Built for this category
Not a generic HR tool with a checkbox for your industry. The workflows, terminology, and reports match how your operation actually runs — because the platform was designed for it from the start.
For 1,000+ employee organisations
SmartHR Africa for Enterprise — On-Premise, White-Label, Custom
On-premise or private-cloud deployment, white-labelled with your brand, custom modules, dedicated SLA — for organisations with 1,000+ employees or specific data-sovereignty requirements.
6
capabilities
8+
African markets
USD
pricing · local currency view
Mobile · USSD · WhatsApp
every device
On-premise or private-cloud deployment
White-label with your brand
Custom module development
Dedicated account team
SLA-backed support
Compliance-pack ready
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Connected to payroll
Every event in this module — attendance, leave, timesheet, equipment, incident, performance — flows automatically into the next payroll cycle. No spreadsheet reconciliation, no double entry.
African by design
Statutory rules maintained for 40+ countries, mobile-money payouts, USSD self-service, WhatsApp delivery, multiple languages, offline-capable mobile app for field workers.
The problems we hear most
If any of this sounds familiar,
If any of this sounds familiar,
you're in the right place.
These are the recurring conversations with buyers in this category. We built the platform to retire each of them.
Your data sovereignty policy or your industry regulator requires payroll data to stay on infrastructure you control. Generic SaaS payroll cannot meet that bar.
Your group brand is well-established. Your employees opening an HR app branded "SmartHR" confuses your internal communications. You want it branded as your own.
Your operating reality includes a workflow no off-the-shelf product handles (a specific union CBA, a bespoke incentive scheme, an unusual approval chain). Custom development is non-negotiable.
When the system goes down at 14:00 on a payroll day, you need a named engineer to take your call within 15 minutes — not a chatbot.
Your IT and risk teams require ISO 27001 evidence, SOC 2 reports, a Data Processing Agreement, and a security architecture document — before they'll even start vendor evaluation.
What's built in
Features your team will actually use.
Specific tools for this category — not generic HR repackaged. Each card describes what the feature does and how it fits the way you work.
01
On-premise or private-cloud deployment
Deploy SmartHR inside your own data centre, your AWS account, or your Azure tenancy. Your data never leaves your perimeter. We provide the software; you control the infrastructure.
02
White-label with your brand
Your logo, your colours, your domain (hr.yourcompany.com), your login screen, your email-from address, your support contact. Employees never see SmartHR's branding.
03
Custom module development
Bespoke workflows, integrations, dashboards, or compliance modules. Built by our engineering team, delivered on a defined timeline, with handover documentation.
04
Dedicated account team
Named customer success manager, named technical account manager, named solutions architect. One Slack channel, one escalation path, one phone number.
05
SLA-backed support
Guaranteed response times: critical incidents 15 minutes, high-priority 1 hour, business hours coverage in your local timezone. Service credits if we miss.
06
Compliance-pack ready
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, data processing agreement, security architecture document, penetration test reports — your IT and risk teams get everything they need before signing.
Why modules aren't enough
Every event is wired to the next.
Most HR systems sell modules as separate products — and then your team spends every month reconciling between them. SmartHR Africa is one system. Each event in this category flows automatically into the right downstream process.
On-premise deployment
Data sovereignty
SmartHR runs inside your own data centre, AWS account, or Azure tenancy. Payroll data never crosses your perimeter; encryption keys stay yours.
Brand configuration
White-label app
Your logo, your colours, your domain (hr.yourcompany.com), your email-from, your support contact. Employees never see SmartHR branding anywhere.
Custom module spec
Production release
Bespoke workflows, integrations, dashboards, or compliance modules built by our engineering team on a defined timeline — with handover documentation and version-safe upgrades.
Identity provider (SAML/OIDC)
Single sign-on
Active Directory, Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace — connect your existing IdP. Provisioning and de-provisioning happen the moment your IdP fires the event.
Critical incident
15-minute response
Named technical account manager, named solutions architect, SLA-backed response — critical incidents acknowledged within 15 minutes, high-priority within 1 hour. Service credits if missed.
Risk-team review
Compliance pack signed-off
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, DPA, security architecture document, penetration test reports — your IT and risk teams get everything they need before signature.
Where this matters most
Live across 8 African markets.
Statutory compliance, local-currency payroll, and salary disbursement options in every market we support. Click through to your country page for in-region pricing, statutory rates, and a calculator.
Typically 1,000 employees, but the bar is more about the requirements than the headcount. If you need on-premise deployment, white-labelling, custom development, or dedicated SLA, you're in Enterprise territory regardless of size.
We deliver SmartHR as a containerised application (Docker / Kubernetes) you install in your own infrastructure. We provide deployment runbooks, an installation engineer for the initial setup, and ongoing version-update releases. You operate the infrastructure; we maintain the application.
Yes. Enterprise includes source-code access and an SDK for building custom modules. Many of our enterprise customers have internal HR-IT teams who extend the platform themselves; we provide architecture guidance and code review.
Custom — we quote based on deployment model (private cloud vs on-premise), scope of customisation, support level, and number of employees. Typically engagements start around USD 50,000/year for cloud-hosted enterprise; on-premise deployments are quoted separately.
For a cloud-hosted enterprise deployment with standard modules: 4–8 weeks from contract signature to first payroll run. For on-premise with custom modules: typically 12–20 weeks depending on scope. We deliver in phases so country-by-country rollout starts early.
Yes. You provision the AWS / Azure / Google Cloud account. We deploy SmartHR into it. You retain ownership of the infrastructure, the data, and the encryption keys. We handle application-level operations under a Managed Service Agreement.
Pricing
Simple USD pricing.
Pay per employee, monthly. Local-currency price on every country page — converted at our locked monthly rate.
Starter
Core HR for growing teams
$10.00
/month base
+ $0.50 /employee/month
- Employee records & profiles
- Leave management
- Web attendance with GPS
- Document management
- Employee self-service portal
- Mobile app access
- Email support
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Professional
Full HR + payroll, statutory compliance built in
$50.00
/month base
+ $1.50 /employee/month
- Everything in Starter
- Full local-currency payroll
- Statutory compliance (PAYE / NSSF / NHIF / etc.)
- Performance management
- Recruitment & onboarding
- Expense claims & loans
- Training & certifications
- WhatsApp & SMS notifications
- Priority support
Business
Multi-country operations, full automation
$100.00
/month base
+ $3.00 /employee/month
- Everything in Professional
- Multi-country dashboard
- Projects & timesheets (NGO/donor reporting)
- Biometric device integration
- API access
- White-label option
- Dedicated account manager
- SLA-backed support
See pricing in your local currency on any country page →
See it work on your data.
30 minutes with our team. Bring your countries, your headcount, and the questions your finance and HR leads keep asking — we'll walk you through every module relevant to your operation.