About WorkMesh™
Talent infrastructure for South Africa.
A structural misalignment between talent availability and employer access.
Simultaneous surplus and scarcity
33.6% unemployment. 47.4% youth unemployment. Hundreds of thousands of unfilled roles. This is not a supply-side failure — it is an information asymmetry. The market cannot surface or validate qualified candidates at the point of hiring.
Prohibitive verification costs
SAQA verification: 25 working days. Background screening: R500–R2,000 per candidate. CV fraud rate: 30–40%. The result is defensive, protracted hiring that excludes qualified professionals and creates deadweight loss for employers.
Systemic exclusion of new entrants
600,000+ graduates enter the market annually. Entry-level roles require 2–3 years' experience. Without a mechanism to establish credible professional identity, graduates remain economically invisible.
Resolve information asymmetry in the South African labour market through verification infrastructure.
We verify professional credentials — qualifications, employment history, certifications, identity, and references — against authoritative sources. One verification, universally accepted, permanently portable.
Every professional verified. Every graduate visible. Every employer confident in who they hire.
Instantaneous credential verification. Portable professional identity across industries. Trusted career records from the point of graduation. At national scale.
Olovisani Rhangane
Founder & CTO
Co-Founder & CEO
Open
Growth & Community
Open
Professional-first
Every feature must create income, opportunity, or trust. If it doesn't serve the professional or the employer — it doesn't ship.
Trust is non-negotiable
Transparent verification sources. No fabricated signals. Professionals entrust us with their careers. Employers rely on our data to make hiring decisions.
Bias for action
A working product today outweighs a perfect plan next quarter. Ship, measure, iterate. Most decisions are reversible.
Built for South Africa, designed for scale
SAQA, Umalusi, DHA, mobile-first, affordability constraints. Solve locally, then extend across the continent.
Outcomes over activity
Professionals need income. Graduates need experience. Employers need talent. Measure inputs that drive real economic outcomes.