Why do agencies need collaboration tools?
International agencies, startups and SMBs are increasingly collaborating with or subcontracting micro-agencies, freelancers or fractional talent. Fractional collaboration and subcontracting is one of the fastest growing strategies businesses are leveraging. It’s an exciting new world of work, where agencies, independents and micro-agencies team up to offer full-stack services, share clients acquisition and retention strategies, command better rates, and embrace entirely new concepts of “career”.
- Remote and cross-border work is the norm
- Managing projects, invoices, and payments requires smooth coordination
What are the top collaboration tools in 2025?
There are new platforms popping up every day. Deciding what’s legitimate, and what’s a short-term hype, can be increasingly difficult and our feeds are flooded with AI-washed content.
Our advice? Keep it simple.
- Slack for communication
- Notion for knowledge management
- Figma for collaborative whiteboarding
- Rafiki OS for cross-border invoicing, payments, and subcontractor management. Rafiki is purpose built for dynamic teams, combining time-sheeting, billing, and multi-party invoicing to make collaboration and subcontracting a breeze.
Why Rafiki OS stands out?
- Built specifically for agencies with flexible teams
- Smart invoicing, multi-currency routing, and instant payments. Every user and business gets a digital wallet. All payments between wallets are instant, anywhere in the world, and free.
- Embedded vetted talent network. Rafiki has South Africa’s top fractional talent and micro-agency community embedded into the software, KYC/Bed and ready to roll.
FAQs
- What are the best tools for global agency collaboration in 2025
- How can agencies reduce admin when collaborating across borders
- Why do agencies need invoicing and payment tools like Rafiki OS
