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17.02.2025 | The best-paid software developer jobs in South Africa | Software developers in fintech are outearning their counterparts in other industries.
This is one of the findings in the 2025 Software Developer Salary Benchmarking Report from Cape Town-based online technology talent marketplace OfferZen.
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04.04.2024 | The best-paid software and IT skills in South Africa | Backend software developers, including database designers and administrators, not only out-earn on average those with other IT skills in general, but they also outpace their frontend and “full stack” peers as well.
“Software developers have... |
25.02.2024 | Developers increasingly being asked to return to work | The surge in working from home following the Covid-19 pandemic is reversing as companies coax employees back to the office.
South African developers are slowly being asked to go back into the office, with employers making changes to remote ... |
21.02.2024 | The programming skills South Africa needs right now | President Cyril Ramaphosa said last week that government is working on so-called “digital nomad” visas to attract highly skilled individuals to the country. Workers in the IT sector, such as programmers and software architects, are typicall... |
12.02.2024 | OfferZen, a South African company, raises $4.3 million in a funding round. | OfferZen, a South African platform for hiring developers, has successfully secured a US$4.3 million funding round from renowned investors and announced adjustments to its workforce and business model.
Invenfin and AI Capital were the latest... |
01.02.2024 | SA’s OfferZen raised $4.3 M funding from elite investors | OfferZen, a South African platform for hiring developers, has successfully closed a EUR4 million (US $4.3 million) funding round from elite investors. The company has also announced some staff changes and a reformatting of its business mode... |
25.01.2024 | Top investors line up for OfferZen funding round | Outgoing OfferZen CEO Philip Joubert
Cape Town-based software developer jobs marketplace OfferZen has closed a €4 million (R82.5-million) funding round with investors that include well-known entrepreneurs Michael Jordaan and Willem Roos.
At... |
15.02.2022 | Skills dearth leads to global war for SA software developers | South Africa is pitted against multinational corporations, as the growing digital skills dearth leads to a fierce fight for highly-skilled local software developers.
Over 20% of South African software developers are actively looking to move... |
11.02.2022 | South Africa’s new critical skills list: What it means for the ICT industry | OfferZen CEO Phil Joubert
The department of home affairs last week published an updated draft list of more than 100 critical skills – a list first published in 2014 – highlighting which talent government believes is in short supply and that... |
11.02.2022 | South Africa’s new critical skills list: What it means for the ICT industry | - |
03.12.2021 | OfferZen, a South African tech talent marketplace, has raised $5.1 million in a Series A funding round | OfferZen, a South African tech talent marketplace, has raised US$5.1 million in a Series A funding round led by Base Capital, a South African investment firm.
This is OfferZen’s first round of external funding, as the company has been self-... |
02.12.2021 | Payourse’s $600k pre-seed, Herconomy’s 24hr funding and Octamile’s $500k pre-seed | Share this article:
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01.12.2021 | South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets $5.2M to deepen European expansion | South African tech talent marketplace OfferZen is one of the beneficiaries of the growing global demand for tech workers: It confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised €4.5 million ($5.07 million) in Series A funding from South African inve... |
09.02.2021 | Software developers in high demand in SA | The acceleration of remote work, e-commerce and digitisation has led to software developers being among the most sought-after talent in SA, with artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud
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07.08.2020 | Factsheet: How to think about product-market fit in Africa | You are reading Factsheet, our series of specific guides on experiencing and using technology platforms in Africa. Whether you are looking for knowledge on getting your African film on Netflix, raising a seed round or finishing an online de... |
06.12.2019 | Here are the five companies selected as SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups | The Heavy Chef Foundation last night announced the names of SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups at an awards ceremony at Workshop 17, as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
It follows the announcement last week by the foundation, which is th... |
06.12.2019 | Here are the five companies selected as SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups | The Heavy Chef Foundation last night announced the names of SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups at an awards ceremony at Workshop 17, as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
It follows the announcement last week by the foundation, which is t... |
02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation,... |
02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation, ... |
05.10.2017 | OfferZen expands offering, now includes designers and data scientists | Job platform OfferZen has announced the addition of more areas of expertise in its offering.
Founded by brothers Malan and Philip Joubert in 2015, the talent marketplace initially focused on the recruitment of software developers, but will ... |
05.10.2017 | OfferZen expands offering, now includes designers and data scientists | Job platform OfferZen has announced the addition of more areas of expertise in its offering.
Founded by brothers Malan and Philip Joubert in 2015, the talent marketplace initially focused on the recruitment of software developers, but will... |
01.09.2017 | SA’s Talent Marketplace OfferZen Reaches 500-customer Milestone | wp_booster error:
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24.08.2017 | OfferZen hits 500-customer milestone, launches new pricing model for startups | A year and a half since the launch of their talent marketplace, SA startup OfferZen has blasted through the milestone of 500 companies hiring software developers through their platform.
OfferZen, which was launched in November 2015 by brot... |
24.08.2017 | OfferZen hits 500-customer milestone, launches new pricing model for startups | A year and a half since the launch of their talent marketplace, SA startup OfferZen has blasted through the milestone of 500 companies hiring software developers through their platform.
OfferZen, which was launched in November 2015 by broth... |
17.02.2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
17.02.2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
14.11.2016 | Get the software dev job you’ve always wanted via OfferZen | - |
11.11.2016 | OfferZen passes recruitment milestone | Online recruiting marketplace, OfferZen has helped more than 250 SA companies recruit top software developers through their platform.
The recruitment platform has recently passed its recruiting milestone, having averaged 40% compound growth... |
11.11.2016 | OfferZen passes recruitment milestone | Online recruiting marketplace, OfferZen has helped more than 250 SA companies recruit top software developers through their platform.
The recruitment platform has recently passed its recruiting milestone, having averaged 40% compound growt... |
11.01.2016 | OfferZen wants to be the curated marketplace for SA’s top devs, top companies | It’s not easy finding the job you deserve in South Africa, especially if you’re a talented developer exposed to what’s on offer in, say, Silicon Valley. This might change as curated jobs marketplace OfferZen sets out to help top developers ... |
11.01.2016 | OfferZen wants to be the curated marketplace for SA’s top devs, top companies | It’s not easy finding the job you deserve in South Africa, especially if you’re a talented developer exposed to what’s on offer in, say, Silicon Valley. This might change as curated jobs marketplace OfferZen sets out to help top developers ... |
- | OfferZen | “The curated marketplace where 100 000+ developers find jobs at 2000+ companies hiring across Europe and Africa.” |
- | OfferZen, a South African tech talent marketplace, has raised $5.1 million in a Series A funding round | OfferZen, a South African tech talent marketplace, has raised US$5.1 million in a Series A funding round led by Base Capital, a South African investment firm.
This is OfferZen’s first round of external funding, as the company has been self-... |