Sales Development Specialist

Our story

Launched in 2013 by Moulaye and Kadry as a side-project to help a friend’s mother, we understood quickly that there was room for opportunity for distribution through the web for the African culture. With an outsourced MVP, we saw the first orders coming, and we decided to dedicate full time to this growing project. With the coming of Luc, in 2016 we focused on Tech and Product and then launched Afrikrea, the marketplace, and Boom… a growth of 8% per week doubling our revenue every quarter and multiplying our revenue 10 times every year !

After several fundraisings, a move to Abidjan, the coming of our first team members, and a strong partnership with DHL, Afrikrea became the number 1 African eCommerce exporter.

The current situation: the transition to Anka

In 2020, rich in these years of experience in direct contact with sellers and as entrepreneurs serving entrepreneurs, we understood that the challenges of the sellers were deeper than those solved by the marketplace, Afrikrea. Our sellers faced specific African issues such as the lack of visibility globally, the difficulty of shipping products worldwide from Africa, and the complexity of payments between international and local ways. To resolve these needs that exceed the perimeter of a simple marketplace, we decided to create Anka.

Anka, powered by Afrikrea, is the all-in-one solution for sellers of products « Made of Africa » (fashion, art, food, or beauty…) to sell from anywhere, ship worldwide, get paid faster on international or local African payment methods, and manage easily their businesses.

In January 2022, we raised 5.4 million euros from top-tier investors (including the founder of Alibaba) with a new purpose… Unleash the growth of African Entrepreneurship!

To help us achieve this in the next 9 months, we are developing new services (App, Content, Coaching…) in a revenue-driven way, which I why we are looking for the right people.

Your challenges (if you accept them…)

• Call qualified leads and convert them into ANKA Subscribers
• Update documents files with sales information

In terms of hard & soft skills (=Mandatory) :

• You’re fluent in French and English
• You already worked in a startup environment
• Proficient in Google & Microsoft Suites and especially in Excel & Google Sheet
• You’re used to cold calls and sales closing
• Teamwork: You can work within a team
• Communication skills: You can communicate efficiently
• Goal oriented Mindest.

Your recruitment process

• A 45-minute interview on Zoom with Ibrahima, our Lead Sales, to validate the fit with our needs and your fit with Anka
• A technical test to complete in 24 hours at home
• A 1h interview on Zoom with Ola, our Head of Sales, and your future manager, and Kadry, our COO to deep dive into your technical skills
• A 30-minute interview on Zoom with Laetitia, our Head of People & Culture, to validate your fit with the team and our culture.