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Employer of record in Africa
The providers that can employ your team across 31 countries of Africa, ranked by how many of them each one lists on its own website, with what they charge and what each country costs an employer.
At a glance
48 of the 93 providers we track list at least one country of Africa on their own website. 4 list all 31: Rivermate, Global Expansion, Safeguard Global and Workforce Africa. Among the 27 that list at least half of them, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ (Thera, Skuad (Payoneer), RemoFirst, Tarmack and 1 more), and the median of the 18 that publish one is $499/mo. Teamed says it employs through its own entity in the most of them (5). In the last 30↗ days companies posted full-time remote jobs open only to people in one of these countries on Himalayas, most in South Africa (848↗), Egypt (204↗) and Nigeria (95↗). Employer contributions run from about 0%↗ in Botswana to about 21.1%↗ in Morocco.
Which providers cover Africa
Ranked by how many of the region's 31 countries each provider lists on its own website, then by the lower published fee. This ranking is never boosted; a button marked Affiliate earns us a referral fee (how that works). 15 tracked providers publish no country list we could verify and are not ranked here.
- 1RivermateHybrid EOROwn entity in 1
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- 11Mauve GroupHybrid EOROwn entity in 3Quote only
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- 21VisitAffiliate
- 21TeamedHybrid EOROwn entity in 5
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- 24WorkMotionHybrid EOROwn entity in 1
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- 28MultiplierOwned-entity EOROwn entity in 1VisitAffiliate
- 29GlorootsHybrid EOROwn entity in 2
- 30VisitAffiliate
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- 35FMC GroupHybrid EOROwn entity in 1Quote only
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Every country of Africa
How many providers list each country, the lowest published starting fee among them, and the employer contributions on top of salary. Each country page has the full rules.
Decided changes to the statutory wage floor in Africa
Each is already set by law, decree or the body that fixes it. On its date the country page switches to the new figure by itself. Every country's rate and decided change: minimum wage by country.
Employment rules across Africa
The statutory rules that change what a hire costs and how it can end, country by country, each linked to the law or official source that states it. A country shows no value where we hold no verified figure yet.
1 of the 16 countries of Africa with a verified figure requires a 13th-month salary or more by law: Mauritius.
Employer of record in Africa: common questions
Which employer of record covers the most countries in Africa?
Rivermate, Global Expansion, Safeguard Global and Workforce Africa list all 31 countries of Africa on their own website, followed by Thera with 30.
What is the cheapest employer of record for Africa?
Among the 27 providers that list at least half of the region's 31 countries, the lowest published starting fee is $199/mo↗ per employee (Thera, Skuad (Payoneer), RemoFirst, Tarmack and 1 more). A starting fee is the provider's lowest advertised price; the fee for a given country can be higher, so compare quotes for the countries you hire in.
How many employer of record providers operate in Africa?
48 of the 93 providers BestEOR.co tracks list at least one country of Africa on their own website. 15 providers publish no country list we could verify, so they are not counted here.
Which countries in Africa require a 13th-month salary?
1 of the 16 countries of Africa with a verified figure requires a 13th-month salary or more by law: Mauritius. An extra-month salary raises the annual cost of a hire by about a twelfth on top of the monthly salary.
Other regions
Country lists are read from each provider's own website; fees are each provider's published starting fee per employee per month (methodology).