Grow your business in Africa, without carrying the complexity.
You see the African opportunity, but entering these markets feels heavy: entities, compliance, recruitment, costs. Kernel removes these barriers. You explore one or several markets, recruit local talent and keep your full agility, with no subsidiary, across all 54 African countries.
Four goals to enter the continent without barriers
Growing in Africa is not just about recruiting. Here are the four goals companies in an expansion phase pursue, and the Kernel answer to move fast and well.
Explore one or several markets
Before investing, you want to test. Kernel gives you access to market data, reference salaries and a first employee on the ground, to validate a country with no structural commitment.
Recruit local talent
A country manager, a sales force, a first technical team: Kernel sources the right profiles on the ground and contracts them on a local permanent contract, with no entity to create.
Stay agile and cut my costs
No locked-up capital, no recurring legal fees, no dedicated HR team to build. You pay as you use, you adjust your scope at your pace, and you access a competitive quality-cost ratio.
Simplify my management
One platform, one contact, one invoice per country. Contracts, payroll, compliance and reporting are centralised, so that your growth does not turn into an administrative burden.
Not sure where to start? Talk to a Kernel expert: we will scope your market entry in one call, country by country.
Test before you invest, accelerate when it works
The risk of an expansion is committing heavy resources before validating the market. Kernel flips the logic: you start light, and you scale up only when the signals are green.
A reversible market entry
You activate a first employee to test a country. If the market confirms, you accelerate. If not, you stop cleanly, with no locked-up capital nor entity to dissolve.
- First employee activated within days
- No mandatory subsidiary to start
- Compliant offboarding if you pivot
Controlled, predictable costs
A single monthly invoice per employee, no hidden fees. You read total cost from the first payroll and align it with your business plan, market by market.
- Pay as you use, no volume commitment
- Total cost readable from the first payroll
- Competitive quality-cost ratio on the continent
Assured local execution
You keep commercial control, Kernel carries local compliance. Compliant contracts, declared payroll, real social protection: your employer image is secured from day one.
- Local compliance carried across all 54 countries
- Local contracts, declared charges, protected talent
- A single point of contact for all your markets
From exploration to first employee, in a few days
A light path, designed to move forward without overloading your structure. You decide, Kernel executes local compliance.
- 01
Market scoping
You talk to a Kernel expert about target countries, profiles sought and your timeline. You leave with a clear entry plan.
- 02
Local sourcing
Kernel Recruit identifies and qualifies profiles on the ground: country managers, sales reps, technical team. Documented shortlist in five to ten days.
- 03
Contracting
Local permanent contract drafted under the country’s law, validated by your counsel if you wish, signed online. No entity to create.
- 04
Launch and scale-up
First payroll triggered, consolidated view on your side. When the market confirms, you accelerate on the same foundation.
The foundation to enter and grow on a market
Depending on your goals, Kernel mobilises the right services on a single foundation. You start light and activate the rest as your growth unfolds.
Kernel EOR Africa
Local contracting, multi-currency payroll, social and tax filings across all 54 countries. No subsidiary required.
See the solutionKernel Recruit
Active sourcing of country managers, sales reps and technical profiles. Documented shortlist in five to ten days.
See the solutionKernel Freelance
Simplified framework to test a collaboration with a local contractor, with EOR conversion at any time.
See the solutionKernel Platform
Contracts, payroll, compliance and reporting centralised. A single contact for all your African markets.
See the solutionSimple cost reading, aligned with your market entry
You pay as you use: per employee, per month, with no volume commitment. Full pricing details are gathered on our Pricing page.
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Your questions, our direct answers
Yes. This is the heart of our proposition. Via EOR, you activate a first employee in the target country within days, with no entity setup. You validate the market before any structural investment.
Let us scope your African market entry
A Kernel expert qualifies your project, identifies the most relevant markets and proposes an entry plan within days, with no commitment.