The fastest way to subcontract and pay flexible teams
Instant payments, collaboration, and subcontracting software for flexible, distributed teams and independent talent.
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For Independent Talent
Collaborate, subcontract, pay & get paid - instantly.
Rafiki empowers freelancers, consultants, fractional specialist and solopreneurs with innovative subcontracting, instant payments, and efficient project management solutions. Start collaborating with other independents to create your own pop-up teams.
Built for talent-to-talent collaboration, subcontracting & payments.
Easily manage projects, track billable hours, and streamline payments—all in one place. Split-bills & consolidate multiple team member payments into one, instant transaction.
Instant, feeless transactions via talent-to-talent wallets.
Send and receive payments instantly, across borders, with no hidden fees. Custom built for subcontracting freelancers and paying flexible teams.
Expert Support to Help You Scale
Access Rafiki’s Experts in Residence for guidance, networking, and career growth. Need complementary skillsets to service existing clients? Get in touch, we're here to help!
For Businesses
Instant Payments & Compliance for Flexible Teams
Rafiki is the modern payments and compliance solution for businesses working with fractional talent, freelancers & flexible teams.
Smart Subcontracting & Payments
Manage global, multi-currency payments for independent professionals. Pay your flexible team in one-click multi-routed, instant payouts.
Automated Compliance
Built-in Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) verification ensures legal and financial security, alongside EOR/COR solutions.
Expert Support On-Demand
Get specialised hands-on executional support from Rafiki’s Fractional Experts in Residence when needed.
Flexible & Compliant Talent Strategies
Scale efficiently by reducing overheads and avoiding full-time hiring risks. Stay compliant with Employer of Record (EOR) or Contractor of Record (COR) in over 130 countries.
One-Click Multi-Payment Routing
Pay multiple contractors across borders or currencies in a single transaction, reducing admin work.
Why Independents & Businesses Choose Rafiki
“Rafiki has done a great job building out our brand, website and booking engine integration. Their team are super knowledgeable and helped us come to quick and well thought out product decisions that lead to us launching our first product in weeks rather than months”
Nicolas Beterette
Co founder & CEO | Onzite
"We were very impressed at the quality and speed of Rafiki's work and I'm really looking forward to continuing the relationship."
Ryan Beangstrom
Co Founder | Verdant Data
Working with Rafiki has been great. Excellent and proactive, catering extremely well to our schedule and requests. We really enjoyed working with them and we couldn’t recommend them more highly.
Niccolo Pantucci
Lead Agent
"I am beyond thrilled with the exceptional work and partnership we’ve experienced with Rafiki Works in creating our new corporate CI and website. Special thanks go to Greg, Nick, Kath, and Dan, whose creativity, dedication, and expertise truly shone through in every aspect of the project. Their collaborative approach, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence made the entire process smooth and enjoyable. The results have far exceeded our expectations, and I am excited about the future projects we will undoubtedly embark on together. Thank you for making this a truly outstanding experience!"
Nicolas Mack
Founder
"From the initial brief all the way through to project handover, our experience with Rafiki has been excellent. Their fractional freelancer model is clear, seamless and effective, and we look forward to continuing the working relationship."
Brett Matheson
Co-Founder and Director of Operations | Metavolve
"Rafiki works with the cream of the crop. They are perfectly positioned to match innovative clients with the best developers in South Africa. Thanks you!"
Anesu murakata
Software Engineer
"Rafiki is an excellent platform that connects and supports freelancers. Collaborating with them has been really easy and delightful experience."
Jackie Zhang
Product Designer
"It’s great working with such a talented and energetic team. From our first chat to the first project, everything about RafikWorks, works. I’ve really enjoyed the experience, and love the exposure to global clients."
Dan Nash
Creative Strategist & Agency Owner
"Working with Rafiki Works has been an absolute pleasure. I’ve always appreciated their open and clear communication. Their passion for freelancing and recruitment in Africa is genuine. A lot to look forward to with joining their team!"
Daniel Lun
Senior Webflow Developer
FAQs
Everything you need to know about using Rafiki's payments, collaboration, and subcontracting software for independent talent and flexible workforces.
Rafiki offers smart payments, collaboration, and subcontracting software for independent talent and flexible workforces. Rafiki helps independent talent earn more through collaboration, payments & efficient project solutions, while helping businesses manage & pay multiple freelancers, fractional specialists, or contract workers at scale.
Rafiki is an innovative and novel approach to talent strategy and the future of work. Our platform helps the independent workforce collaborate, pay one another and get paid easily, while helping global businesses with flexible workforce strategies, hands-on execution, compliance, and contractor payroll.
We're making payments across multiple resources easy, with a single payment into our platform, paid out to freelancers as and when agreed on during project-specific agreements. For specific information on our payments infrastructure and details, please feel free to get in touch.
In short, yes. We offer specialist freelance, fractional, and contract talent recruitment for the digital and tech space. We leverage our own product and standalone SaaS, Rafiki OS, to do this. By doing so, we're also able to offer hands-on, executional consultancy and support via our agency, Rafiki Works, while Rafiki Talent Solutions offers services like Agent Of Record (AOR), Employer Of Record (EOR), and Contract To Hire.
Rafiki is for independent talent of all kinds, and companies working with independent talent globally. Freelancers, consultants, fractional professionals, small & independent agency owners, founders, startups, and SMBs. Our specialist focus is on ensuring we have the best utility for freelance and fractional talent building their careers, and for anyone leveraging this talent for ongoing work, on a highly customisable basis.
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