17. Philip and Malan Joubert
Vital Stats:
- Business: OfferZen
- Industry: Recruitment
- Business est: 2015
- Website: Offerzen.com
OfferZen is a curated online marketplace for software development talent. There are already over 500 businesses using the site, including big industry names like Barclays, GetSmarter, Takealot, FNB, Superbalist, Allan Gray, and 24.com.
“We are like Airbnb for software developers but, instead of travellers and hosts, we have companies and developers. It is kind of disruptive. I think this model is going to destroy traditional recruitment processes because this is so much more efficient for both parties,” he said.
The brothers plan to create a solid South African foundation before expanding internationally. “At the moment we are working with South African developers or people who are physically in South Africa. There is lots of room to expand and we are at some point going to build things on top of it, but only in the next couple of years will we think about expanding internationally,” says Malan Joubert.