Nigerian recruitment startup TalentQL closes $300k funding

Yusuf Adewale’s talent outsourcing and incubator company TalentQL has closed a US$300,000 pre-seed funding round led by Zedcrest Capital, a Nigerian VC.

The one month old company hires, develops and manages remote talent for global companies. Founded by Adewale Yusuf, Opeyemi Awoyemi and Akintunde Sultan who are respective co-founders of Techpoint Africa, Jobberman and DevCareer, the startup launched with plans to build a pipeline of quality talent for African companies as well as source and manage top local talent for leading international firms.

According to reports, the startup’s business model includes building talent campuses in less-crowded African cities with proximity to top tertiary institutions. Adewale Yusuf, TalentQL’s chief executive officer (CEO), speaking on the development, noted that it looks to build remote teams across Nigeria.

He said: “Our mission is to help progressive companies build solid remote teams and a pipeline of quality talent. This pre-seed funding allows us to kickstart this mission and we are convinced that what we are doing at TalentQL will change the African talent landscape.”

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