💰 SALARY & TAX

Minimum Wage Checker

Check the current minimum wage for any African country — with compliance checker, living wage gap, inflation erosion tracker, sector rates, and country alerts. All 54 countries covered.

🇳🇬 ₦70,000/mo🇰🇪 KES 16,114🇿🇦 R27.58/hr🇬🇭 GHS 18.15/day+ 50 more
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Minimum Wage Checker
Select a country to view rates, check compliance, and see the living wage gap
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Select a country above to view minimum wage data
AfroTools AI

Select a country above to see AI-powered observations about minimum wage compliance, enforcement, and living wage gaps.

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We'll email you when the rate is updated — no spam, just the change.

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All 54 African Countries — Minimum Wage Comparison

Minimum wage comparison — all 54 African countries, sortable by column header
# Country Local Rate USD/Month Effective Date
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📢 Report a Wage Violation
+50 AfroPoints
Know of an employer paying below the legal minimum wage? Report it anonymously. Verified reports earn 50 AfroPoints. Aggregate stats only — no employer names without verification.
All reports are anonymous. Data is moderated before public display.
Case workspace

This workspace turns the minimum-wage and sector-floor check result into a reusable matter note, dashboard item and gated PDF checklist. Use the app first, then save the evidence trail.

Evidence checked

Risk flags

Open dashboard
PDF gate

Email the checklist and unlock print/PDF

The core tool stays free. The deeper PDF pack captures email only when the user wants a portable report, checklist and dashboard reminder.

Competitor check - 28 April 2026

Benchmarked against Deel, Oyster and global HR compliance platforms. The goal is not to copy them; it is to bring the useful workflow pattern into an Africa-first tool with official-source caution and local evidence capture.

Observed feature pattern

  • Employment compliance platforms start with worker classification and country-specific minimums before generating contracts or HR records.
  • They manage contracts, invoices, leave, payroll inputs and compliance reminders in one dashboard.
  • The best flows keep misclassification and statutory-minimum risks visible instead of burying them in generic template language.

Implemented on this app

  • This page now asks for matter, country or regime, date, status, evidence and risk flags before the user exports a note.
  • The app-specific checklist is not generic: it starts with "Verify the country and sector source before using a rate in payroll".
  • Saved workflows can be resumed from the dashboard and handed off to Employment Contract Builder when the matter naturally continues.
  • The PDF/export moment is a value-after-result gate, so users can still use the tool first and only share email when saving the report.

Best next move

  • Whether the worker falls under a national, sector, regional or collective-agreement rate
  • Verify the country and sector source before using a rate in payroll
  • Using one national wage for sectors with separate orders
Reviewed 28 April 2026 · 54-country wage reference

Minimum wage is a legal floor, not a hiring budget. The useful output flags national, sector, region and occupation differences before payroll or employment contracts are issued.

Decisions this clarifies

  • Whether the worker falls under a national, sector, regional or collective-agreement rate
  • Whether housing, transport, food, commission or in-kind benefits can count toward the wage floor
  • How wage changes affect overtime, pension, social security and dismissal exposure

Before you rely on it

  • Verify the country and sector source before using a rate in payroll
  • Document work hours, overtime basis and pay period alongside the wage
  • Review wage floors whenever the government gazettes a change or the worker changes role

Red flags

  • Using one national wage for sectors with separate orders
  • Treating allowances as wage without checking the law
  • Forgetting overtime, leave pay and social security when the base wage changes
Review pack

Before filing, signing, publishing, or sending anything, keep a short record that links the app result to evidence and official-source checks.

Capture

Save the country or regime, parties, dates, amounts, selected options, and final output. Add why this matters: Whether the worker falls under a national, sector, regional or collective-agreement rate.

Attach

Verify the country and sector source before using a rate in payroll. Also keep the strongest supporting document, receipt, portal reference, ID, contract, policy, or court file beside the generated result.

Escalate

If you see this risk, pause and get qualified help: Using one national wage for sectors with separate orders.

Paste this into your matter file, compliance folder, board pack, or lawyer handoff.