Kernel
For enterprises

Deploy your African teams at scale, under controlled governance.

Your sales, tech, finance, HR, legal and operations functions move across several countries at once. Kernel orchestrates the deployment, compliance and payroll of your teams across all 54 African countries, with a single point of contact, consolidated reporting and governance worthy of a large account.

Sales, tech and finance functions deployed across all 54 African countries with Kernel.
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  • Orchestrated multi-country deployment
  • Every function addressed
  • Controlled governance and compliance
  • Coverage across all 54 African countries
Your scenario

Four starting points, one governance

Depending on whether your group already operates in Africa or not, and whether you want to run existing teams or deploy new ones, Kernel mobilises the right services. You keep governance, we carry local compliance across all 54 African countries.

1Already in Africa
Run my existing teams
Consolidate

You operate through several subsidiaries and want to harmonise group HR

You run entities and teams across several African countries, with heterogeneous tools, providers and contracts. Kernel harmonises HRIS, payroll and multi-country compliance on a single foundation, with consolidated group-level reporting.

Deploy new teams
Expand

You operate locally and are deploying new functions or new countries

A function (sales, tech, finance, support) is opening in a neighbouring country or a new market. Kernel sources the profiles and structures hiring at scale, in your existing entities or via EOR for the countries you do not yet cover.

2Not yet in Africa
Run my existing teams
Establish

You develop your business in Africa, without deploying subsidiaries everywhere

You are addressing new markets and need sales forces, country managers and local teams. Kernel hires for you via EOR or COR, identifies the profiles and activates your offices on priority markets when volume justifies it.

Deploy new teams
Competence centre

You build an African competence centre serving your functions

Tech nearshoring, multilingual customer support, operational finance, data, design: Kernel builds your African competence centre at scale, sources the talents, contracts them via EOR and equips your employees to your IT and security standards.

Your group probably combines several scenarios depending on the countries and functions. That is exactly what Kernel orchestrates. Talk to our enterprise team: we will scope your deployment in one call.

Talk to our enterprise team
Every function

A single partner for every function, across the whole continent

A large enterprise does not hire a single function, it deploys entire departments across several countries. Kernel addresses your whole organisation, with the same compliance and control standards, function by function.

Sales

Sales forces, country managers, business development and key accounts across your priority African markets.

Engineering

Engineers, developers, data, DevOps and cybersecurity, as local teams or in an offshore competence centre.

Finance

Accountants, financial controllers, analysts and operational finance, with consolidated multi-currency payroll.

Human resources

Unified HRIS, payroll and compliance, employee workspaces and consolidated group-level HR reporting.

Legal and compliance

Compliant local contracts, continuous regulatory monitoring, compliance tracked country by country under one overview.

Operations and support

Multilingual customer support, back-office and operations, built as a hub or local team depending on your volumes.

Whatever the function, you keep a single point of contact and consolidated reporting. Your local teams, francophone, anglophone, lusophone and arabophone, work under one governance.

Why Kernel at your scale

Three enterprise requirements, met across the whole continent

A large enterprise cannot compromise on compliance, security or consolidation. At this scale, stacking local providers multiplies risk. Kernel concentrates three decisive requirements across all 54 African countries.

01

Controlled governance and compliance

You do not manage scattered providers, you manage a single partner who carries local compliance in every country. Regulatory monitoring is continuous, contracts are compliant, and you keep an auditable overview.

  • Local compliance carried across all 54 African countries
  • Standardised, compliant local contracts
  • Consolidated overview, group-level control
02

Orchestrated multi-country deployment

Instead of reinventing a setup per country and per function, you deploy on a single foundation. Kernel orchestrates the timeline, the hires and the migrations at scale, with no locked-up capital nor mandatory subsidiary to start.

  • One foundation for all entities and functions
  • Hires and migrations sequenced by country
  • No mandatory subsidiary to enter a market
03

Single contact and consolidated reporting

Your HR, finance and legal functions share a common reading. A dedicated contact coordinates the whole, and reporting consolidates multi-country, multi-currency payroll into a view readable per entity, country and function.

  • A dedicated contact for the entire continent
  • Consolidated multi-country, multi-currency reporting
  • Readable per entity, per country and per function
Governance and security

Enterprise-grade standards, on every country

At your scale, the framework matters as much as the execution. Kernel structures clear governance, compliance held over time and data security aligned with your group standards.

Control and governance

  • Dedicated enterprise point of contact
  • Steering committee and regular reviews
  • Sequenced deployment timeline
  • Consolidated group-level reporting

Compliance over time

  • Local compliance carried country by country
  • Continuous regulatory monitoring
  • Compliant, standardised local contracts
  • Selected partners on each market

Security and data

  • Framed data hosting and processing
  • Controlled employee access and rights
  • IT standards aligned with your requirements
  • Traceability of payroll operations

You do not delegate control, you centralise it. Kernel executes local complexity, you keep governance and visibility.

How it works

From group scoping to multi-country deployment, with no disruption

A framed path that respects your entities, functions and standards. You keep governance, Kernel executes local compliance, country by country.

  1. 01

    Group scoping

    You talk to our enterprise team to map your entities, functions, deployment goals and compliance and security constraints.

  2. 02

    Deployment plan

    Kernel proposes a harmonisation plan (HRIS, payroll, compliance) and a deployment plan, prioritised by country and function, with no disruption to your existing employees.

  3. 03

    Contracting and migration

    Progressive takeover of existing entities, compliant local contracts for new hires, validated by your legal and compliance functions.

  4. 04

    Consolidated piloting

    Payroll triggered, employee workspaces opened, consolidated multi-country reporting available for governance. Your functions keep full visibility.

Pricing

Consolidated cost reading, per entity, country and function

You pay as you use: per employee, per month, with billing consolidated at group level. Full pricing details are gathered on our Pricing page.

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Frequently asked questions

Your questions, our direct answers

Yes, this is the most common case at your scale. Kernel harmonises the management of your existing entities (HRIS, payroll, compliance) and structures the deployment of new functions in parallel, local or in a competence centre, on a single foundation with consolidated group-level reporting.

Next step

Let us scope your African deployment at scale

Our enterprise team maps your entities, functions and constraints, then proposes a deployment and governance plan within days, with no commitment.

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