10. Giraffe
What’s this app?
Giraffe is a revolutionary new recruitment app, which helps you find the best staff for your business. This platform focuses on medium-skilled jobs in sectors including retail, administration, hospitality, security and construction.
The whizzes behind this app
Co-founder and CEO of Giraffe, Anish Shivdasani, found an aspect of the job market that was creating an obstacle for potentially employable people. Shivdasani explains: “There are nine million people in South Africa working in these types of jobs, and a further 20 million unemployed people who potentially could participate in this segment of the economy. Employers that recruit in this segment of the market have not been able to justify cost of a hiring recruitment company.
“They get the people, but they don’t necessarily get the right people. They spend a lot of time sifting through CVs and this distracts them from running their business.”
What makes it so unique?
Giraffes vision is to help reduce unemployment in South Africa by bringing together employers and employees in a convenient, user friendly way. “Our mission is to empower jobseekers with better access to job opportunities, and employers with the ability to find and hire the best candidates. Quickly, easily and affordably – using mobile and internet technology that is increasingly available to everyone,” explains Shivdasani.
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South Africa remains among a handful of African countries with a level of technology that can compete on an international level. Being the centre of innovation in Africa, South Africa has created some of the best applications that every techie in Africa and around the world will gratefully enjoy.