Executive Summary

2015 At A Glance

Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE) has noted a significant increase in demand for background screening services in South Africa and Africa over the last five years.

This increase is due to growing recognition of background screening’s benefits for business:

• Improves quality of hires;
• Improves staff retention;
• Mitigates risk and reputational harm;
• Assists in managing costs; and
• Uncovers discrepancies.

While background screening in Africa was hardly visible two years ago, awareness among organisations operating in Africa - as well as those recruiting from the continent - that the service is possible and resulted in more and more of these companies vetting candidates across the region.