u/lakterian

I am a Fullstack Web3 Developer and Security Researcher/Whitehat based in Kenya, Africa, and I have noticed a pattern: many remote job postings either explicitly exclude Africa, have vague location restrictions, or simply ghost applications from the continent.

Why is this so common? Is it:

• Past bad experiences with reliability, communication, or delivery?
• Concerns around infrastructure (internet/power stability), time zones, or legal/tax complications for employment?
• Stereotypes and risk aversion rather than individual merit?
• Or something else?

If certain countries have developed a bad reputation (scams, quality issues, etc.), why not just list the countries you're comfortable with? Africa is massive and incredibly diverse — talent from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Rwanda, Ghana, Tanzania etc., varies significantly in ecosystem maturity, English proficiency, and infrastructure.

The talent pool here is huge and growing fast. Young, motivated, hungry developers who often deliver excellent work at competitive rates. With the right investment and fair evaluation (strong vetting, trial projects, etc.), many teams could see great results without the usual Western salary overhead.

I have seen success stories with companies using platforms like Andela, Tunga, or direct remote hires. But the blanket hesitation holds a lot of potential back.

Fellow developers (especially from Africa) and hiring managers — what's your experience? What would change your mind about hiring from the continent?

Hello.

I am a full-stack Solidity and Web2/Web3 dev, mostly focused on Web Security and Bug Bounty Hunting right now.

I have been looking at the local tech scene lately, and while we have some amazing projects, classic websites, dApps and PWAs launching both locally and across the continent, a lot of them are shipping with pretty glaring vulnerabilities. The reality is most local founders just can't afford to drop $20k+ on an overseas audit firm, so security just ends up taking a backseat.

I want to team up and bridge that gap by offering private bug hunts and security audits priced for our market. I have the technical side completely locked down—EVM vulnerabilities, smart contracts, web infrastructure, etc.—but I honestly do not have the time or the network to pitch founders.

I need a BD partner or "scout" to handle the client acquisition side. Your job would simply be finding the projects that need eyes on their code and getting them on board. You bring the pipeline, I do the auditing.

To make the partnership completely trustless, we’ll use a smart contract for the revenue split. I usually work on Base, so we can deploy the contract there to keep gas cheap. The client pays the contract, and the funds instantly split to both our wallets. No manual invoicing, no payment delays, and no "stories."

If you're plugged into the local startup ecosystem and know how to talk to founders, drop me a DM. Let's figure out a split that makes sense and get to work.