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Archeo Hub

Hiring is a turning point, for a business and for a life.

We exist to treat it like one. A founder-led firm in Nairobi, built to be the opposite of the CV-pushing agency.

Wycliffe Orao, founder of Archeo Hub

From our founder

“We built Archeo Hub to be the opposite of the CV-pushing agency.”

Dear reader,

Over five years, I have hired for more than 50 companies across Kenya, Ethiopia, the US, the UK and Australia. I have seen what the right hire does for a business, and what a careless process does to the people in it.

Too much of our industry treats hiring as admin: piles of CVs, candidates left waiting, rejections that say nothing. Archeo Hub exists to do the opposite.

We walk the whole journey with our clients. We start from what the business truly needs, move fast, and present only people we would stake our name on. Every candidate hears back, and nobody is ghosted.

Our name comes from the Greek archē: beginning, first principle. Great teams are built from the foundation up. That is Talent Built Right.

I would love to hear what you are building, and who you need to build it.

Wycliffe OraoFounder, Archeo Hub

Our story and our name

archē

beginning · origin · first principle

Great teams are built from the foundation up: a clear view of what the business truly needs, a process that respects everyone in it, and the right person at the end.

What we saw
Too much of our industry treats hiring as admin: piles of CVs, candidates left waiting, rejections that say nothing.
What we built
A firm that walks the whole journey with its clients, presents only people it believes in, and treats every candidate with dignity.
Who leads us
Founder-led, with five years of full-cycle hiring for more than 50 companies across Kenya, Ethiopia, the US, the UK and Australia.
Where we’re going
To be the first call anyone makes when a hire in Africa really matters.

What we stand for

Vision
The first call anyone makes when a hire in Africa really matters.
Our ambition
A hiring culture across Africa where no candidate is ghosted and no business settles for the wrong hire.
Mission
We help businesses in Africa, and companies anywhere hiring African talent, find the right people, build hiring that works and run their teams well.
Philosophy
First principles. Every search starts from what the business truly needs, not from the old job description.

Values that cost us something

A value is only real if it costs us something. These are the five we hold, and the price we accept for each.

  • Conviction over volume

    We only present people we’d stake our name on.

    It costs us: Fewer submissions, and sometimes a role lost to a faster CV-pusher.

  • Truth both ways

    Honest with clients and candidates. We never misrepresent either side.

    It costs us: Uncomfortable conversations, and now and then a deal.

  • Dignity for every candidate

    No ghosting, no generic rejections, never a fee charged to a job seeker.

    It costs us: Time with people who may never earn us a shilling.

  • Speed is respect

    An open role means a business on hold and a person waiting.

    It costs us: Discipline, and saying no to roles we can’t run well.

  • We own the outcome

    We’re done when the hire is thriving, not when the invoice is paid.

    It costs us: Follow-ups long after the placement.

I would love to hear what you are building.

And who you need to build it.

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