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Notes from the African agri and logistics talent market

Insight on agriculture, agri-tech, logistics and supply chain hiring across Africa, from the AiR-Agri recruitment team.

The four agri roles African employers struggle most to fill

Agriculture employs about 60% of Africa's workforce, yet agronomists and food safety managers stay unhired for months. Here is why, and what fixes it.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

The agri-tech roles African farms are hiring for, and what they actually need

African farms are buying precision agriculture faster than they are hiring the people who run it. These are the four agri-tech profiles we are asked for most.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

Hiring across African borders when free movement is still on paper

Thirty two AU states signed the free movement protocol and four ratified it. Until that shifts, cross border agri hiring runs on national permit rules.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

GLOBALG.A.P., BRCGS, FSSC 22000: which food safety hire your buyer actually needs

Your buyer names a certification scheme, you advertise for a food safety manager, and the shortlist is wrong. Here is how the GFSI schemes map to the hire.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

Agricultural hiring runs on a season, not a quarter

Start an agronomist search during harvest and it will fail. Agricultural recruitment follows the crop calendar, and timing changes how long a search takes.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

Africa loses billions after harvest. These are the jobs that stop it

The World Bank and FAO valued Africa's postharvest grain losses at up to $4 billion a year. These are the four roles that bring that number down.

AiR-Agri · · 5 min read

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