Africa's Expert Network
Setsebi Africa is the professional network where African professionals grow, experts get paid, employers train and hire, organisers fill events and universities place their students, all on one login, with every payment held safely until the work is done.
Live since 13 November 2026
Six Doors Into One Network
Everyone joins as a Professional. Experts, employers, organisers, universities and sales agents are verified by people before their tools open.
Grow, follow and find work
Join free with no approval. Follow experts and companies, post in the Business Networks, book sessions, buy tickets and switch on Open to Work.
Be found, booked and paid
Verified practitioners run paid sessions, trainings and courses, answer paid chats and are booked as speakers, with every payment held in escrow.
Train your people and hire
A Company Page, one company wallet for staff training, jobs and internships under a verified name, and a tax invoice for every purchase.
Fill the room
List conferences, summits and awards, sell tickets with QR check-in and book verified experts to speak.
Place your students
An Institution Page with alumni linked automatically, mentors for students and an internship pool employers hire from.
Earn by bringing people in
Commissioned agents bring members onto the platform and sell its featured listings, advertising and employer seat packs.
Why Setsebi: What the Others Don't Do
LinkedIn, Facebook, X and TikTok are good at helping people talk. Setsebi Africa is built to get African expertise found, booked, delivered and paid for, safely and in one place.
| What It Solves | Setsebi Africa | X | TikTok | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find an African expert by country, level and needSearch for a team-building expert who serves Harare or a keynote speaker for Kinshasa, filtered by staff level, discipline and delivery mode. | Yes | Partly | No | No | No |
| Experts checked by people before listingEvery expert passes a practitioner test and a reference check by the back office before the verified badge goes on. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Book a session from a live calendarPick a time the expert has opened and the booking is confirmed, with no back-and-forth in messages. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Payment held safely until the work is doneYour money sits in escrow and reaches the expert only after the session happens, so nobody is cheated. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Private video room per paid bookingEach paid session gets its own room that opens only for the people who paid, around the session time. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Reviews only from paying clientsOnly someone who booked and paid can leave a rating, so every review on a profile is real. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Book keynote speakers, trainers and team-building experts for eventsOrganisers book verified experts as speakers, trainers, panellists or MCs, with the fee held until after the event. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Sell event tickets with QR check-in at the doorList the event, sell ticket types with early-bird prices, email QR tickets and scan them at the door. | Yes | No | Partly | No | No |
| Employers buy staff training from one wallet, with a tax invoiceFund one company wallet, buy sessions, trainings and course places for your team and get one invoice and an attendance report. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Pay in your own currency, including mobile moneyTop up by card, bank transfer or mobile money and see every price in your own currency. | Yes | No | Partly | No | No |
| Certificates anyone can verifyCompleted courses and trainings issue a certificate with a code anyone can check on the platform without signing in. | Yes | Partly | No | No | No |
| Universities place students with mentors and interns with employersInstitutions link their students and alumni, pair students with verified mentors and fill an internship pool employers hire from. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Business Networks tied to twelve African business magazine readershipsTwelve regional networks mirror twelve magazine editions, so members meet the readers and experts of their own markets. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
LinkedIn lets you search for people, but not by African market, staff level and training need, and LinkedIn Learning certificates are shared rather than checked by people. Facebook events can link out to a ticket seller, and Facebook payments work in some markets only.
Read the Profiles
Two short documents for sponsors, partners, institutions and the press.