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Workpay helps companies hire, pay, manage, and stay compliant across Africa. We provide payroll software, payroll outsourcing, Employer of Record services, statutory compliance, benefits, HR tools, and salary disbursements for local and cross-border teams.

Workpay is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Payroll, compliance, benefits, and Employer of Record services for…. The founders listed are Paul Kimani (Founder), Jackson Kibigo Kungu (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 14, 2020).

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Workpay

New accelerator entry · 2020-03-14 · the record

Winter 2020
batch
130
people
Growth
stage
Kenya
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2020
Announced2020-03-14
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size130
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Human Resources
SectorsFintech, SaaS, B2B
RegionsKenya, Africa, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedNairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
HiringNo
Sitehttps://myworkpay.com
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Workpay helps companies hire, pay, manage, and stay compliant across Africa. We provide payroll software, payroll outsourcing, Employer of Record services, statutory compliance, benefits, HR tools, and salary disbursements for local and cross-border teams. Companies use Workpay as their workforce infrastructure partner across 50+ African countries.

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