Who We Are
Recroot Africa serves as a marketplace platform that centralizes an expansive database of expert professionals, catering to companies with ambitions of growth and expansion within the African market. Our focus extends beyond conventional recruitment – we specialize in offering tailored solutions for talent needs, encompassing short-term consultants, long-term hires, or part-time specialists, all based on the unique requirements of each client.
We collaborate closely with our clients to shape the trajectory of their organizational future. Our engagement spans the entire spectrum of the employee lifecycle, ensuring a comprehensive and cohesive talent strategy. From aligning with cultural nuances to catering to functional expertise, our candidates undergo assessment using our proprietary Skills Dimensions Model, meticulously designed in collaboration – size of the business doesn’t matter as our core essence is to drive affordability!
Our Vision & Mission
- Holistic Expertise: We provide end-to-end solutions that traverse the entire talent management journey, simplifying complexities for our clients.
- Collaborative Partnership: We believe in co-designing solutions with our clients, ensuring a seamless integration of their vision into our processes.
- Skills Dimensions Model: Our innovative assessment framework, collaboratively developed, facilitates precision in candidate evaluation and alignment.
- Strategic Placements: We go beyond one-size-fits-all approaches, securing talent placements that align with your organization’s unique demands.
- African Focus: With an unwavering focus on the African market, we understand the intricacies and dynamics that shape successful talent engagement in the region.
At Recroot Africa, we are not just redefining talent engagement -we are forging a new era of strategic partnership that propels businesses towards unprecedented growth with just the right talent in their hands. Join us as we embark on this journey to shape the future of talent engagement in Africa.
The Team
While our full-time team is lean, we have a large network of experts. Here are the brains and operating minds behind it all.
Managing Director (Headhunting and Talent Mapping) – Rushika J. Pattni
Rushika holds a double B.A. in Economics and Public Health from Yale University and is currently pursuing an executive MBA at Hult Business School in Dubai with a focus on Finance STEM and Organization Psychology. She was the youngest and first appointed CSO at the largest payment service provider working with Mastercard in Tanzania. Before coming back to Tanzania, she has also worked in Nepal, Rwanda, Kenya, Mauritius, and China within the space of payments, technology and education.
At Recroot Africa, she is excited to help companies that are focusing on new markets, large scale partnerships and establishing an HCD approach for their go-to-market delivery. She is also a trained coach for professionals and is excited to bring that forward to the youth as well.
Head of Programs and Partnerships, Managed Services – Fredrick Mwamfwagasi
Fred holds a B.A in IT & Business from LearnIT, and a certified professional in Digital Finance (Fletcher University). He has vast experience in the telecommunications, hospitalit and service, and digital banking space. His work spans from department talent and grooming for Sales, and Customer Success, while he’s also handled large team setups of freelancers and gig workers at his previous roles in Serena Hotels, Vodacom (MPESA) and Selcom. He has vast local experience in Tanzania and has visited all the regions for executing his work that requires direct collaboration with national and local government stakeholders.
At Recroot Africa, he is excited to be leading the work in the space of hiring and training of specialised roles in Sales, Operations, and Administration, cutting across the industries of FMCG, CPG, Financial Institutions, Fintech and Hospitality and Service.
Partner (Kenya) – Thatcher Mweu
Thatcher holds a B.A in Political Science and Government from Smith College. She has vast experience in the African tech space, and has been instrumental in the early to mid-stages of startups in education, software engineering, health, and logistics. Her regional experience includes Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia.
At Recroot Africa, she is excited to support executives and businesses to improve performance and accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth as she thinks through the different strategies and scopes.
The Fellows
Our fellows ensure that everything is running smoothly. We believe in hiring interns and associates who are trained in our model and style. As they skill up, they enter our core team or flourish at other client job placements.
Nicholaus Mabula –
Nicholaus is majoring in Computer Science, and is currently undergoing studies at Open University Of Tanzania. He worked with AIESEC to hone his leadership skills and how to bring about an impact to the society through various youth programs. He held the Presidential position at AIESEC, and now works directly under the management of experts and the labs under Recroot Africa.
Robert Kaselle
Robert holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from NIT. He has been a part of various leadership-driven organizations including AIESEC and PMI whereby he served as Country Director for Business Development and Membership Director respectively. Robert is passionate about understanding how we can tweak the recruitment process for blue collar workforce across Africa. From showroom design standardization to corporate training, Robert works with the team to work on recruitment and training of roles and positions that would typically be tough to have a CV/Resume for, but form a major part of the labor force.
Jovitus Kamugisha
Jovitus is an experienced and highly motivated individual with a track record of success in overseeing staff within the Hospitality industry. Having previously worked in hospitality and FMCG space, he has over 6 years of experience in driving sales growth through diligent monitoring of employee performance and implementing effective sales strategies in Tanzania and Zanzibar. He has previously worked with Burger53 and Backyard where we learned directly about best practices in the hospitality industry, before moving to Zanzibar with SUVACOR and also Kwetu Kwenu Africa to help establish their entire operations there. A fun fact is that he has visited 87 restaurants in Tanzania that has helped him craft his unique training model for all his side projects in trainings. He manages our foreign recruitment and training project and growing our database of external agency partnerships who wish to place their talent in Africa, supporting the global movement of labor.