Talanta
Private beta · invite only

Jobs, referrals, and Africa's best talent — in one place.

A small, invite-only network for designers, engineers and creators. Put your work up once. Get matched roles in your industry, share referrals with your people, and reach out to employers directly.

No credit card. Invite code required to activate.

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FeaturedToday

Amani Otieno

Product designer · Nairobi

Product designSystemsResearch
Jobs for youDesign
EmployerPosted to inbox

Senior Product Designer

Acme Studio · Full-time

Remote$70k – $95k
ReferralShared on Jobs

Design Lead (friend is hiring)

Lagos-based fintech · Shared by Kofi

RemoteFull-time
How it works

Sign up today, land a role in three steps.

Talanta is deliberately small. Every step is built to save both sides time.

01

Get an invite

Codes go out in small batches. Already have one? It takes under a minute to activate.

02

Put your work up

One page. Projects, companies you’ve worked with, and the ways people can reach you — nothing else.

03

Roles and referrals, matched to you

Jobs in your industry show up on your Jobs page — straight from employers, plus referrals shared by people in the network. Reach out when one actually fits.

Referrals

The best roles come through people you trust.

See something worth sharing? Post it as a referral. A title is enough — add a description or drop in the JD. Referrals show up on the Jobs page for everyone in that industry.

  • Talent and employers can both post referrals — title is the only required field
  • Attach the JD, screenshot or link in one click
  • Filter Jobs between Employer and Referral whenever you want
Post a role
EmployerReferral
Role title
Backend engineer (my friend's team is hiring)
Description *optional
Fully remote, seed-stage. Ping me for a warm intro.
JD-backend.pdf*optional
Shared on the Jobs page
Jobs · EngineeringReferral

Backend engineer

Shared by Amani O. · Fully remote

Reach out
Inbox

Roles, in your inbox. Not a feed.

Every real conversation lives in its own thread — employers reaching out, collaborators, the occasional cold DM. Roles themselves sit on your Jobs page, not here.

  • Direct messages with employers stay private
  • Jobs live on their own page, not buried in threads
  • Mute, block or delete any thread
A

Adaeze O.

Head of Design · Kibo

Today
Hey Amani — loved the Sawa case study. We're hiring a senior designer, would love to chat.
9:41 AM
Portfolio

A page worth sharing.

Projects with real screenshots. Companies you’ve worked with. Recommendations from people who’ve actually worked with you. That’s it.

  • Projects with screenshots, links and short notes
  • Past employers with dates and roles
  • One-click resume available on request
  • Contact details hidden until you share them

Amani Otieno

Open to work

Product designer · Design · Nairobi

I design product surfaces for fintech and healthcare teams building for African markets. Six years in, mostly zero-to-one work.

Product designSystemsResearchUX writing
Selected projects12 total
Sawa · Mobile banking
Afya · Clinic OS
Pesa · Merchant app
Where I've worked
KI

Kibo

Senior product designer

2023 – Now
FL

Flutterwave

Product designer

2021 – 2023
TW

Twiga Foods

Design intern → designer

2019 – 2021
Recommendations

Amani’s the designer I pull in when a product has to ship and also feel right. Rare combo.

Nadia M. · Head of Product, Kibo

For employers

Skip the cold applications pile.

Post a role once and it lands in the inbox of every matching jobseeker in that industry. Or browse the talent directory and reach out directly. Both are first-class.

  • Employer posts auto-route to every matched jobseeker's inbox
  • Share a referral too when the role isn't yours but worth passing along
  • Message talent directly — no platform in the middle
  • Browsing is free during the beta
New roleLive

Senior Product Designer

Kibo · Full-time · Remote · $70k – $95k

DesignFintechAfrica-based
Shown to matching talent
AOADKMLK

23 matching talent

Scoped to Design · Africa-based

2 min ago

Amani Otieno

Product designer · Nairobi

Delivered

Adaeze Okoye

Senior designer · Lagos

Delivered

Kofi Mensah

Product designer · Accra

Delivered

+ 20 more

Filtered by industry, location and availability

Directories

Browse both sides of the network.

Jobs and referrals sit on one page. Talent and employers sit on another. No feeds to scroll, no algorithms to guess at.

For talent

Employers, by industry

Find companies hiring in your field, see who's active, and reach out when a role fits.

For employers

Talent, pre-filtered to your industry

Every profile is a real portfolio with work, past companies and recommendations. DM directly — no gatekeeper.

Built for Africa's best.

Seats are limited during the private beta. Drop your email to join the waitlist, or sign up with an invite code.