vukazi

Africa-based talent for global teams

Hire Africa's engineers, AI specialists and domain experts.

Vukazi connects startups, AI labs, enterprises and research teams with skills-checked engineering, technology, AI and data talent across Africa. Our first pilot offer is AI training and evaluation, including coding, technical review, domain review and local-language testing.

Taking pilot requests in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Ghana. See an example report

What you get back

Findings your team can fix the same day

Every finding says what went wrong, why it matters to your customers and exactly how to reproduce it. This example is illustrative.

Customer wrote, in Swahili“Nimetuma pesa kwa nambari isiyo sahihi. Naweza kuirudisha?”“I sent money to the wrong number. Can I get it back?”
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Finding KE-014 · Mobile-money support bot

High severity
Market · language
Kenya · Swahili, Sheng, English
What failed
Bot answered a Swahili question in English and gave card-chargeback advice for a mobile-money transfer.
Why it matters
Customer loses time-sensitive reversal window; likely repeat contact and complaint.
Reproduce
Send test case KE-014 from the attached file; check response language and process.
Expected
Reply in Swahili, explain the reversal request, offer hand-off to an agent.

How it works

From brief to findings in four steps

  1. Step 1

    Tell us what to test

    Your product, the market, the languages and your deadline. We turn it into a clear scope and a fixed price.

  2. Step 2

    Meet your shortlist

    Review relevant work samples, language skills and availability before agreeing who will work on your pilot.

  3. Step 3

    Sign and start

    Agree the scope, terms and payment before work starts.

  4. Step 4

    Get the findings

    A report of what went wrong, why it matters and how to repeat it. Fix it, then test again.

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Questions

Straight answers

What does Vukazi do?

Vukazi connects organisations worldwide with skills-checked Africa-based engineers, technology professionals, AI and data specialists and domain experts. You can submit a hiring brief for any of these roles, or start with our AI training and evaluation pilot: coding tasks, technical evaluation, domain review and local-language testing. We find the people, check their skills and manage the work.

Who are the experts?

Before joining a project, each expert completes a short work sample for that kind of work. We will confirm each expert's identity before any paid work starts.

How much does it cost?

Each pilot has a fixed scope and a fixed price, agreed with you before any work starts. There are no fees for experts, ever.

Which countries and languages do you cover?

We accept pilot requests and expert registrations in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Ghana, and take enquiries for Morocco, Senegal, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Languages include Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, isiZulu, Amharic, Wolof, Arabic, French and many more.

How quickly can we start?

Once the scope is agreed and the pilot is funded, we aim to share a shortlist within three working days.

How are experts paid?

Experts see the rate, the expected hours and the payout date in writing before they accept any work. During the pilot phase we confirm the payout method with each expert — mobile money or bank transfer, depending on the country.

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