OUR STORY
AltGen has 100-odd years of combined experience in HR as well as capacity development; and is supported by a passionate team spread across Africa.
We are proud of the role we have played in Renewable Energy in Africa since 2012. AltGen has provided the human resources as well as knowledge needed for our clients to successfully execute their mandates. As a result, our team has played a leading role in providing a range of people-orientated services to NGOs, businesses, governments, and educational institutions.
Services range from assisting with utility-scale operations to formulating HR strategies as well as assisting recent graduates to find jobs.
Our offices are located in Nairobi, Kenya, Ebène Cybercity, Mauritius and Cape Town, South Africa. We operate across both francophone and anglophone African countries and we are quickly extending our services to the global community, with a growing reach into the European market.
AltGen Recruitment was incorporated in South Africa in 1997 and now consists of three complementary divisions which cover the three stages of job creation in the energy space.
The complimentary divisions which effectively feed insights into the services we offer include; Consulting, Recruitment and Employment Services.
1997
AltGen Recruitment is incorporated. The initial focus is on recruitment in logistics and supply chain.
2012
AltGen shifts focus to renewable energy. Expert recruitment services are provided to project developers, engineering consultancies, OEMs, suppliers and distributors, and EPCM’s.
2014
AltGen Consulting is established and begins its first project assignment. The assignment includes a Socio-Economic Development Plan for a 75MW PV project on the West Coast of South Africa.
2015
An entity is established in Kenya under AltGen LTD.
2015
AltGen Employment Services (PTY) LTD is incorporated as a result of client demand.
2017
We grow the team in East Africa. This allows us to provide supervisory services to the French Development Agency (AFD) on the EUR 15M DFID/EU funded Green Mini-Grids (GMG) Programme. This is an ongoing engagement.
2018
AltGen creates an entity in Mauritius – AltGen Energy Services LTD. This is as a result of wanting to best serve the international nature of our clients operating throughout Africa.
2020
AltGen Talent Exchange Limited is established as a result of our goal to remain agile in an ever-changing world. This entity will create recruitment tech systems as well as begin to offer corporate coaching management training.
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Sean holds a Master of Philosophy from Stellenbosch University as well as an Honours degree in Social Science from Rhodes University. He is the Managing Director of AltGen’s group of companies.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management from UNISA as well as a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering from CPUT. The success of AltGen REcruitment is as a result of Robert ensuring client talent acquisition needs are met.
Lindy holds a Bachelors’s Degree in Social Sciences from Rhodes University. Her role in the team included signing on new clients across AltGen’s service offering.