{"id":92560,"date":"2023-05-17T19:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/elevatehr-africa-picks-kennedy-nyabwala-as-new-ceo"},"modified":"2023-05-17T19:43:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:43:59","slug":"elevatehr-africa-picks-kennedy-nyabwala-as-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/elevatehr-africa-picks-kennedy-nyabwala-as-new-ceo","title":{"rendered":"ElevateHR Africa picks Kennedy Nyabwala as new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Cloud-based HR management platform ElevateHR Africa has appointed Kennedy Nybwala as the new chief executive officer following its recent early-stage funding by From Here Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Nyabwala has ten years of experience in the tech startup space having worked in leading tech companies in Africa. He is the immediate former Global Head of Logistics at MarketForce, and an ex-founder of one of the leading logistics startups in Africa, Bwala.<\/p>\n<p>His journey started with the launch of OLX in Africa as a product Ambassador before moving to Copia Global as the head of the strategy and customer growth and later founded logistics startup Bwala<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited to welcome Kennedy to our team,&#8221; said Mark Karake, Co-founder at ElevateHR.<\/p>\n<p>The Modern HR system is designed to seamlessly integrate various HR functions for both administrators and employees, providing a seamless approach to HR management.<\/p>\n<p>It offers modules in payroll, salary advance, leave management, and performance management among others. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that assist organizations in managing their people better and succeeding in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with great honor that I accept this appointment as the CEO of ElevateHR. This comes at an exciting time as we prepare to scale the brand throughout Africa,&#8221; Nybwala said.<\/p>\n<p>Common HR problems facing businesses include payroll processing which is done in excel, leave management, performance and appraisal, onboarding, and offboarding among other tasks that are manual.<\/p>\n<p>The latest data indicate that HR spends more than 40 per cent of their time on repetitive tasks as a result of manual operations, which are time-consuming, inefficient and expensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Cloud-based HR management platform ElevateHR Africa has appointed Kennedy Nybwala as the new chief executive officer following its recent early-stage funding by From Here Ventures. 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