Janngo Capital backs Morocco’s Jobzyn AI recruitment
Investment targets better hiring fairness and transparency
#Morocco #AIHRTech - Janngo Capital, a gender-lens tech investor headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, has invested in Jobzyn, a Morocco-based recruitment startup, to accelerate its AI-powered hiring platform across Africa. The Seed funding round will fuel the expansion of Jobzyn’s tools designed to help employers sift through underqualified applicants, assess candidates’ soft skills before interviews. The platform helps to provide transparency through employer insights like salary data, workplace images and leadership vision. Jobzyn already counts Deloitte, PwC, Maroc Telecom and Glovo among its clients.
SO WHAT? - Jobzyn aims to solve two acute problems in Africa’s job markets: inefficient matching of talent and lack of information for jobseekers. By using AI to filter applications, measure soft skills and expose workplace culture, Jobzyn could reduce hiring friction, improve candidate satisfaction and help firms find better matches faster. For Janngo Capital, this deal supports its commitment to inclusive growth, especially for youth and women.
Here are all the details of this Seed round:
Côte d’Ivoire venture capital firm Janngo Capital has made a strategic investment into Jobzyn,, a Casablanca-based startup, to grow its AI recruitment platform across the Middle East and Africa.
Janngo Capital is one of Africa’s leading gender-lens tech funds. It invests up to €5 million in startups that tackle market failures and generate employment, especially for youth and women.
Jobzyn’s tools include automatically matching candidates to suitable roles, pre-interview soft skills assessment, and insights for candidates such as salary benchmarks, office photos, leadership vision and company culture.
Jobzyn already serves major international clients including Deloitte, PwC, Glovo, and regional ones such as Maroc Telecom, Intelcia, Inwi and TGCC.
In Africa, only 3.6 million jobs are created each year, but between 20 and 30 million will be needed by 2050. Jobzyn addresses the crucial challenge of integrating women, who represent only 20% of the formal workforce.
Jobzyn won the EBRD Star Venture Award in December 2024 in recognition of its national impact and potential for MENA expansion.
ZOOM OUT - Africa has a rapidly growing youth population and strong demand for millions of new jobs. According to World Bank figures, more than 12 million young Africans join the labour market each year, but only 30% are able to get a job. Meanwhile, 90% of African business leaders have concerns about being able to source and hire the right talent. Tech-powered recruitment tools are becoming more important to bridge skills mismatches and improve transparency for jobseekers.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]