A head start for young Africa.
Workie helps students and new grads across Africa find jobs, scholarships, courses and paid work, and tells the truth about work while we're at it.
Our story
Workie started because early-career professionals couldn't find career content that matched their reality: the pay, the job market and the offices they actually work in.
It began as a small newsletter. It's now a set of newsletters, a site and a community read by professionals across Africa.
Today we publish career advice, list jobs and opportunities, and run a community where people help each other with work.
Find
Jobs, internships, scholarships and fellowships from real employers. No ghost jobs.
Grow
Short free courses, tools and Build Studio missions that turn learning into proof.
Belong
Honest stories, confessions and polls about work in Africa, from people like you.
Our mission
Give African professionals the information and contacts they need to build a career they like.
Our vision
Be the career resource African professionals trust, wherever they work.
Our values
How we decide what to publish.
Honesty
We write about work as it actually is, including the parts nobody posts about.
Readers first
We build for our readers and ask them what they need.
Usefulness
Every piece should leave you with something you can use: a skill, a number, a contact.
Pan-African
We cover talent and work across the continent, not just one city.
Timeline
- 2019Workie founded
- 2020Launched our first newsletter, reaching 10,000 subscribers
- 2021Expanded to 6 newsletter brands across different niches
- 2022Reached 100,000+ newsletter subscribers milestone
- 2023Launched community for ambitious women globally
- 2024Growing to 250,000+ subscribers with 10M+ cross-platform reach
The team
The people who run Workie.
Grace Ikpang
Founder & CEO
Started Workie to give early-career Africans straight career advice.
Adaeze Okonkwo
Head of Content
Runs the editorial team and decides what we publish.
Tunde Bakare
Head of Partnerships
Works with brands and employers who partner with Workie.
Amara Eze
Community Lead
Runs the Workie community and events.
Part of CareerBuddy Media.
Alongside CareerBuddy, Pro, Work Shift, WorkHERholic and NewLocal.