The official digital ecosystem for Kernel, providing comprehensive HRTech solutions including EOR, payroll, and recruitment services across Africa.

Which services can be driven from the platform?

All Kernel services: EOR, COR, recruitment, payroll, freelance, offices, IT equipment, compliance and entity setup. Each Kernel solution mobilises one or several of the four native feature families of the platform.

Do employees have access to the platform?

Yes. Every worker, employee or contractor, has a dedicated workspace for payslips, leave, expenses, timesheets and e-signature of documents. The interface is available in French, English, Arabic and Portuguese.

Can you connect with our existing tools?

Yes. The platform exposes a documented REST API, signed webhooks and native connectors for the most common HR, finance and IT tools (Workday, BambooHR, Personio, Sage, NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, Pennylane, Cegid, QuickBooks and more). Custom connectors can be built by our teams.

What is your security policy?

European hosting by default, TLS 1.3 encryption in transit and AES-256 at rest, SSO SAML and SCIM for identity management, fine-grained access and role management, full audit log of every action. Anomaly detection on sensitive access.

Do you really cover all 54 African countries?

Yes. The platform and the embedded regulatory watch cover all 54 African countries. You can manage, contract, pay and report on operations across the whole continent from a single interface, in multi-currency and multi-language.

How does the Kernel AI copilot work?

Kernel AI is trained on African HR and legal specifics. It analyses your payroll cycles, raises regulatory alerts, drafts first versions of amendments or communications, and answers business questions based on your own data. Your data stays siloed per client, no fine-tuning is performed on it, and every AI action is logged in the audit trail.

How long does it take to onboard a team onto the platform?

A standard team is operational within five to ten business days: client workspace setup, entity configuration, employee and contractor import, access management and quick training of your HR, finance, legal and IT teams. For larger deployments (multi-entity groups, specific integrations), a dedicated onboarding plan is provided.

Kernel Platform

Manage your African talents on one platform, simply.

Hiring, payroll, recruitment, compliance, management, of your employees or contractors in Africa: the Kernel platform brings everything together in one interface, with a dedicated workspace for you and one for each of your talents.

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app.hr-kernel.com

v3.6

Client workspace

Dashboard
My teams36
PayrollD-5
Contractors12
Hiring4
Offices
Equipment
Compliance

Consolidated multi-country view

My African teams

Filters4

36Active talents

8Countries

184 720 €Payroll mass

Aicha DIALLO

IT Developer

Senegal

EORActive

Yves M’BAYE

Sales Manager

Ivory Coast

CORActive

Kwame ASANTE

Tech Lead

Ghana

EORActive

David OKONKWO

Product Designer

Nigeria

CORPending

Nadia BAH

HR Officer

Togo

HRActive

Salma TAZI

Finance Analyst

Morocco

EORActive

LiveAicha B. amendment signed electronically in Dakar.

Regulatory watch

2 regulatory updates in Kenya.

African countries covered

workspaces in sync

copilot embedded

hosting by default

Two workspaces, one dialog

Client and talent, side by side, on the same data layer.

The Kernel platform is the OS of your HR operations across all 54 African countries: one single source of truth for your employees, contractors, payrolls, contracts and compliance. Two workspaces face each other, your HR, finance, legal and IT teams on one side, each of your talents on the other, sharing the same reality in real time. A leave request filed in Nairobi appears in your dashboard within seconds. A payslip validated in Paris updates instantly in the employee’s workspace. No duplicate entries, no crossed emails, no grey zone.

African countries operated

workspaces in sync

source of truth

copilot embedded

Client workspace

HR, finance, legal, IT teams

Live

Run your African teams end to end

Multi-country dashboard, payroll cycle sign-off, hiring tracking, contractor management, compliance, consolidated multi-currency reporting. Your Kernel points of contact are reachable from every case.

Client dashboard

Multi-countryLive

May payroll cycleTo sign D-5
New employees4 this month
Leave request Sarah K.To approve
Closing reportingReady

Real-time multi-country dashboard
One-click payroll cycle sign-off
Hiring tracking and talent database access
Consolidated multi-currency reporting
API exports to ERP and accounting stack

Same data layer

Real-time sync

To the talent

Amendment to sign

Aicha B. raise (+10%) sent for e-signature.

Talent workspace

Employees and contractors in 54 countries

Live

A workspace designed for your talents

Every employee and contractor has a personal workspace: contract, payslips, invoices, timesheets, leave, expenses, e-signature, digital vault. Multilingual: FR, EN, AR, PT.

Talent view: Sarah K.

KenyaActive

April payslipAvailable
Leave requestMay 15-20
Amendment to sign+10%
Expense reportApproved

Payslip or invoice in one click
Guided leave and expense requests
E-signature on documents
Personal digital vault
CV enriched continuously, mission history

Same data layer

Leave request
Sarah K. submits 5 days (May 15-20). Visible on client side.
Amendment to sign
Aicha B. raise (+10%) sent for e-signature.
April payslip
Signed off by finance, sent to 36 talents in one click.

Features

Four feature families. Around twenty native tools.

The Kernel platform is not split by commercial offer, but by product feature families. Every Kernel solution (EOR/COR, HR & Payroll, Recruit, Freelance, Office, IT, Incorporate) combines several of these families, with no duplication and no connectors to maintain.

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Hire and source

From job opening to employment contract signature: Africa-focused ATS, talent database of 100,000+ qualified profiles, candidate pipeline with local scoring, oral qualification by our recruiters, direct integration with the Hire module to avoid any duplicate entry.

Africa ATS
Full pipeline, local scoring, real-time tracking.
Kernel talent base
100,000+ qualified profiles, continuously updated.
Local filters
Languages, country, sector, time zone, availability.
Oral qualification
Systematic interviews before shortlist.
Offer and signature
E-offer, signature, switch to EOR.

Used by the solutions

Kernel Recruit
Kernel EOR

Live

Active search

Senior dev, Abidjan

Shortlist12 profiles
Interviews5 this week
OfferTo send

Switch to EOR in one click after acceptance

Kernel AI

An AI copilot to help you decide, without ever deciding for you.

The Kernel platform embeds an AI copilot trained on African HR and legal specifics. It does not replace your teams or ours: it accelerates your analysis, raises useful alerts, drafts first versions and answers business questions based on your own data, always within Kernel’s confidentiality rules.

Kernel AI

Live copilot

What is the total cost of a senior developer in Nairobi?

Kernel AI

For a senior 5+ years in Nairobi: average gross salary €4,800, KRA + NSSF + NHIF charges estimated €720, Kernel fees included. Total employer cost: €5,850/month. Want an official simulation?

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Live

Insight
Average senior dev cost Nairobi up 4%
Active market for 2 months
Alert
New NSSF Kenya scale on May 1st
4 employees impacted
Draft
Aicha B. amendment ready for signature
Morocco, +10% on June 1st
Payroll
Senegal cycle ready for sign-off
D-5, 8 employees
Suggestion
Batch May payroll sign-offs (3 countries)
Estimated saving: 22 min

Insights

Intelligent reading of your data

The copilot analyses your payroll cycles, headcount and costs country by country. It returns trends and benchmarks in plain language.

Compliance

Proactive regulatory alerts

On every regulatory change, the AI estimates the impact on your employees and proposes actions to validate before the next deadline.

Drafting

First contract drafts

The copilot drafts first versions of amendments, internal notes or employee communications, in the country language.

Questions

Natural-language business questions

Ask your question, the AI pulls from your Kernel data and local knowledge to deliver a documented answer.

Data

Siloed per client

Training

No fine-tuning on your data

Decision

Always human, on client and Kernel side

Traceability

Full audit log of AI actions

Stack and API

Kernel plugs into your stack, talks in real time, never replaces it.

You keep your group HRIS, ERP and existing tools. Kernel becomes the African operational layer feeding them in real time, in both directions, through a documented REST API and signed webhooks. No heavy migration, no dependency, no lock-in.

SIRH groupe

ERP, comptabilite

Banques, paiements

Securite, identite

Recrutement, ATS

BI, data warehouse

Open API

REST, signed webhooks

Real time

Bi-directional

Evolutive

Versioned endpoints

Our teams can also build custom connectors for specific needs. See the Pricing page for related terms.

Infrastructure

A platform built for the enterprise, hosted to your standards.

The Kernel platform is designed to meet the standards of IT, security and compliance teams in European and international enterprises. EU hosting, fine-grained access management, full audit log, business continuity and contractual commitments.

Hosting

European cloud

Infrastructure hosted in certified European datacenters, with EU data residency by default. Encrypted backups and multi-zone redundancy.

Security

Access and encryption

SSO SAML, SCIM, fine-grained role management, TLS 1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest. Anomaly detection on sensitive access.

Compliance

GDPR, CS3D, CSRD

Full audit trail, GDPR processing register, structured data ready for your CS3D and CSRD obligations on the African value chain.

Continuity

Availability and SLA

Contractual availability commitments, scheduled maintenance windows, business continuity plans regularly tested by Kernel teams.

Hosting

EU by default

Encryption

TLS 1.3 + AES-256

Identity

SSO SAML, SCIM

Audit

Full log

Platform updates

The platform evolves every month. Follow every change in the What’s new feed.

New features, AI improvements, new integrations, new country regulatory watches: we publish every change with context and scope. Stay aligned with the actual state of the platform.

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Manage employees

Run your team day to day.

See the use case

Build a team

Build your local team.

See the use case

Hire in Africa

Recruit without a local entity.

See the use case

Frequently asked questions

No. It is free as soon as you use any active Kernel service. Kernel services (EOR/COR, payroll, recruitment, freelance, offices, IT, incorporation) are billed per their own pricing, published on the Pricing page.

Discover the platform

The best way to understand the platform is to see it running on your own cases.

Book a demo with a Kernel product expert. You leave with a concrete view of your future multi-country dashboard and, if you wish, test access on your own scenarios.

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Platform access is included with any active Kernel service. Detailed pricing on the Pricing page.

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Manage your African talents on one platform, simply.

Client and talent, side by side, on the same data layer.

Run your African teams end to end

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Four feature families. Around twenty native tools.

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An AI copilot to help you decide, without ever deciding for you.

Intelligent reading of your data

Proactive regulatory alerts

First contract drafts

Natural-language business questions

Kernel plugs into your stack, talks in real time, never replaces it.

A platform built for the enterprise, hosted to your standards.

European cloud

Access and encryption

GDPR, CS3D, CSRD

Availability and SLA

The platform evolves every month. Follow every change in the What’s new feed.

Digital vault for talents

Payroll cycle batching suggestions

Native Pennylane and SAP S/4HANA connectors

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Manage employees

Build a team

Hire in Africa

Frequently asked questions

The best way to understand the platform is to see it running on your own cases.

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Manage your African talents on one platform, simply.

Client and talent, side by side, on the same data layer.

Run your African teams end to end

A workspace designed for your talents

Four feature families. Around twenty native tools.

Hire and source

An AI copilot to help you decide, without ever deciding for you.

Intelligent reading of your data

Proactive regulatory alerts

First contract drafts

Natural-language business questions

Kernel plugs into your stack, talks in real time, never replaces it.

A platform built for the enterprise, hosted to your standards.

European cloud

Access and encryption

GDPR, CS3D, CSRD

Availability and SLA

The platform evolves every month. Follow every change in the What’s new feed.

Digital vault for talents

Payroll cycle batching suggestions

Native Pennylane and SAP S/4HANA connectors

Does this sound familiar?

Manage employees

Build a team

Hire in Africa

Frequently asked questions

The best way to understand the platform is to see it running on your own cases.

Explore other Kernel solutions

Kernel EOR/COR Africa

Kernel Recruit

Kernel HR & Payroll

Kernel Office

Kernel IT

Kernel Incorporate

Kernel Freelance

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