The infrastructure for the world to work with African talent.

AI companies, foundations, governments and enterprises use Workspace to turn Africa’s talent pipeline into secure, managed delivery at scale.

Worked with

  • World Bank Group logo
  • Ministry of Finance, Ghana logo
  • Mastercard Foundation logo
  • Ghana Stock Exchange logo
  • UNICEF logo
  • UK Aid logo
  • Central Securities Depository logo
  • British Council logo
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations logo
  • C40 Cities logo
  • DAI logo
  • Volta River Authority logo
  • Maersk logo
  • Johnnie Walker logo
  • Barclays logo
  • WAEC logo

Who it’s for

Built for organisations moving work at scale.

Bring the goal: a model to train, a jobs target to meet, a programme to deliver. We bring the people, the management and the controls.

  • Rows of white server cabinets in a data centre

    AI companies

    Training data, model evaluation, red-teaming and native-speaker work across African languages, from vetted pods under strict confidentiality.

  • Johannesburg’s skyline in warm evening light

    Foundations

    Turn the graduates you fund into people earning from real client work, with verified jobs, income and quality data for every participant.

  • A motorway interchange seen from above

    Governments

    Put national digital jobs targets to work, with talent from your programmes in paid global work and reporting by region, gender and cohort.

  • Two glass towers meeting against a blue sky

    Enterprises

    Managed teams for design, content, web, software and campaigns, proven with 700+ brands, with every task quality-scored.

How it works

From pipeline to results.

Our training partners prepare the talent. Workspace takes it from there and runs everything that turns it into dependable delivery.

In

Training partners

Universities, bootcamps and national programmes supply a steady pipeline of trained people.

Workspace runs

  1. 01Intake & recruitmentApplications, screening and onboarding at volume.
  2. 02VettingSkills tests and trial tasks place each person by skill and standard.
  3. 03PodsPeople are grouped into delivery pods sized to your work.
  4. 04Delivery leadsA project delivery lead runs each pod against your brief and deadlines.
  5. 05Quality leadsQuality delivery leads review the work and score every task.
  6. 06ExecutionWork runs through our platform, with a full record of every task.
  7. 07PaymentsPeople are paid on time through Stripe and Paystack, including mobile money.
  8. 08Compliance & privacyContracts, NDAs, confidentiality and data protection for every person.
  • Out

    Your organisation

    Work delivered to standard and on time, with a full audit trail.

  • Out

    The talent

    Paid, meaningful work and a verified record that builds a career.

Start with one pod. Grow to thousands of people on the same standards, reporting and payroll.

The platform

One platform runs every layer.

Talent, delivery, quality, payments and the audit trail live in one system we built and run ourselves, so your board, funders and ministries see exactly what was delivered, to what standard, by whom, and what they earned.

The Talent screen: totals for active and pending talent and a list of creatives with expertise, rating and statusThe Overview screen: requests delivered, work awaiting review and briefs by statusThe Payouts screen: a creative’s earnings and payout historyThe Audit Center: a log of actions across the platform

Security & compliance

Your data, your models and your work stay protected at every layer. Each service can start as a pilot with a single pod.

  • NDAs & IP

    Every person signs confidentiality and IP assignment agreements before they see your work.

  • Controlled access

    Work stays in the tools you approve, with access granted per pod and removed when the work ends.

  • Data protection

    We work to UK GDPR and the data protection laws of the countries our talent works from.

  • Audit trail

    Every task, review and payment is recorded and available to you.

Case studies

Technology behind Ghana’s capital markets.

Platforms our teams built and run for the institutions at the centre of Ghana’s capital markets and public finance.

Leadership

A decade of delivery since 2015.

Teams
700+
Countries
22
On time
97%
Specialists
100+

“Africa’s talent can power the global economy. Our job is to build the rails.”

Sydney Scott SamCEO and Co-founder
Sydney Scott Sam, CEO and Co-founder

Sydney Scott Sam

CEO and Co-founder

Henrietta Malm, Value Creation Lead

Henrietta Malm

Value Creation Lead

Olivia Asiedu-Ntow, Business Development Lead

Olivia Asiedu-Ntow

Business Development Lead

Magnus Wood, Board Advisor, Growth

Magnus Wood

Board Advisor, Growth

Start with one pod and scale from there.

Tell us the work you need delivered or the jobs you want to create, and we’ll design a pilot around it.

Training partners: we take your graduates through intake and vetting into paid client work, and share the placement and earnings data you report on.