HR & recruiting

Workpay

Website

Workpay helps companies hire, pay, manage, and stay compliant across Africa. We provide payroll software, payroll outsourcing, Employer of Record services, statutory compliance, benefits, HR tools, and salary disbursements for local and cross-border teams. Companies use Workpay as their workforce infrastructure partner across 50+ African countrie

Founded 2019Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Workpay helps companies hire, pay, manage, and stay compliant across Africa.

We provide payroll software, payroll outsourcing, Employer of Record services, statutory compliance, benefits, HR tools, and salary disbursements for local and cross-border teams.

Companies use Workpay as their workforce infrastructure partner across 50+ African countries.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously WorkPay

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Paul Kimani

Founder

Paul is the Co-founder and CEO of Workpay, a payroll, compliance, benefits, and Employer of Record platform for companies managing teams across Africa. Before Workpay, he worked at Equity Bank and studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nairobi. He is an alumni of Google for Startups Africa and the eFounders Fellowship by UNCTAD and Alibaba Group.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
130team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2019 · Source

News & product activity

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Y Combinator

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

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