Spotlight on Fuzu // On changing the Face of Recruitment in Africa

Spotlight on Fuzu // On changing the Face of Recruitment in Africa

By 2030, Africa will have the largest global workforce with a population of over 1 billion people, yet access to opportunities is an ever growing problem.

For career builders, there are no jobs in the market or there are significant barriers to accessing jobs.

On the employer side, Africa has one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world, yet finding a talent good enough to fit into an organization is still a challenge. That’s why Fuzu exists, to bridge the gap between the two worlds.

We recently had a sit down with Nabil Anjarwalla, Country Director Fuzu Kenya,  where he shared the story of Fuzu. Nabil shared how technology is an enabler of what they do this is especially through scalability and reach driven by the smartphone penetration that is at 70% in Kenya and expected to reach a similar level across the continent by 2025.

“Through this we are able to reach millions of people by a click of the button,” said Nabil.

Nabil also attributed the success of Fuzu to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in career progression for career builders. The adoption of these technologies have enabled Fuzu to give real recommendations for career builders.

Founded in 2015, Fuzu is an online career and recruitment platform which provides job seekers an access to career advice, online learning and jobs. 

For employers it provides a set of tools for identifying best matching candidates via search and recruitment solutions and automated analysis of CV’s. 

The platform integrates online psychometric testing and talent profiling of candidates to the application process. 

Having started their operations in Kenya at Nairobi Garage // Kilimani, Fuzu has since grown and scaled to Uganda and Nigeria with over 1.5 million using the platform and offering over 5000 free and paid for online courses and articles

From core-values to, Fuzu’s company culture, thoughts on workplace trends like ‘The Great Resignation, working from Nairobi Garage and the future of work,  here is what makes this company stand-out as shared Nabil Anjarwalla, Country Director Fuzu Kenya,