Aspiring Minds, Ringier to strengthen hiring in Africa

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 30 2015 | 1:22 AM IST

Job skills credentialing company Aspiring Minds said on Thursday it has tied up with African classifieds major Ringier to make hiring in Africa more efficient.

Aspiring Minds will run its jobs skills credentialing platform AMCAT in Sub-Saharan Africa in association with ZoomTanzania.com, the company said in a statement.

Cloud-based AMCAT is a data-driven standardized assessment test which evaluates more than 200 skills spanning language, cognitive and functional competencies, personality traits and situation handling.

"We are very excited about the partnership with Ringier taking AMCAT to Africa. AMCAT has been very successful in building a merit driven ecosystem for job seekers and employers and providing scientific job readiness feedback to students," said Aspiring Minds CEO Himanshu Aggarwal in a statement.

Ringier operates 13 content, classifieds and e-commerce sites across six African markets.

Founded in 2008, Aspiring Minds serves nearly 2,000 corporations and operates in USA, China, India, Middle East, Philippines and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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First Published: Oct 30 2015 | 1:02 AM IST

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