Jobberman

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Jobberman
TypePrivate
IndustryInternet
FoundedAugust 2009; 12 years ago (August 2009) in Lagos State, Nigeria
Founders
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria, Ghana
Key people
Rolake Rosiji, CEO
Oreoluwa Boboye, COO
Websitejobberman.com

Jobberman is a Nigerian based job portal and career platform that lists candidate job applications for employers and helps connect people looking for jobs with companies hiring.[1][2] It is "the single largest job placement website in sub-Saharan Africa".[3]

History[]

Jobberman was founded in August 2009 by Olalekan Olude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi[4][5] in their dormitory in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife[6] to help connect people looking for jobs with companies hiring.[7]

In 2011, Tiger Global became a Jobberman investor in less than three years after it started.[citation needed]

In 2012 the firm added a Ghana branch".  In 2015, Jobberman was acquired 100% by One Africa Media (OAM) in a merger roll-up arrangement that earned previous shareholders of Jobberman, shares in OAM. The following year, (2016) OAM merged with Ringier Africa to become Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM)[8]

Recognition[]

Jobberman is "the single largest job placement website in sub-Saharan Africa".[3] "In February 2012, it was named No. 8 in Forbes Magazine Top 20 Tech Startups in Africa, and it was included in the McKinsey Internet report on aspiring countries as an innovative company.[9] "According to alexa.com, Jobberman is ranked the 48th most visited site in Nigeria and receives 5,000 job applications every day."[10] In 2016 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg named Olalekan Olude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi founder of Jobberman "as examples of young Nigerians using digital technology to make impact across Africa."[11]

References[]

  1. ^ touch, Lead Venture Analyst at Techpoint Eager to tell startup stories that offer Nigerians the much needed creative solutions to relate-able problems Get in (2017-04-13). "7 prominent Nigerian startups that started from the university". Techpoint.Africa. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Ten Minutes With Jobberman.com Cofounder Ayodeji Adewunmi". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Boswell, Jason (2014-09-02). "The students behind Nigeria's online jobs giant". BBC. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  4. ^ "20 Successful under-40 Entrepreneurs in Nigeria". JarusHub - Nigeria's No. 1 Career Resources Hub. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  5. ^ "The Jobberman.com Story | Web Experts". www.webexperts.ng. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  6. ^ "Start small, end big — Awoyemi, Jobberman co-founder". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  7. ^ "We started jobberman.com with zero capital". The Nation Newspaper. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  8. ^ "One Africa Media (OAM) acquires 100% stake in Jobberman in merger roll-up". May 2015.
  9. ^ "Meet The Trio Co-Founders Of Jobberman: Opeyemi Awoyemi, Ayodeji Adewunmi, and Olalekan Olude | | Nigerian Celebrity News + Latest Entertainment News". stargist.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  10. ^ Adeyemo, Adeola (2012-06-13). "Jobberman Trio – Opeyemi Awoyemi, Olalekan Olude & Ayodeji Adewunmi: How Three Young Men Built Nigeria's Number One Job Website". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  11. ^ "How Jobberman disrupted recruitment process, by Olude". The Nation Newspaper. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2019-05-25.

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