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title: "Kernel: Employer of Record in Africa — Fees"
description: "Hire, manage and pay teams in 54 African countries without a local entity. EOR from €599/mo (€399 from 2nd hire); payroll €39/employee."
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published_at: "2026-06-10T15:55:46.668Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-20T12:02:23.292Z"
---

# Kernel: Employer of Record in Africa — Fees

Hire, manage and pay teams in 54 African countries without a local entity. EOR from €599/mo (€399 from 2nd hire); payroll €39/employee.

## Breadcrumbs

- [HR & Talent](/categories/hr-talent)
- [Kernel](/kernel)

## Summary

Hire, manage, and pay teams across Africa compliantly

An HRTech Employer of Record platform for international companies to recruit, manage, and pay employees and contractors across all 54 African countries without local entities.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.wearekernel.com/ |
| Tagline | Hire, manage, and pay teams across Africa compliantly |
| Primary country | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Platforms | Web |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Kernel is a French **HRTech platform** and **Employer of Record (EOR)** service for international companies that need to recruit, manage, and pay employees and contractors across **all 54 African countries** without setting up local entities.

Key capabilities include:
- **Employer of Record (EOR)** across Africa to hire in-country employees while Kernel handles local employment obligations.
- **Contractor of Record (COR)** services to engage independent contractors with local compliance support.
- **Multi-country payroll** to consolidate salary payments, taxes, and statutory charges across multiple African jurisdictions.
- **HR administration** covering **contracts**, **onboarding**, and ongoing workforce management for distributed African teams.

Available on **Web**.

Built for **B2B** teams, especially international startups and SMBs hiring in Africa (including small teams of **1–10 employees**) and companies expanding into multiple African markets.

Notable for its pan-African coverage and focus on **local labor, tax, and social security compliance** across 54 countries, positioned as a single partner for managing African workforces. The commercial name is Kernel, and the legal entity is **WAK SAS**, headquartered in France.

## Features

- [HR & Talent](/categories/hr-talent): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Payroll](/tags/payroll): Product feature or technology
- [SaaS](/tags/saas): Product feature or technology
- [Tax Management](/tags/tax-management): Product feature or technology
- [Algeria](/countries/algeria): Market
- [Angola](/countries/angola): Market
- [Benin](/countries/benin): Market
- [Botswana](/countries/botswana): Market
- [Burkina Faso](/countries/burkina-faso): Market
- [Burundi](/countries/burundi): Market
- [Cabo Verde](/countries/cabo-verde): Market
- [Cameroon](/countries/cameroon): Market
- [Central African Republic](/countries/central-african-republic): Market
- [Chad](/countries/chad): Market
- [Comoros](/countries/comoros): Market
- [Congo](/countries/congo): Market
- [Côte d'Ivoire](/countries/cote-divoire): Market
- [Djibouti](/countries/djibouti): Market
- [DR Congo](/countries/dr-congo): Market
- [Egypt](/countries/egypt): Market
- [Equatorial Guinea](/countries/equatorial-guinea): Market
- [Eritrea](/countries/eritrea): Market
- [Eswatini](/countries/eswatini): Market
- [Ethiopia](/countries/ethiopia): Market
- [Gabon](/countries/gabon): Market
- [Gambia](/countries/gambia): Market
- [Ghana](/countries/ghana): Market
- [Guinea](/countries/guinea): Market
- [Guinea-Bissau](/countries/guinea-bissau): Market
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Lesotho](/countries/lesotho): Market
- [Liberia](/countries/liberia): Market
- [Libya](/countries/libya): Market
- [Madagascar](/countries/madagascar): Market
- [Malawi](/countries/malawi): Market
- [Mali](/countries/mali): Market
- [Mauritania](/countries/mauritania): Market
- [Mauritius](/countries/mauritius): Market
- [Morocco](/countries/morocco): Market
- [Mozambique](/countries/mozambique): Market
- [Namibia](/countries/namibia): Market
- [Niger](/countries/niger): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market
- [Rwanda](/countries/rwanda): Market
- [São Tomé and Príncipe](/countries/sao-tome-and-principe): Market
- [Senegal](/countries/senegal): Market
- [Seychelles](/countries/seychelles): Market
- [Sierra Leone](/countries/sierra-leone): Market
- [Somalia](/countries/somalia): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market
- [South Sudan](/countries/south-sudan): Market
- [Sudan](/countries/sudan): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market
- [Togo](/countries/togo): Market
- [Tunisia](/countries/tunisia): Market
- [Uganda](/countries/uganda): Market
- [Zambia](/countries/zambia): Market
- [Zimbabwe](/countries/zimbabwe): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/kernel/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/kernel/reviews)
- [Transparency](/kernel/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/kernel)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)