Build the team that builds the company.
Bespoke, best-in-class hiring for high-impact teams across Africa. A dedicated talent partner, a hand-shaped shortlist, and candidates who actually want what you're offering. No spray-and-pray. No inflated CVs. No agency markup.
Brief us. Shortlist. Send the offer.
No ATS to migrate. No integrations to maintain. No 80-tab dashboard. Just a software platform with a real human partner behind it — and most hires close inside two weeks.
Brief us in five minutes
Title, salary band (non-negotiable), stage, and the three things this hire absolutely has to do. Your talent buddy turns it into a magnet.
We hand-shape the shortlist
Real humans match your role to candidates whose stated preferences fit. No 'open to opportunities?' guesswork. Only people who'd genuinely take your call.
Reach out, salary inside
Every outreach lands with the band, the role and the why. Candidates reply because the offer's already on the table — not because they're chasing.
Close like it's done
Track the shortlist, schedule the interviews, send the offer — all from one dashboard. Buddy steps in if a candidate hesitates. Most hires close in two weeks.
The senior people you can't find on a job board.
Our best candidates aren't applying anywhere — they're senior, employed and quietly curious. They've already told us their floor, their dealbreakers and the kind of team they'd consider. You see them. They never have to lift a finger.
- ✓ Anonymous profiles, verified work history, no inflated CVs
- ✓ Salary expectations + must-haves on every profile
- ✓ Filter by stack, stage, comp, location, values, the works
- ✓ Save searches → get a ping the moment a match joins
Less spent. Better hires. The receipts.
68%
Reply to your first message (LinkedIn: ~9%)
14d
From first hello to signed offer
3.2x
More qualified pipeline vs. job boards
$0
Per-hire fees on Grow & Scale plans
Aggregated across active CareerBuddy hiring partners over the trailing 12 months. LinkedIn reply-rate benchmark per LinkedIn Talent Solutions, 2024.
Why they keep coming back.
"CareerBuddy gets it. Hiring isn't a walk in the park, but they make the recruitment process a lot less daunting. From how quickly they source candidates to ensuring the people they bring are high-quality and a great fit for our company — they're great at what they do."
Cadana
Hiring partner
"When it comes to start-up hiring, CareerBuddy is your go-to. They understand the assignment and exceed expectations. They take the time to elicit the requirements and find the right candidates — and we trust their pre-screening processes to be thorough. We'll obviously be repeat clients."
Matta
Hiring partner
"We'd wasted months trying to hire for a very important role, so when we reached out to CareerBuddy we literally demanded a miracle. We needed highly skilled professionals with the right attitude — fast — and guess what? They delivered, excellently."
Sabi
Hiring partner
"Integrity is core to us, and not many companies share the same ethos. CareerBuddy lives it — they keep us on our toes, communicate promptly, deliver as promised. We'll absolutely recommend them for startup recruitment."
"We wanted employees who'd seamlessly fit into our culture and our budget. CareerBuddy went over and above to make sure we hired the right fit — with zero hassles."
"They took the time to understand our needs and culture, and their pre-screening process was thorough — which saved us time and effort. We'll definitely be using them again."
"Finding top talent in a highly competitive market can be daunting, but with CareerBuddy's help we attracted and hired the best fit for our team. Their attention to detail ensured candidates matched our culture and values."
"As a startup, we needed a partner who could help us navigate the complex hiring process. CareerBuddy was that partner — and working with them has been a game-changer."
"CareerBuddy's unique approach helped us find candidates that matched our culture and values. We were impressed with their professionalism, and we look forward to working with them again."
"CareerBuddy helped us build a great team that has contributed to our success. They understood our needs and brought us highly skilled people who matched our culture. We're grateful for the partnership."
"The go-to partner for startup hiring. Their team helped us navigate the complex process of hiring top talent and brought us candidates that exceeded our expectations. Seamless, end to end."
"Working with CareerBuddy was an absolute pleasure. They understood our needs quickly and went above and beyond to find us the best candidates. The team they helped us build has been integral to our success."
Honest, flat, per-seat pricing.
No per-hire fees. No success invoices. Pause or cancel any time. We earn your renewal every month.
Sprout
For seed-stage teams
Free · forever
- ✓1 active role at a time
- ✓Up to 30 outreach msgs / month
- ✓Standard 48hr response SLA
- ✓Email support
Grow
For Series A → C
/month · billed yearly
- ✓Unlimited roles + unlimited outreach
- ✓Advanced search · saved searches + alerts
- ✓24hr response SLA badge
- ✓Application analytics + Slack support
Scale
For 1,000+ teams
Volume + multi-region
- ✓Everything in Grow
- ✓Dedicated talent partner
- ✓ATS integrations + SSO + audit
- ✓Quarterly business reviews
Questions, answered.
Two ways. First, every candidate has already declared their salary floor, location and dealbreakers — so you stop wasting outreach on people who'd never say yes. Second, our reply rate runs 6–7× higher because candidates only see messages that genuinely fit. Less noise. More hires.
What every seat replaces.
- ✓Unlimited job posts on Africa's invite-only senior talent network.
- ✓Hand-curated shortlists from a human talent partner — replaces a $4k/mo sourcer.
- ✓12,000+ pre-vetted senior candidates across 5 African hubs.
- ✓Anonymous-by-default outreach — candidates opt in, reply rates hit 68%.
- ✓The 3-company cap on candidates — your message gets read, not buried.
- ✓Salary-transparent matching — no wasted calls on misaligned comp.
- ✓Slack-channel support from a real talent partner, not a chatbot.
- ✓No per-hire fees. No contingency. No agency markup. Ever.
Make your first hire in 90 days — or your seat's on us.
If you don't close at least one hire within 90 days of activating your seat, we'll extend your seat free until you do. We're that confident in the shortlist.
Get my shortlist in 72 hoursOpen the role. Meet your buddy. Hire.
14-day trial on every plan. No credit card. Cancel any time. Your dedicated talent partner is one click away.