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# Tasknory: 16-Year-Old Builds AI Freelance Platform for Africa

Tasknory is a new Africa-focused freelance platform for AI specialists. Founder Ibrahim Kolade, 16, says it aims to reduce rating bias in hiring.

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## In Short
- Tasknory is an Africa-focused freelance platform being built for AI specialists.
- Its founder, Ibrahim Kolade, is 16 years old and based in Lagos.
- The product is positioned as a way for African talent to get discovered beyond star ratings and marketplace bias.

## What Happened
Tasknory is a new freelance work platform aimed at AI specialists, built by 16-year-old Ibrahim Kolade.

Kolade says he started building the platform after experiencing friction on existing freelance marketplaces. Those platforms often rank workers heavily by past ratings and platform history. That can make it harder for new or less visible freelancers to win jobs, even when they have the skills.

Tasknory is being framed as an Africa-first marketplace for AI work. In practice, that means matching companies with people who can do AI-related tasks like data labeling, model testing, prompt engineering, and automation projects. Prompt engineering is writing instructions for an AI model, similar to giving clear steps to a junior colleague.

Kolade’s background includes early exposure to computers at home, training in desktop publishing, and self-taught coding and AI experimentation. He also spent time around local tech training communities, which shaped his views on what skills training should lead to and how freelancers should be evaluated.

## Why It Matters
AI hiring is getting more competitive, and more African developers and analysts are trying to earn in dollars through remote gigs. But discovery is still a bottleneck. Many marketplaces reward longevity and past reviews more than current capability.

If Tasknory can build trust without relying only on ratings, it could help newer African AI freelancers get their first contracts faster. That could also widen the funnel of AI talent for startups and global teams that want to hire in Africa.

It also adds to a growing set of African-built marketplaces trying to localise how online work is found and paid for, especially in high-demand technical roles.

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- [Techpoint](https://techpoint.africa/feature/after-hours-ibrahim-kolade/)

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