THINK
Research
Ask hard questions. Distinguish knowledge from assumption.
CHIKARA / OPPORTUNITIES
BUILD WHAT COMES NEXT.
Opportunities to work, build, research, create and contribute to sovereign intelligence infrastructure for Africa.
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The work
This is more than a job.
CHIKARA is an ecosystem spanning AI, software, research, education, health, agriculture, mining, architecture, creative technology and digital infrastructure. There is no single kind of person we are looking for.
BUILD
Engineering
Ship tools that work offline and under real African constraints.
CREATE
Design & craft
Interface, motion, writing, publishing — excellence is the direction.
ORGANISE
Operations
Implementation, logistics and field deployment.
CONNECT
Business
Partnerships and commercial strategy that respect local markets.
TEACH
Community
Ambassadors, early career pathways and outreach.
Find your place
Where you might contribute
Vacancies
Open opportunities
We hire selectively. Every role listed is real and open. When there are none, there are none — but we review speculative profiles continuously.
Speculative
Don't see your role?
If you can contribute something valuable that is not listed, tell us. Speculative profiles are reviewed when relevant projects open — they are not a promise of employment.
What matters here
Principles
Curiosity
We ask questions before accepting assumptions.
Intellectual honesty
We distinguish what we know from what we think we know.
Initiative
If you see something that needs building, investigate it.
Craft
Excellence is the direction.
Responsibility
Technology affects real people.
Resourcefulness
We build for limited bandwidth and hardware.
Context
Technology must make sense where it is deployed.
Character
Competence matters. So does how you use it.
Why build here
We'd rather describe the work than sell you a culture deck.
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Real problems
Markets, clinics, farms and institutions.
02
African context
Shaped by African users and public systems.
03
Cross-disciplinary
AI, software, research, design and industry.
04
Ownership
Understand the problem — not only tickets.
05
First principles
Willing to question inherited assumptions.
06
Practical frontier
Useful systems — not hype for its own sake.
Process
How applications move
We aim to respond within 14 days. Interviews are offered only where there is a potential fit.
01
Discover
Find a role or send a speculative profile.
02
Apply
Submit through the form or WhatsApp.
03
Conversation
If there is a potential fit, we continue.
04
Build
Join the relevant team or project.
Apply
Send your profile
We process applications for recruitment only, as described in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. We do not retain information indefinitely.
Received.
Thank you. We review applications as roles open and aim to respond within 14 days.
Build with CHIKARA
The future is not something we wait for. It is something we build.