awareness and training.

Tech enabled
Our in-house product platform includes chatbots, skills assessments, and peronality tests that have engaged nearly 2M candidates across 30+ countries.

Sector agnostic
We work across functions (digital, ops, etc.) and sectors (clean energy, tech, etc.) to understand challenges and drive job creation.

Results based
We design and execute results oriented programs to achieve the particular outcomes desired.
Our Programs
We implement programs to create jobs and drive economic opportunity across Africa
By 2025, we aim to place 100,000 African youth into early career opportunities.

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