Run your African talent, and expand your footprint with confidence.
You already operate in one or more African countries. The challenge is no longer getting there, it is running your HR better, opening new countries and recruiting without stacking providers or blind spots. Kernel unifies your management on a single foundation, across all 54 countries of the continent.
- 01Run my HR better
- 02Open new countries
- 03Hire in new countries
- 04Recruit the talent I am missing
Four concrete goals, one platform to meet them
When you already operate in Africa, your priorities are specific. Here are the four goals our established clients entrust to us most often, and the Kernel answer for each.
Run my HR better
Your contracts, payroll and compliance are scattered across local accountants, providers and spreadsheets. Kernel consolidates everything on a single platform, with readable reporting and compliance monitored country by country.
Open new countries
A neighbouring market opens and you want to be there without setting up a subsidiary each time. Kernel activates your first employees via EOR, and structures a physical presence when volume justifies it, with no locked-up capital.
Hire in new countries
Your existing teams need to grow, sometimes beyond the borders where you already operate. Kernel contracts locally and runs payroll, in your existing entities or via EOR for the countries you do not yet cover.
Recruit the talent I am missing
The right tech, finance, sales or support profiles are not always on classic job boards. Kernel Recruit sources actively, qualifies and delivers a documented shortlist in five to ten business days.
Most of our established clients combine several of these goals at once. That is exactly what Kernel orchestrates, under one governance.
Take back control without rebuilding everything
You already have teams, contracts and habits. The point is not to start from scratch, but to gain visibility and peace of mind, with no disruption to your employees.
A finally readable overview
No more rebuilding reporting by hand every month. Your costs, headcount and compliance read per country, per team and per project, in real time.
- Consolidated multi-country, multi-currency reporting
- Costs readable per country, team and project
- One source of truth for your African HR
Compliance held over time
Social and tax regimes change constantly. Our legal team monitors changes country by country and applies updates on your behalf.
- Continuous regulatory monitoring across all 54 countries
- Compliant, standardised local contracts
- Alerts on high-impact changes
Frictionless expansion
Open a country, hire a profile, build a team: everything triggers on the same foundation, with no setup to reinvent each time and no diversion of your corporate teams.
- New country activated with no mandatory subsidiary
- Sourcing and contracting on a single foundation
- No disruption to your existing employees
From taking over the existing to expanding, with no disruption
A path that respects your teams and contracts in place. You keep control, Kernel executes local compliance, country by country.
- 01
Diagnosis of the existing
We map your countries, current providers, headcount and friction points. You leave with a clear view and a prioritised plan.
- 02
Takeover and consolidation
Progressive migration of your employees onto the platform, with no payroll disruption. Consolidated reporting becomes available for governance.
- 03
Opening and recruiting
Activation of new countries via EOR, sourcing of missing profiles via Kernel Recruit, compliant local contracting.
- 04
Unified piloting
All your African teams under one governance, with continuously monitored compliance and a single point of contact.
The foundation to run and expand your African HR
Depending on your goals, Kernel mobilises the right services on a single foundation, with consolidated billing. You activate what you need, country by country.
Kernel HR & Payroll
HRIS and payroll for your existing entities: monitored compliance, employee workspaces, consolidated reporting.
See the solutionKernel EOR Africa
Local contracting and multi-currency payroll to open and hire in countries you do not yet cover.
See the solutionKernel Recruit
Active sourcing, oral qualification, documented shortlist. Tech, finance, sales, support, operations.
See the solutionKernel Office
Offices and physical presence on your priority markets, relaying EOR when volume justifies it.
See the solutionConsolidated cost reading, per country and per team
You pay as you use: per employee, per month, with consolidated billing. Full pricing details are gathered on our Pricing page.
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Your questions, our direct answers
Yes. We pick up the history needed for payroll continuity and migrate your employees onto the platform without disruption, country by country. You keep visibility throughout the transition.
Let us review your African operations
A Kernel expert analyses your current situation, identifies your friction points and proposes a consolidation and expansion plan within days, with no commitment.