"Zinake is a cloud based platform that conveniently connects temporary workers to job opportunities in their locality at the click of a button. Zinake is a community innovation that ensures that users (individuals or organizations) are guaranteed of quality service from temporary workers without having to undergo the complex, tedious, expensive and time wasting recruitment and verification process. When a user needs services of temporary worker, he/she creates a request on the Zinake platform. The workers who have enlisted to provide that service are notified of the available job opportunity. Interested workers respond to the request by bidding. The user then checks the bids submitted and selects the winner. The winning worker is then notified to go and work. Upon completion, money is transferred from the Employer’s wallet to the worker’s wallet. The users then rate/review each other after every transaction. Zinake through collaboration with strategic partners carries out thorough background checks and competence verification of all signed up workers. The workers are insured against accidents and professional indemnity. Zinake was founded with the vision of reducing poverty, idleness and unemployment among the youth in Kenya. After years working with thousands of casual laborers, it became apparent that convenient access to other key stakeholders was key. Through customer discovery interviews and feedback, it became apparent that there was need for convenient access to reliable and competent temporary workers across different sectors in Kenya. Hence Zinake was founded so that employers do not have to undergo the complex, tedious, expensive and time consuming recruitment and verification process."

https://www.zinake.com

• Africa

• The unemployed

"There are competitors doing similar ideas like lynk, techpool, etc. but none is at scale."

"""We started Zinake as a manual process. The into a technology platform was informed by the need to reach more users and make the process efficient. The innovation is designed to allow for continuous improvement. The platform was designed based on the market needs and is user friendly. It allows for even the users who do not have smart phones to receive notification by short code and or their friends' phones. Zinake overcomes distance and time in helping users find competent skilled workers. This is turning the expensive and cumbersome recruitment process into a high-tech platform designed to provide job opportunities more people using a smaller footprint. Zinake is making communities vibrant and re-imagining daily interaction between people, structures and technologies. Zinake has the Copyright to this innovation.

Informed by previous experiences and the COVID 19 pandemic, Zinake has developed additional functionalities that allow its users to: 1. Access advance payment 2. Report, monitor and or Respond to incidents like crime, accidents, fire, sickness and other emergencies. 3. Organize, attend and manage public events (weddings, funerals, concerts, rallies, parties, games, etc)."""

The project supports sustainable economic growth and does this through its online platform where the temporary workers sign up to find jobs. It upholds the use of ICT applications in e-employment.