# Workpay

> Workpay is a Nairobi-based HR and payroll software company that helps local and global businesses hire, pay, and manage employees and contractors across Africa. Its cloud platform combines payroll processing, time and attendance, leave, expenses, benefits, and Employer of Record (EOR) services so companies can run compliant payroll in local currency without setting up a legal entity in each country. Founded in 2019 out of an earlier product called TozzaPlus, the Y Combinator-backed startup serves more than 1,000 companies and processes over $200 million in payroll value a year.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Nairobi, Kenya
- **Founders:** Paul Kimani (Co-Founder & CEO), Jackson Kungu (Co-Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~130 employees
- **Products:** Payroll, Employer of Record (EOR), Time & Attendance, HR Management & Self-Service, Leave & Time Off
- **Notable:** Graduated from Y Combinator (Winter 2020 batch), Selected for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa (2019) and Black Founders Fund (2021), Grew to 1,000+ customers across 20+ African countries

## Products & services

- **Payroll** — Cloud-based payroll processing that pays employees in local currency, files taxes and handles statutory deductions across African markets.
- **Employer of Record (EOR)** — Lets companies legally hire and pay employees and contractors anywhere in Africa without setting up a local legal entity; Workpay acts as the registered employer.
- **Time & Attendance** — Biometric and GPS-geofenced attendance tracking to log employee hours accurately.
- **HR Management & Self-Service** — Employee records, onboarding to offboarding workflows, and self-service portals for staff.
- **Leave & Time Off** — Leave requests, approvals and balances managed in one place.
- **Expense Claims** — Submission and approval of employee expense claims tied to payroll.
- **Perks & Benefits** — Insurance, salary advances and benefits administration for employees.
- **Financial Services** — Payouts to banks and mobile money, plus lending and salary-advance products built on payroll data.
- **Performance Management** — AI-assisted performance management tooling being developed after the 2024 Series A.

## Achievements

- Graduated from Y Combinator (Winter 2020 batch)
- Selected for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa (2019) and Black Founders Fund (2021)
- Grew to 1,000+ customers across 20+ African countries
- Processes over $200 million in payroll value annually
- Raised a total of ~$10M+ across seed, pre-Series A and Series A rounds
- ISO 27001 certified for information security
- Added nearly 500 businesses in 16 months and achieved 1.5x revenue growth in H1 2024

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Closed a $5M Series A led by Norrsken22 with Visa, Y Combinator and others participating, to expand across Africa and add AI to performance management.
- **2024-11** — Reported as the most recent capital raise date on record.
- **2024-01** — Deepened financial-services offering with payouts to banks and mobile money plus salary advances.

## Links

- Website: https://www.myworkpay.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workpayhq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/workpayhq
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workpayhq
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/workpayhq/

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Last updated: 2026-07-30