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How M-KOPA hires

Truth index
A 100/100
Median time to fill
20 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

M-KOPA scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 20 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

M-KOPA is an African asset-financing fintech based in Nairobi, Kenya, that sells smartphones, solar home systems, electric motorbikes, health cover and digital loans to everyday earners on instalment plans paid daily through mobile money. Founded in 2010, it serves more than 10 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, has unlocked over 2 billion dollars in credit, works with more than 35,000 sales agents and assembles smartphones locally. Hiring covers sales executives and retail staff across Lagos and Nairobi, finance managers, product, engineering and people roles, and global functions based in London.

News

News CNBC 3 months ago
The world's top fintech companies: 2026
Fintech is entering an era of scale and maturity, just as AI forces innovation. CNBC and Statista name the key players shaping the industry - and shaking it up.
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News TechCabal 4 months ago
M-KOPA is using smartphone repayments to expand digital lending
After helping millions of Africans buy smartphones on credit, M-KOPA is using repayment data to build a fast-growing lending business.
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News WeeTracker 7 months ago
How M-KOPA Put 5,000+ Electric Bikes On Kenyan Roads-Fast
In just three years, Kenya went from 796 EVs to nearly 25,000. M-KOPA financed thousands of them. Riders save USD 5.00 daily, and the revolution is afoot.
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News TechCabal 8 months ago
M-KOPA deploys 231 billion in credit to Nigerian customers
M-KOPA deployed 231 billion in Nigeria through smartphone financing and cash loans, bringing first-time credit access to informal workers
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News TechCabal 11 months ago
M-KOPA crosses $1.6 billion in loans as PAYGO market expands
M-KOPA has released its first Kenya-focused impact report, tracing how the business has grown from selling solar systems in rural areas.
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News Technext 11 months ago
M-Kopa hits 1 million customers in Nigeria, the fastest country to that milestone
M-KOPA announced it has now served 1 million customers in Nigeria, the fastest of its five markets to…
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News Technext 11 months ago
M-Kopa hits 1 million customers in Uganda, has offered digital loans to 173k customers
M-KOPA is supporting everyday earners, women and rural areas to manage their expenses, improve financial resilience and grow their business.
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News TechArena 12 months ago
M-KOPA's Financing Model is Powering Kenya's Electric Mobility Transition
M-KOPA is using its pay-as-you-go financing model to make electric motorcycles affordable and accelerate Kenya's e-mobility transition.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at M-KOPA over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
30
Postings analysed
30
Stack modernity
74/100AI adopter
Languages
C#27%
Frameworks & libraries
LangChain3%
LangGraph3%
Cloud & platforms
Apache Kafka20%
Azure20%
RabbitMQ20%
Grafana20%
AI & ML
Claude10%
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Full M-KOPA tech stack 30 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
93/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
36
30 opened / 28 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
20 days
faster than 53% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
28% ▼
Finance
16% ▼
Backend
10%
HR
8% ▲
Administrative
6%
Legal
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+16 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Enugu Oct 2026
New location: Kitengela Oct 2026
New location: Abeokuta Oct 2026
New location: Kumasi Oct 2026
New location: Benin City Sep 2026
New location: Uganda Sep 2026
New location: Ghana Sep 2026
New location: Nigeria Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Fine-tuning to stack Sep 2026
Removed Rest API from stack Sep 2026
Added Rest API to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
11
Hiring now
11
Countries
6
Busiest office
Nairobi
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Nairobi Kenya
HQ
7 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 29% remote 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Backend, Finance, HR
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Lagos Nigeria
Sales office
16 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 19% engineering 13% remote 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Sales, Backend, HR
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Johannesburg South Africa
Support & operations
5 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 60% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership, Finance
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
Remote hub
5 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 80% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, HR, Leadership
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Accra Ghana
Support & operations
5 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 40% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership, Analytics
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Kampala Uganda
Regional office
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 67% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership
seen since Aug 2026
Anambra Nigeria
Sales office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Cape Town South Africa
2 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Aug 2026
Benin City Nigeria
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Abeokuta Nigeria
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Enugu Nigeria
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Management
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Mombasa, Kenya 2 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Ilorin, Nigeria 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Oyo, Nigeria 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Kumasi, Ghana 1 open roles · last posting Oct 2026
Kitengela, Kenya 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026

Jobs

≈ $84k – $158k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, UTC-1 – UTC+3 hours) • Full-Time • London • Madrid • Belfast • Birmingham • Cardiff
C#
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Claude Code
DevOps
GCP
Prometheus
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
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≈ $34k – $100k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, GMT hours) • Full-Time • Nairobi • Cape Town • Lagos • Kampala • Accra
C#
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Claude
DevOps
Azure
Kubernetes
Grafana
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≈ $43k – $95k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Johannesburg
ITIL
Service Desk
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≈ $43k – $95k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Johannesburg • London • Lagos • Kampala • Accra
ITIL
Service Desk
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Financials

Total raised
$75M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $75M Details