A marketplace where companies hire African talent directly.

Developers, designers and virtual assistants across Africa, listed with their skills, work and rate. You message them, agree the rate between you, and pay them yourself. We take none of it.

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The talent was never the problem.

Africa has one of the fastest-growing developer populations in the world. What it lacked was a hiring channel that shows the work fairly: not buried under thousands of profiles on a general marketplace, not marked up by an agency.

African talent is not buried here

On a general marketplace an African developer competes against the whole world and rarely surfaces. DevDey is built around African talent, so the work gets seen instead of buried.

No markup, no commission

You agree the rate directly with the talent you hire and pay them yourself. DevDey takes no percentage of it.

Enough on the profile to judge fit

Country, time zone, languages and rate all sit on the profile, so you can judge whether the person fits your team before you message them.

Talent in 11 African countries.

Profiles, portfolios, skills and rates are all on the browse pages, readable without an account.

11 countries

Talent from 11 African countries, and the list grows as more join.

Everything is public

Profiles, portfolios, skills and rates are readable without an account.

Free to post a job

Posting a job costs nothing. A subscription buys AI matching queries and more posts a month.

Look for the Verified badge.

Nkonsonkonson: interlocking chain links. An Adinkra symbol from the Akan people of Ghana, meaning we are linked to one another.

We issue the Verified badge after two checks: a member of the DevDey team has spoken to them about their work, and their identity is checked against the name and photo on the profile. Not every profile has one.

The badge is on a minority of profiles. The rest are self-reported, and labelled that way.

Interviewed by us

A member of the DevDey team has spoken to them about their work.

Identity confirmed

We check their identity against the name and photo on the profile.

We charge for the AI, not for the people.

Messaging, proposals, contracts and milestones are on every plan, the free one included. A subscription buys M.A.A.V.I.S AI matching queries, more job posts a month and faster support: $4.99 or $12.99 a month, with an enterprise plan for larger organisations. We take no percentage of anyone’s rate.

Free to browse and post

Reading profiles and posting a job are free, on every plan.

A flat monthly price

The price does not scale with how much you hire or what you pay. Two hires cost the same as none.

Talent are never charged

Talent join, list a profile and apply for free. What you agree with them is what they receive.

On a mission to make talent, not location, decide who gets hired.

Africa already has the skills. What it lacked was a direct line to the companies hiring. We are building that line, and taking nothing out of it.

Hired for the work, not the location

Where a person lives should set their cost of living, not the ceiling on what they can earn.

Direct hiring, permanently

DevDey will never take a commission or add a markup, however large the platform gets.

Talent from more of Africa

Talent from 11 African countries today, and we are working towards the whole continent.

Look first. Decide afterwards.

Every profile, portfolio and rate is public. Browsing and posting are free.

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