Africa’s premier job search engine Njorku will within the year launch its job search engine in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gabon, the founder has revealed to HumanIPO.
The firm has closed a deal with a new Cameroonian partner who is a mobile expert based in France.
NJorku’s founder and chief executive Mambe Nanje said they are finalising their French version of the job search engine and aggregator and would launch it “aggressively” in Fancophone Africa in the next three months.
Nanje hopes that the partnership with the mobile expert will get them solid mobile apps that will work for a variety of platforms including phones pertinent to Africa such as Nokia, Android, BlackBery and Samsung.
“Right now, we are working on the user experience to increase the engagement for our users, and offer more features for employers that use Njorku,” he said.
The mobile-based search engine focuses on connecting people in Africa with jobs within the continent.
The service is already available in Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Egypt and Ghana and allows employers get access to NJorku’s database where they can upload jobs and then correspond with candidates via SMS on their phones.
The mobile search engine and aggregator allows users to do just everything full job websites would allow them to do via mobile whether they are on a smartphone or feature phone.
Nanje told HumanIPO that apart from job seekers browsing Njorku for jobs, uploading their CV for employers, or creating customised job alerts via SMS and email, Njorku also has a platform that allows employers to access to the CV database and the ability to reach to candidates through an SMS alert.
Only 6.2 percent of Africans have access to the Internet. Njorku expects to take advantage of the 500 million mobile phones, as well as the expected influx of smartphones in Africa by 2014.
Njorku has a five member founding team headed by Churchill Mambe based in Cameroon and current CEO of AfroVisioN Group.
He is also a founder of Naijaborn and Camerborn, two social networks in the respective countries. Bertrand Kima based in the Baltimore, Segun Gontran and Edot Blaise both in Cameroon.
Chika Uwazie, based in the Washington DC, is now chasing for a few Silicon Valley partners interested in funding Njorku.
