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Notes on hiring senior people in Africa’s tech markets: what roles pay, who leads the teams, and how good searches run.
- HiringCalibrate before you search: what we agree with founders on day oneHow to calibrate a senior hire before the search starts. The five things we agree with founders in a calibration call, and why skipping them costs weeks.11 November 2026 · 3 min read
- Market MapsHow we map who leads Africa's top startupsThe method behind Venstrap's talent market map: which roles count as critical talent, where the data comes from, how we level people, and what we leave out.11 November 2026 · 3 min read
- Salary DataWhen Nigerian executive pay matches London, and when it doesn'tSome Nigerian tech executives earn close to international pay, most do not. What drives the gap, and how founders should set salaries for leadership hires.11 November 2026 · 4 min read
- CareersMost senior roles are never posted. Here's how they get filled.Many senior roles are filled before they are ever posted. How unadvertised senior jobs really start, and how to be in the conversation early in your career.11 November 2026 · 3 min read
- Market MapsWho leads engineering at Nigeria's top fintechsNigeria fintech engineering leadership, mapped: how ten of the country's largest fintechs set up their CTOs, DevOps, QA and security teams today.11 November 2026 · 4 min read
- Salary DataWhy tech salary data in Nigeria is so hard to findNigeria tech salary data is thin, out of date and skewed by a few outliers. Why that happens, and how founders and engineers can still benchmark pay fairly.11 November 2026 · 4 min read