New Tech Africa July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer Games, Computer Networking
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Non-Binary
0.05%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
72% of New Tech Africa employees are engaged
This is in the top 45% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 21 and is in the top 24% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech Africa compare?
People in New Tech Africa were much more positive than average regarding Service & Quality Focus, Company Performance, and Teamwork & Ownership.
On the lower side, people in New Tech Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Voice, and Work & Life Blend.
People working in New Tech Africa are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in New Tech Africa are less engaged than Banking, Computer Software Asia, New Tech Asia, and India 1000+.
The highest scoring question for New Tech Africa had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in New Tech Africa were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 34% of people disagreeing (+13% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
3%
3 months to 6 months
8%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
7%