Weekly DigestAugust 19, 20260
SA HR startup Jem raises $8.4m Series A funding round to support product expansion
South African startup Jem HR, a WhatsApp-based HR and employee benefits platform used by over 200 companies and 250,000 frontline workers, has raised a US$8.4 million Series A funding round to support its expansion into a workforce management platform. Founded in 2019 as SmartWage, and rebranded in
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Source: Disrupt Africa (Southern Africa) · South Africa
South African startup Jem HR, a WhatsApp-based HR and employee benefits platform used by over 200 companies and 250,000 frontline workers, has raised a US$8.4 million Series A funding round to support its expansion into a workforce management platform. Founded in 2019 as SmartWage, and rebranded in …
Part of the Africa Dev Week of August 19, 2026 weekly digest.