# Africa Jobs Scraper - Jobberman, BrighterMonday, Careers24 (`jungle_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper`) Actor
Scrape job listings from four leading African job boards — Jobberman (Nigeria), BrighterMonday (Kenya), Careers24 (South Africa), and MyJobMag — in a single run. Returns title, company, location, salary, description, experience level, and apply URL as clean structured JSON.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per event
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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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# README
## Africa Jobs Aggregator Scraper — Jobberman, BrighterMonday, Careers24
Scrapes job listings from four leading African job boards: [Jobberman](https://www.jobberman.com) (Nigeria), [BrighterMonday](https://www.brightermonday.co.ke) (Kenya), [Careers24](https://www.careers24.com) (South Africa), and [MyJobMag](https://www.myjobmag.com) (Nigeria/Africa). Returns title, company, location, salary, description, industry, experience level, and apply URL — clean structured JSON, one record per job.
---
### Africa Jobs Aggregator Features
- Aggregates jobs from three countries and four platforms in a single run
- Extracts 17+ fields per listing, including full description text for Jobberman, BrighterMonday, and MyJobMag detail pages
- Parses JSON-LD `JobPosting` schema on Jobberman and BrighterMonday detail pages for structured salary, dates, and qualifications
- Normalizes employment type, salary range, and currency code across platforms into consistent fields
- Returns `platform`, `location_country`, and `currency` on every record so you know exactly where each job came from
- Configurable platform selection — run all four at once, or focus on one country
- Residential proxy included — African job boards respond better with local-looking requests
---
### What Can You Do With African Job Board Data?
- **HR-tech platforms** — Ingest structured listings into a unified African job database, covering NG, KE, and ZA in one pass
- **Recruitment agencies** — Monitor new postings across platforms and route candidates to live openings without manual searching
- **Compensation analysts** — Collect salary range data across industries and locations to benchmark packages in emerging markets
- **Job aggregator startups** — Seed a pipeline with real African job data, which is harder to source than it sounds
- **Market researchers** — Track hiring velocity by industry, platform, and country to identify economic signals
- **HRIS vendors** — Augment client databases with African job market coverage beyond the usual global boards
---
### How Africa Jobs Aggregator Works
1. Select which platforms to scrape — Jobberman, BrighterMonday, Careers24, and/or MyJobMag. The default runs Jobberman, BrighterMonday, and Careers24.
2. The scraper seeds listing pages for each platform and extracts job cards using platform-specific selectors. Careers24 has enough metadata in the card; the others get a detail-page visit.
3. For Jobberman and BrighterMonday detail pages, the scraper reads the embedded `JobPosting` JSON-LD block for description, salary, posting date, and close date. MyJobMag detail pages use CSS selectors.
4. Results are saved as flat JSON records with normalized fields across all platforms. Set `maxItems` to cap the total output.
---
### Input
```json
{
"platforms": ["jobberman", "brightermonday", "careers24"],
"maxItems": 50
}
````
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `platforms` | array | `["jobberman", "brightermonday", "careers24"]` | Platforms to scrape. Valid values: `jobberman`, `brightermonday`, `careers24`, `myjobmag`. Leave empty for the default three. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `15` | Maximum total job records to return across all selected platforms. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Residential proxy | Proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended and enabled by default. |
**Single-platform example — Nigeria only:**
```json
{
"platforms": ["jobberman", "myjobmag"],
"maxItems": 100
}
```
**South Africa only:**
```json
{
"platforms": ["careers24"],
"maxItems": 200
}
```
***
### Africa Jobs Aggregator Output Fields
```json
{
"job_id": "ervzq9",
"platform": "jobberman",
"title": "Senior Software Engineer",
"company": "TechCorp Nigeria",
"location_country": "NG",
"location_city": "Lagos",
"employment_type": "Full Time",
"remote": null,
"salary_range": "300,000-500,000",
"currency": "NGN",
"description": "We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer...
",
"industry": "Information Technology",
"experience_level": "3-5 years of experience required",
"posted_at": "2024-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"closes_at": "2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"apply_url": "https://www.jobberman.com/listings/senior-software-engineer-ervzq9",
"scraped_at": "2024-01-20T14:32:00.000Z"
}
```
| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `job_id` | string | Platform-specific job identifier extracted from URL or page markup |
| `platform` | string | Source platform slug: `jobberman`, `brightermonday`, `careers24`, or `myjobmag` |
| `title` | string | Job title |
| `company` | string | Hiring company name |
| `location_country` | string | ISO country code: `NG` (Nigeria), `KE` (Kenya), `ZA` (South Africa) |
| `location_city` | string | City or region of the role |
| `employment_type` | string | Normalized employment type: Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Internship, Freelance |
| `remote` | string | Remote/hybrid indicator: `Remote`, `Hybrid`, `Onsite`, or `null` |
| `salary_range` | string | Salary range as displayed (e.g. `150,000-250,000`) |
| `currency` | string | Currency code: `NGN`, `KES`, or `ZAR` |
| `description` | string | Full job description HTML (available for Jobberman, BrighterMonday, and MyJobMag; `null` for Careers24) |
| `industry` | string | Industry or job function category |
| `experience_level` | string | Experience requirement (from JSON-LD `qualifications` or detail page) |
| `posted_at` | string | ISO-8601 posting date when available, or relative string (e.g. `3 days ago`) |
| `closes_at` | string | ISO-8601 application deadline when available |
| `apply_url` | string | Full URL to the job detail or apply page |
| `scraped_at` | string | ISO-8601 timestamp when this record was extracted |
***
### FAQ
#### How do I scrape African job boards?
Africa Jobs Aggregator handles the scraping. Configure `platforms` with one or more of the supported boards, set `maxItems`, and run. It covers Jobberman and BrighterMonday (same underlying platform, different countries), Careers24, and MyJobMag — all in a single actor run.
#### What data can I get from Jobberman and BrighterMonday?
Africa Jobs Aggregator retrieves the full `JobPosting` JSON-LD block embedded in each detail page, which both platforms include. That means structured salary data, ISO date fields for `posted_at` and `closes_at`, and the qualifications field — not just what you see in the card.
#### How much does Africa Jobs Aggregator cost to run?
Africa Jobs Aggregator uses pay-per-result pricing at approximately $0.001 per record. A run collecting 1,000 jobs costs about $1, plus the $0.10 platform start fee. Running all four platforms for bulk data collection is cost-effective compared to scraping them separately.
#### Does Africa Jobs Aggregator return job descriptions?
It returns full descriptions for Jobberman, BrighterMonday, and MyJobMag — those require a detail-page visit. Careers24 listing cards don't include description text, so that field is `null` for Careers24 results. If you only need descriptions, run with `platforms: ["jobberman", "brightermonday", "myjobmag"]`.
#### Can I scrape only one country?
Yes. Set `platforms` to the boards for that country: `["jobberman", "myjobmag"]` for Nigeria, `["brightermonday"]` for Kenya, `["careers24"]` for South Africa. The `location_country` field on every record tells you which country it came from even in a mixed run.
***
### Need More Features?
Need additional platforms (pnet.co.za, CareerJet Africa), custom field extraction, or higher volume? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch.
### Why Use Africa Jobs Aggregator?
- **Four platforms, one run** — Jobberman (NG), BrighterMonday (KE), Careers24 (ZA), and MyJobMag in a single configured run — covering the three largest African job markets without stitching multiple scrapers together
- **Structured output across inconsistent sources** — Normalizes employment type, salary currency, and country codes so records from four different sites land in the same clean schema
- **Rich Jobberman/BrighterMonday data** — Both platforms embed full `JobPosting` JSON-LD on detail pages, which the scraper reads directly for ISO dates, salary structure, and qualifications — more signal than the card view alone
# Actor input Schema
## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`):
Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler.
## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`):
Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.
## `sp_contact` (type: `string`):
Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you.
## `platforms` (type: `array`):
Job platforms to scrape. Leave empty to scrape all supported platforms.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):
Maximum total job records to return across all platforms.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Residential proxies recommended for African job boards.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
"sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
"sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
"platforms": [
"jobberman",
"brightermonday",
"careers24"
],
"maxItems": 15,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
No description
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
"sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
"sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
"platforms": [
"jobberman",
"brightermonday",
"careers24"
],
"maxItems": 15,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
"sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
"sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
"platforms": [
"jobberman",
"brightermonday",
"careers24",
],
"maxItems": 15,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": True,
"apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
},
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
"sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
"sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
"platforms": [
"jobberman",
"brightermonday",
"careers24"
],
"maxItems": 15,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}' |
apify call jungle_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Africa Jobs Scraper - Jobberman, BrighterMonday, Careers24",
"description": "Scrape job listings from four leading African job boards — Jobberman (Nigeria), BrighterMonday (Kenya), Careers24 (South Africa), and MyJobMag — in a single run. Returns title, company, location, salary, description, experience level, and apply URL as clean structured JSON.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "P98OmmblOqiIebtBY"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/jungle_synthesizer~africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/jungle_synthesizer~africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/jungle_synthesizer~africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-africa-jobs-aggregator-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"maxItems"
],
"properties": {
"sp_intended_usage": {
"title": "What is the intended usage of this data?",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler."
},
"sp_improvement_suggestions": {
"title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements."
},
"sp_contact": {
"title": "Contact Email",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you."
},
"platforms": {
"title": "Platforms",
"type": "array",
"description": "Job platforms to scrape. Leave empty to scrape all supported platforms.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"maxItems": {
"title": "Max Items",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum total job records to return across all platforms.",
"default": 15
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Residential proxies recommended for African job boards."
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
"type": "string"
},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"finishedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"computeUnits": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
},
"usageTotalUsd": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"usageUsd": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
"type": "number",
"example": 0.00005
},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```