Real-Time Intelligence
Market Pulse
Live signals from Zambia's labour market. Data sourced from job boards, company sites, and public employment services — updated continuously.
Jobs Analyzed This Week
3,240
Unique Skills Detected
847
Hiring Velocity Index
72.4
Active Alerts
3
Trending Skills This Week
Biggest movers vs. 30-day average
Live Feed
Recent signals & anomalies
2h ago
Cloud Computing demand spike in Copperbelt
4h ago
New skill detected: "Prompt Engineering"
6h ago
Healthcare sector hiring surge
1d ago
Critical: ICT skills gap widening
1d ago
Mining sector stabilizing
Weekly Posting Volume by Sector
Rolling 8-week trend
Data Source Coverage
Where our intelligence comes from
Complete Skills Picture
Skills Atlas
Every skill in Zambia's economy: who has it, who needs it, and what to do about the gap. Skills are the unit of analysis — not occupations, not sectors.
💡 How to read this: Negative gap = shortage (demand exceeds supply). Positive gap = surplus. Click any skill to see which occupations require it, which programs teach it, and recommended interventions.
Supply Meets Demand
Talent & Employers
The two sides of the market: workforce skills from Compass assessments, employer needs extracted by the Classifier. Watch the AI pipeline transform raw data into actionable intelligence.
Job Scraper
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AI Classifier
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ESCO Mapping
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Horizon Matching
🔍 See the Classifier in Action
Raw job posting → Structured skills extraction
Software Developer - Lusaka
We're looking for a talented developer
to join our fintech startup. You should
know Python and Django, be comfortable
with AWS or Azure, and have experience
building REST APIs. SQL is a must.
Bonus: machine learning experience.
Competitive salary + equity.
AI Classifier
Extracted Skills (ESCO-Mapped)
Python Programming
S1.2.1
Django Framework
S1.2.4
Cloud Computing (AWS/Azure)
S1.4.2
REST API Development
S1.2.7
SQL Database Management
S1.3.1
Machine Learning
S1.5.1 (preferred)
Talent Pool (Supply)
Skills from Compass assessments
Assessed Workers
48,200
Youth (15-24)
62%
Top Skills in Talent Pool
Customer Service
78%
Basic Computer Skills
65%
Communication
61%
Sales & Retail
45%
Data Entry
38%
Python/Programming
12%
Employer Demand
Skills extracted from job postings
Active Vacancies
145K
Hard-to-Fill Rate
47%
Most Requested Skills
Digital Literacy
82%
Communication
74%
Problem Solving
68%
Data Analysis
52%
Project Management
48%
Python/Programming
44%
🚨 The Gap Visualized
Where supply meets (or misses) demand — key skills comparison
So What? Now What?
Intelligence & Action
Data without "so what" isn't intelligence. Here's what the data tells us to do — predictions, recommendations, and measurable interventions.
Projected Shortage
15,200
ICT workers needed by Q3 2026 based on current trends. Without intervention, gap widens 12% per quarter.
Confidence: 84% · Based on 18-month trend analysis
Horizon Match Rate
78%
Of AI-suggested matches result in successful placement within 90 days. Up from 64% at launch.
Based on 12,400 completed matches
Highest ROI Intervention
Digital Literacy
Each 1% increase in workforce digital literacy correlates with 2.3% increase in placement rates.
Estimated impact: 12,000 additional placements/year
Recommended Interventions
Prioritized actions based on gap analysis and projected impact
1. Emergency ICT Skills Pipeline
Critical Priority
Demand for Python, cloud computing, and data analysis is growing 3x faster than supply. Recommend immediate expansion of TEVET ICT programs in Lusaka and Copperbelt, with fast-track certification paths (6-month bootcamps vs. 2-year programs).
5,800
Current gap (Python)
+340%
Demand growth (3yr)
ZMW 28K
Avg. salary premium
2. Foundation Digital Literacy at Scale
Critical Priority
53,000 workers lack the basic digital literacy now required for 82% of job postings. This is the highest-volume gap and affects all sectors. Recommend integration into secondary curriculum and community-based adult programs.
53,000
Workers to upskill
+12%
Placement rate impact
82%
Jobs requiring skill
3. Healthcare Skills Expansion
High Priority
Nursing and allied health skills gap widening due to UTH expansion and new clinic construction. Current TEVET output covers only 65% of annual demand. Recommend scholarship expansion and rural placement incentives.
2,800
Annual shortage
65%
Demand coverage
+28%
Vacancy growth (YoY)
4. Reskilling Pathway: Manual Data Entry → Data Analysis
Proactive
16,000 workers have skills in declining demand (manual data entry, basic admin). Many have adjacent skills that map to data analysis with 3-6 month upskilling. Recommend targeted transition programs with employer partnerships.
16,000
Candidates for reskilling
-45%
Current skill demand trend
6 mo
Avg. transition time
Skills Transition Pathways
Where workers with declining skills can move
Intervention Impact Tracking
Measuring what we recommended last quarter