Workpay for Professional Services and Consultancies

Professional Services across multiple African countries

Is your expertise in demand in multiple African countries but you need local staff to facilitate your work and overcome regulatory hurdles? With Workpay, you can rapidly build and manage teams across the continent.

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Trusted by leading professional companies and consultancies across Africa
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Hire the best specialists for your next project in Africa

To tackle your next project in a new country, you need a way to efficiently hire and manage a local team. Africa’s diverse regulatory landscape makes this a challenge. Managing these risks, unexpected delays and costs that can negatively impact your project with Workpay.

Focus on your Core Business

Workpay simplifies HR tasks by empowering employees to do more through an interactive employee self-service portal—whether or not you have an in-house team.

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Compliance across Africa

Each country has unique requirements and regulations. You must ensure compliance across your hiring, employee management, and payroll processes.
No legal entity
You do not need a local entity to hire for crucial roles and meet regulatory requirements in each country. Hire the team you need fast.

Needless delay

Projects are often short-term, making it important to find the right talent and hire quickly. Avoid the cost and delay of setting up a new company in each country.
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Everything you need for African Payroll Compliance

Workpay offers a full range of services and products to help make your pan-African HR and Payroll management easier and more efficient. Whatever you need, we support each stage of your company’s growth journey on the African continent.

Time and Attendance
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Say goodbye to complicated spreadsheets, paper-heavy processes and manual time calculations. With Workpay, you can track hours to perfection for complete productivity – from anywhere at any time.

Project based timesheets

Accurate time tracking for everyone

Flexible shifts and schedules

Automated Workflows to track time

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Perks and Benefits
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Looking to attract and build an amazing team? Offering perks, health insurance and financial benefits is a great place to start. more straightforward.

Savings and pension plans

Early Wage access for your employees

Free and discounted services

Comprehensive health insurance

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HR & Payroll Management to power-up productivity

A complete solution for automating fully compliant multi-country payroll across Africa. Pay employees accurately and on time, in local currency with confidence.

All employee data and documents in a central hub

All HR tasks managed from one dashboard

Leave and PTO requests made easy

Manage employees across multiple locations

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Outsourced Payroll Services

Outsource your payroll to Workpay’s compliance experts, and focus on growing your business. Rest easy, knowing that tax filings, payroll processing, and cross-border payments are all taken care of.

Save time and resources

Pay your teams on time

Automate key documents

Minimise errors and ensure compliance

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Employer of Record Services

No time to waste? Onboard employees immediately, without needing to set up an entity in each country. Our EOR service means you can test new markets and business models with minimal risk or delay. Payroll, tax, work permits and compliance are all taken care of across Africa

Comply with local laws (legal, labour and tax)

Hire remote employees easily.
(Full-time employees and contractors)

Offer employees perks and benefits, wherever they live

Disburse salaries in more than 100 local currencies

Why Consultants love Workpay

Consultants love Workpay because we lets them deploy projects across Africa quickly, manage teams and payments efficiently, and stay fully compliant in every country without getting bogged down in local payroll and HR rules.

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Services for every stage of growth

Discover the perfect plan for your business

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Not sure which solution fits your business best? It depends on whether you already have an entity where your employees are based, whether you run payroll in-house, or whether you need fast, compliant market entry across Africa.
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Best Outsourced Payroll and HR Solution in 2025
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2022
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2023
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Best HR and Payroll software in Africa 2022
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Best Payroll Software Provider 2023
Integrations to keep everything in one place

Workpay integrates seamlessly with the solutions
you use.

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See how Startups in Kenya are using Workpay

Everyday, more Businesses Choose us.

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Edward Ndegwa
Founder/CEO Smart Sales

Smart sales have been using Workpay for over a year to disburse allowances and salaries to  project staff straight to their mobile phones, while enabling us have the paper trail that supports our transactions

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Elishiba Kimani
Director of Operation

We had really struggled to have a payroll software that is affordable and available remotely due to the nature of work we do. Workpay is very efficient, available on the cloud and salary disbursement takes seconds. Would highly recommend.

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Raphael Mutili
Senior IT  Manager, Komaza

Workpay has helped us to manage our key HR functions within our field operations. Integration is one of their unique value propositions where we are using time and attendance in our field operations to manage our workforce

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The winning team for HR and Payroll

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Awards and Certifications
Discover all the ways in which Workpay meets relevant national and global standards and best practices to deliver performance that you can count on.
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Best Outsourced Payroll and HR Solution in 2025
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2022
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2023
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Best HR and Payroll software in Africa 2022
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Best Payroll Software Provider 2023
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Best Outsourced Payroll and HR Solution in 2025
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2022
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Best HR and Payroll software in Kenya 2023
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Best HR and Payroll software in Africa 2022
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Best Payroll Software Provider 2023

Other Companies ❤️ Workpay too

We're powering over 1000+ companies to automate their people management and local compliance across Africa for more productive operations.

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Workpay has consistently delivered high-quality payroll services that have exceeded our expectations. Their attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness in processing our payroll, managing employee records, and addressing any queries or concerns have truly been commendable. Their team's exceptional customer service and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure our payroll needs are met have been a testament to their commitment to excellence"
Tesh Mbaabu CEO, Marketforce

Victor Magaki

COO, Uzapoint Limited

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We have had the pleasure of partnering with Workpay since August 2023 having provided African Cotton Industries Limited with HR and Payroll software solutions. We affirm that Workpay Africa Limited is a credible organization with high standards of professional conduct. In view of the foregoing, we have no hesitation in recommending Workpay Africa Limited of HR and Software solutions"
Tesh Mbaabu CEO, Marketforce

Francis Ogolla

HR Manager, African Cotton Industries Limited

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Workpay has been a valuable partner for our company. They have played a significant role in our success by streamlining our HR Management and Payroll systems. I am confident that they can provide the same level of service and expertise to other businesses"
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Joseph Knight

Operations Manager, Actriv Limited

Knowledge is Power

Learn more about Pan-African HR and Payroll Compliance with our curated guides.

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Harness the power of Workpay

Our expert services and cloud-based solutions make managing your teams seamless and more efficient. Ready to streamline your processes and take your business to the next level?

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