Platform for African Expansion
Your Strategic Partner in Africa Agri-Business Recruitment
At Copper Quail Global, we recognize that agriculture lies at the heart of many African economies, playing a crucial role in food security, employment, and sustainable development. As the sector continues its evolution through technology, climate resilience, and global trade, the demand for skilled talent within agriculture has never been greater. With a strong footprint across Africa, we are your dedicated recruitment partner, proactively sourcing and headhunting experienced professionals who drive deep expertise, innovation, and long-term value across the diverse agricultural landscape.
Specialized Agricultural Recruitment Disciplines Across Africa:
- Farm & Plantation Management Recruitment: We help farms and plantations operate more efficiently by placing visionary leaders who understand how to boost productivity, sustainably manage land and resources, and introduce innovative practices that make a tangible difference on the ground. Our targeted sourcing ensures we find individuals with the specific skills your operation demands.
- Agricultural Engineering & Mechanization Recruitment: Recognizing the increasing reliance on smart technology and automation in modern agriculture, we recruit skilled engineers and specialists driving advancements in machinery, irrigation technologies, and precision farming to make agricultural operations more efficient and scalable across Africa. We employ headhunting strategies to identify and attract these highly specialized professionals.
- Agri-Finance & Agribusiness Development Recruitment: From managing investment portfolios to supporting local cooperatives, we connect client agribusiness ventures with finance professionals who possess a strong understanding of the unique agricultural landscape, ensuring sustainable growth and robust financial health. Our sourcing methodologies are tailored to find candidates with both financial acumen and agricultural insight.
- Research & Agronomy Recruitment: We fuel innovation in agriculture by sourcing top talent for Research & Development (R & D), soil science, plant genetics, and crop advisory services. These critical roles are essential in developing more resilient, productive, and sustainable farming systems across the continent. We utilize proactive headhunting to secure leading experts in these fields.
- Supply Chain & Commodity Trading Recruitment: We partner with businesses to find adept talent who can expertly navigate the complexities of agricultural supply chains—from optimizing logistics and warehousing to driving successful export and commodity sales, ensuring products move efficiently from field to market across Africa. Our comprehensive sourcing network allows us to identify and place skilled professionals in these crucial roles.
Our Approach: Beyond Traditional Agricultural Recruitment
Our approach to agricultural recruitment goes beyond simply matching CVs. We invest the time to partner closely with our clients to understand their specific goals, unique challenges, and the precise needs of their operations across the African agricultural sector. Whether you’re a commercial farm, an agricultural processing company, or an agribusiness investor, we are committed to strategically sourcing and headhunting the right talent to drive your success.
Our Executive Team will get a full understanding of the culture within your organization to find the right individual that will fit right into the organization. Armed with this information they will do extensive market research and provide a list of potential individuals for approval and then target those individuals for the role. An upfront initiation fee is charged for this service and the balance on completion of the successful placement of the individual within your organization.
Our Headhunters will get a better understanding of your organization and go through the job specification thoroughly to better understand the type of individual you require for your open vacancy. Typical time from engagement through to first delivery of candidates can be as fast as 2-3 weeks. A percentage fee is only charged on the successful placement of an individual within your organization.
Contingency Recruitment follows traditional recruitment methods of placing job ads and screening of potential candidates for your open vacancy. A slower approach to the recruitment cycle but the perfect way to draw new talent by opening up to the masses. A percentage fee is only charged on the successful placement of an individual within your organization.
Softs skills in many of the African countries is somewhat lacking and not due to anyone’s fault. A simple example of this is “communication” within the organization. Simple communications within the working environment can make or break the best of the best organizations. Without it you are nowhere and we simply teach effective communication skills as one of the many training materials we have. We have a Team of trainers who have taught across the world and worked with some of the biggest companies globally.
Agricultural Projects we work on:
- Community Sustainability Protects
- Stone Fruit Projects
- Sugar
- Wheat & Maize Projects
- Hydroponics
- Cocoa
- Dairy
Disciplines we recruit for – (local & expatriates):
- Farmers
- Maintenance Engineers
- Horticulturalist
- Commodity Brokers
- Quality Assurance
- Milling
- Logistic Managers
- Distribution Managers
- Community Trainers
- Business Analysis