WUZZUF
Egyptian online recruitment platform that matches job seekers with employers, operated by BasharSoft alongside Forasna. BasharSoft was founded in 2009 and bought iCareer in October 2025.
Industry: Online recruitment | Location: Cairo, Egypt | Founded: 2009 | Total Funding: USD 1.7M
About WUZZUF
WUZZUF is an online recruitment platform in Egypt that connects job seekers with employers. It is operated by BasharSoft, a Cairo-based company that also runs Forasna, an online employment marketplace for Arabic speakers.
BasharSoft was founded in 2009 by Mohamed El Garhy and Ameer Sherif. Sherif led the company as chief executive for about twelve years and moved to chairman in October 2021, when Sherif Hashem became chief executive. Hashem had joined in mid-2020 to lead corporate development and investor relations. In October 2025, coverage of the iCareer deal described Sherif as co-founder and executive chairman and named Ahmed Samir as general manager.
Besides WUZZUF and Forasna, BasharSoft's website lists iCareer, which offers employability education for early-career talent, and Recruitera, an applicant tracking product. In December 2016 WUZZUF acquired Viriphi, a job assessment platform whose assessment measures skills such as English, problem solving and communication. The price was not disclosed.
In October 2025 BasharSoft acquired iCareer, an Egyptian human resources consultancy founded in 2012 by Akram Marwan, together with Recruitera, which iCareer had developed. The price was not disclosed. Wamda reported that BasharSoft had launched in Saudi Arabia earlier in 2025, and the company said it plans to expand across the Gulf.
Wamda reported in August 2015 that BasharSoft raised a 1.7 million US dollar Series A from Vostok New Ventures and Piton Capital, the first Egyptian investment for both. BasharSoft's website lists 500 Startups, Vostok New Ventures, Piton Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as investors and states that it has raised 8 million dollars in total, while Egyptian Gazette reported more than 10 million dollars in 2021.
As of October 2025, Wamda reported that BasharSoft had connected more than 9 million job seekers with over 100,000 employers, facilitated an estimated 1.4 million hires and employed 200 people. The company said it plans to add 100 employees, raise revenue to 25 million dollars and consider a stock market listing within two to three years.
Leadership
- Mohamed El Garhy, Co-founder, BasharSoft
- Sherif Hashem, Chief Executive Officer, BasharSoft (from October 2021)
- Ahmed Samir, General Manager, BasharSoft