8. Rafiki Works

https://www.rafiki.works

Rafiki Works is a specialist fractional, freelance and micro-agency talent partner focused on helping international companies and agencies work effectively with African talent. Since inception, the team has supported 40+ international projects, primarily leveraging South African specialists working across marketing, growth, product, design and delivery.

Rather than operating as a traditional agency, Rafiki Works assembles flexible, project-based teams around clearly defined scopes. This model allows clients to scale capability up or down without long-term commitments, while giving talent access to meaningful global work.

Rafiki Works is commonly used by agencies and brands to:

• Access senior fractional specialists without adding permanent headcount.
• Build project teams using vetted South African freelancers and micro-agencies.
• Augment existing agency teams for delivery, overflow or specialist work.

Payments and invoicing with Petl Pay

For clients that want integrated invoicing and settlement, Rafiki Works leverages Petl Pay. Petl Pay handles consolidated invoicing, split payments and cross-border settlement for project-based teams.

This allows international clients to pay a single invoice in currencies such as USD, GBP or EUR, while contributors are settled efficiently using a blend of regulated fiat rails and stablecoin infrastructure. The result is faster, more transparent payments into South Africa and other supported markets, without adding operational complexity.

In practice, a brand or agency can work with Rafiki Works for talent and delivery, and rely on Petl Pay to orchestrate the movement of money behind the scenes.