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Aubrey and Amalgam Talent

September 21, 2023 |

A Greenwich High School student found an online friend a job. Then they turned that into a business.

GREENWICH — High schooler Aubrey Niederhoffer said he has always enjoyed collaboration, helping others and learning about other countries. And now, those interests have paid off in a practical way: he's co-founder of Amalgam Talent, a company that helps people in Southern Africa find jobs.

About two years ago, Niederhoffer, who will be a senior at Greenwich High School this year, met his now business partner, Nhlanhla Mhlanga, in an online chatroom. Mhlanga lives in Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa that was formerly known as Swaziland.

“He told me it’s very hard to get a job here in Swaziland and I knew a little bit about Swaziland, but I didn’t really know what it was like and it was really interesting to talk to him,” Niederhoffer, 17, said. “So, the first thing I did was I figured out how I could send him $5 so that he could get a water spout for his family’s garden and improve their vegetables.”

When the two talked online, Mhlanga had just completed his degree and was looking for work. Mhlanga asked Niederhoffer to help him find an online job, and the two worked to make that happen. A few months after the two began their search, Mhlanga, 27, was hired as a remote employee for The Socratic Experience, an online school based in Texas.

With that success in hand, the two decided they could create a company that can help people in Eswatini find jobs.

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  1. DEAN T PARISIAN on September 6, 2023 12:24 pm

    Proud of Victor and Laurel’s progeny. Happy for Aubrey, happy for all the family. Believing and creating!

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