Smart Talent Africa

Smart Talent Africa is a talent acquisition and advisory company that describes itself as a new generation firm, developed to meet the increasing and critical human capital needs of developing businesses in the fast growing, high potential business environment throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Its positioning runs through three phrases used across the site: in Africa for Africa, a trusted and preferred talent partner, and focus on your business, we will deliver your talent. It opens its services page by quoting Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum on talent replacing capital as the most vital resource in the fourth industrial revolution.

The company organises itself around industry desks run by specialist, industry experienced consultants. Those desks cover Industrial and Commercial business, where it works across all key areas from corporate level downwards, Financial Markets, Financial Services and Insurance, Manufacturing, Engineering and Technical industries, and Information and Communications Technology. Its services run from full cycle Executive Search for board directors and group executive officers, through Specialist Permanent recruitment aimed at critical and scarce skills and Specialist or Project Contingency Contractors for insourced non-permanent needs, to Temporary Contingency hires from a pool it continually grows, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, and a Talent Advisory service for organisations whose HR department focuses mainly on operational matters.

The company works from Midrand, at Gateway West on Magwa Crescent in Waterval, and takes enquiries at [email protected] or on +27 83 325 4696. To show the calibre of the people on its books it publishes anonymised Top Talent Profiles, among them a chief financial officer with a CA(SA) and experience in fresh produce, mining and manufacturing, an IT architect with a background in infrastructure management, network management and ICT leadership, a professional mechanical engineer in power generation working from project development through to execution, a global director in trade and commodity finance, a senior associate in corporate and investment banking and a risk specialist in financial markets.