Challenges in Hiring Talented African Professionals

Kezia E. · 2025-04-03 22:04:32.759763+00

I have a question, it’s been bothering my mind. Is there a reason a lot of recruiters don’t want to hire people from Africa, we have a lot of talented people who are ready to do the work efficiently as well. Take myself for instance, I have experience in sales, customer support and project management but I’ve been trying to get a job to no avail. It’s saddening.

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scarlet i.
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Femi J. thank you sir Kamil M. thanks.
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Femi J.
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Kamil M. 😂😂 haha!!! Nice Joke. I agree, America is a world of it's own and truth is every market has it complexities and market behaviours. In the future I hope you give African talents a chance when you can. Appreciate your input Thank you
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Kamil M.
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Kezia E. You’re welcome. Its basically about clear, bright wall, good camera and enough light to make it look decent Femi J. Agree + some of the employers may have feel a bit anxious to hire someone from THAT far (some Americans still don’t know that Europe is not one country 😅 )
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Femi J.
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Kamil M. thanks for contributing to this conversation. As regards the spoken English most Africans do speak quite well, but not everyone does sometimes a single experience may put a recruiter off. As for market experience this is true but there are also African talents who have positioned themselves for the international market. I for instance have a solid experience in running meta ads in the American market but I guess it's really the preference of the employer. From the recruiter standpoint I guess it's always better to work with familiar territory
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Kezia E.
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This is new perspective, never thought about it from this angle before actually. ‘The low quality environment’ I can understand, I had to invest in my work space too , bring it up to standard so I get that. Thanks Kamil M. yes, that help’s actually.
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Kamil M.
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From my European perspective is basically three things:
accent (something it’s more mumbling than speaking understandable English)
low quality Environment / background setup
culture (really really often it’s about understanding the audience. In example - if I’m from Poland I’d better understand German market than someone from Africa)
Timezone is not really a problem. I hope I helps:)
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Femi J.
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Ure welcome
Kezia E.
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Yes, I’ll check that out… Thanks alot, I really appreciate.
Femi J.
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It pays
Femi J.
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Just keep going I really recommend upwork if you aren't on the platform yet
Femi J.
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Oh alright
Kezia E.
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Femi J. Yes I know them, I’ve applied a few times just to get ghosted.
Femi J.
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Kezia E. scarlet i. I just recalled you ladies check out project growth they hire African and Indian talents. You would mostly need to submit a loom video though. I get their emails alot. All the best
Femi J.
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Ure welcome
Kezia E.
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Femi J. thank you Femi, guess I’ll look into that.

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