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Your talent partner for offshore hiring and executive search.

Managed Service

Operators, specialists and leaders, embedded in your team. Vetted by us, managed by us, working inside your tools and your hours.

  • Placed within days
  • Month to month, scale with 30 days notice
  • Replacement guarantee, dedicated success manager
  • Contracts, payroll and compliance handled
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$459starting price per month
Daysto placement
4 to 8hlive overlap, US and UK

What to expect

  1. Discovery call: we align on the role, the hours and what success looks like in 90 days.
  2. Shortlist within days: you meet four to six vetted candidates, interviewed and tested by us.
  3. Onboarding: we set up contracts, payroll and tools; your hire starts inside your systems from day one.
  4. Ongoing: we work alongside your hire daily and weekly, with quality assurance, operational support and customer success built in.

Executive Search

Retained search for the roles that run the company: C suite, heads of function, country leadership and senior management. Mapped across the continent and the diaspora, assessed by us, presented as a vetted shortlist.

  • Full market map reviewed with you before outreach
  • Two assessment rounds and backdoor references
  • Confidential when you need it to be
  • Retained or contingent, fee agreed upfront
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Globalcontinent wide, plus diaspora networks
3 to 6weeks to shortlist
Upfrontfee agreed before we start

What to expect

  1. Brief and calibration: we lock the scope, level, locations and the must haves with the hiring manager.
  2. Market map: a named landscape across the continent and the diaspora, reviewed with you before anyone is approached.
  3. Assessment: a screening round, a one hour leadership interview and quiet reference checks through our network.
  4. Shortlist and close: vetted finalists with written assessments, then support through your loop to a signed offer.

How it works

Managed Service
01Day oneScope the role
01Day one

Scope the role

A 30 minute call on what the role owns, the hours you need covered and what good looks like after 90 days.

02Within daysMeet your shortlist
02Within days

Meet your shortlist

Four to six candidates, already interviewed, tested and reference checked by us. You meet them and pick one.

03From the first dayThey start, we stay
03From the first day

They start, we stay

Contracts, payroll and tools set up before day one. Then we work alongside your hire daily and weekly: quality assurance, operational support and customer success.

Executive Search
01Day oneScope the search
01Day one

Scope the search

We lock the scope, level, locations and the must haves with the hiring manager, and agree the fee before anything starts.

02Week one to twoMap the market
02Week one to two

Map the market

A named landscape of who holds this seat across the continent and the diaspora, reviewed with you before anyone is approached.

03Week three to sixAssess, shortlist, close
03Week three to six

Assess, shortlist, close

Two assessment rounds and quiet references, then a vetted shortlist with written assessments. We stay on through your loop to a signed offer.

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Operator

Early to mid career, 2 to 5 years

$11per hour
About $1,799 per month

Reliable execution on defined work in any function: support, admin, marketing, sales, operations, finance. Needs a clear brief, delivers it well.

  • Vetted, tested, reference checked
  • Replacement guarantee
  • Contracts, payroll, compliance handled
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02Most popular

Specialist

Senior, 5 to 10 years

$15per hour
About $2,399 per month

Owns outcomes, not tasks, in any function: runs a pipeline, a campaign, a process or a build end to end with little supervision.

  • Everything in Operator
  • Skills assessment in their function
  • Dedicated success manager
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03

Leadership

Senior management, 10+ years

$22per hour
About $3,499 per month

Sets direction and manages others in any function: a head of marketing, a chief of staff, a finance lead, working directly with founders and executives.

  • Everything in Specialist
  • Leadership assessment and references
  • Founder level onboarding support
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No setup fee. No long contract. Scale hours up or down with 30 days notice.

FAQs

Everything to know before you hire.

Managed Service

Who is Africa Rising?
A US incorporated talent firm run from Dakar and Kigali, with a team across the continent. We place African professionals with global teams, from a first operator to a country director, and we have been doing it since 2024.
How are candidates vetted?
Every candidate goes through screening, a skills assessment in their function, a live interview with us and reference checks before they are presented. You meet four to six people who have already cleared all four.
How fast can I hire?
It depends on the brief. Clear, well defined roles are often filled within days; most placements land inside two weeks from the discovery call to the first day.
What time zones do they work?
Your hours. Our talent works across US (Eastern to Pacific) and European (GMT to CET) schedules, with four to eight hours of live overlap each weekday depending on their location and yours.
Do I need a legal entity, visa or local payroll?
No. Africa Rising holds the contract with the talent and handles payments and compliance. You receive one monthly USD invoice.
What if the hire is not the right fit?
Every plan includes a replacement guarantee. If it is not the right match inside the probation period, we place someone else at no cost.
Can I change hours or stop?
Yes. Plans are month to month. Scale hours up or down, or end the engagement, with 30 days notice. No setup fee, no long contract.
How involved are you after the hire starts?
Very. We work alongside your hire daily and weekly: quality assurance on the work, operational support when something needs unblocking, and customer success with you on the client side. Payroll, contracts and performance conversations are ours too, so you only manage the work.

Executive Search

When is it search rather than managed service?
Search is for roles you will employ directly: C suite, heads of function, country leadership, senior managers. Managed service is for embedded people on our contract. The scoping call settles which one fits.
Retained or contingent: what is the difference?
Retained: the fee is agreed upfront and invoiced in stages, and we commit the full process to your search. Contingent: nothing upfront, the full fee is due on a signed offer letter, at a modest premium for the flexibility. Both run the same process.
How long does a search take?
Three to six weeks to a vetted shortlist, depending on the role and the markets. We stay on through your interview loop to offer and signing.
Where can you run searches?
Globally. Our expertise is African markets, and we reach them through the continent itself and through extensive diaspora networks in North America, Europe and Asia. If the right person is in Montreal and will relocate to Kinshasa, we find them.
Is the search confidential?
It can be. Some clients want the role in the open; others need nothing to touch their ATS and candidates approached without the company named until there is a strong signal. We run it either way, by your choice.
Do you have case studies?
Yes. Because most searches are confidential they are shared on request rather than published. Email support@africarising.work and we will send the ones closest to your role.
What if the hire leaves early?
If the placed candidate leaves inside the probation period, we rerun the search at no additional fee.

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