Africa has the youngest population in the world, with approximately 60% of its people under the age of 25, according to United Nations data. As artificial intelligence reshapes industries and transforms how work is evaluated and distributed globally, a structural shift in the global workforce is underway.
Employy, an AI-powered platform operating across Africa, has announced a bold target: placing 2 million African professionals into global roles by 2030.
While the first wave of remote work largely connected companies in North America, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia, Africa’s rapidly expanding workforce has remained underrepresented despite growing technical and professional capacity. Africa’s professional workforce is expanding rapidly across technology, business operations, customer support, creative services, data management, and digital administration. The continent’s technology sector alone now includes more than 716,000 professional software engineers, reflecting broader growth across skilled digital roles in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana.
Participation in the AI-driven economy increasingly depends on infrastructure — systems that standardize evaluation, streamline workflows, and enhance productivity across distributed teams.
Employy is building that infrastructure.
The platform combines structured vetting with artificial intelligence tools that:
• Standardize and summarize professional profiles
• Support skills assessments and task optimization
• Improve matching accuracy between businesses and talent
• Automate time tracking and cross-border payments
• Enhance workflow efficiency for global teams
Since launch, Employy has built a vetted network of more than 2,000 professionals across Africa, spanning multiple industries, and facilitated over 50,000 paid work hours between global businesses and African talent.
In many African countries, average wages remain significantly lower than earnings in developed economies. By connecting professionals with global companies paying competitive, dollar-denominated rates — while equipping them with productivity-enhancing AI tools — the platform aims to increase earning potential within Africa rather than exporting talent abroad.
Company leadership has stated that one of the most scalable ways to empower African economies is by expanding access to global income streams. Strengthening earning power within Africa increases local buying power, supports households, and contributes to long-term economic growth.
As part of its broader expansion strategy, Employy is also launching an AI-enhanced tutoring platform designed to strengthen language proficiency, technical skills, and STEM readiness. The initiative aims to further prepare Africa’s youth population for participation in the global digital economy and reinforce long-term workforce development across the continent.
The company’s founder, Nnamdi Okoro, was born in Nigeria and immigrated to the United States with his parents through the Visa Lottery program at the age of 3. Growing up in the U.S., he gained access to educational and professional systems that ultimately led him to attend North Carolina A&T State University and later earn a Master’s degree from Duke University. Okoro has stated that his experience shaped the foundation of Employy.
While he was able to benefit from access to global systems of education and employment, millions of equally capable professionals across Africa remain geographically separated from similar opportunities. Employy was created to build infrastructure that allows talent to participate in global markets without needing to relocate.
“Opportunity should not depend solely on geography,” said Okoro. “Artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure now allow work to move across borders. The focus is on building systems that ensure access and improve productivity.”
By 2030, Employy aims to integrate 2 million African professionals into the global workforce — helping position Africa as a competitive force in the AI-driven global economy.
For more information, visit www.employy.co
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Employy is an AI-powered platform connecting global companies with pre-vetted remote professionals across Africa across technology, operations, customer support, creative services, and business functions. Through structured vetting, integrated AI productivity infrastructure, and workforce development initiatives, Employy aims to enhance efficiency, strengthen global competitiveness, and expand earning potential across the African continent. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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