Best Sites To Make Money Online in Kenya 2024

4 Best Sites To Make Money Online in Africa (2024)

Sometimes a little cash can make all the difference in certain situations. You may be a uni student looking for some pocket money or in between jobs. Either way, you can scrape up some quick cash easily online.

In this article, I will show you the best sites to make money online without any qualifications or requirements.

1. Toloka App

Toloka is an app that was launched by Yandex that gives out microtasks for a small fee. You can download the app on Google store or Apple Store and sign in to get started.  The tasks are not difficult and range from taking selfies with your phone to ranking and describing products on Amazon and other online shops.

However, you should note that you're probably not going to make an actual salary on this app because the pay is too small. As for my experience with the app, I was able to make $2.43 in two days which is around 300 shillings. 

I did not work the entire day, instead, I only did the tasks for a few hours at night before I went to sleep. I also noticed that there were times when there were no tasks or the tasks that were available were paying too low.

Things to Note About Toloka

1. The tasks are 0.01 to 0.05 but they are simple so you can do them multiple times. Each task can make you around $1 a day.
2. You must have your PayPal account verified to withdraw with PayPal.
3. The minimum withdrawal amount is $0.02 and you can withdraw anytime.
4. There are more tasks on the PC site than on the app.

Although you should not expect a lot from the app, it is still a good way to make some pocket money with no requirements. You can withdraw your payment at any time through PayPal, Payoneer, or Papara. You can open a PayPal account with your email and use it to withdraw to Mpesa. If you are interested in the app you can sign up by clicking here. 

2. Speech Intron Health 

Another way to make money online in Kenya is using Intron Health Speech. This is a program that Intron Health started to develop speech recognition for African hospitals and clinicians. 

How this works is that they have projects where you record yourself reading out sentences in your natural African accent. They use these recordings to create speech recognition software that can be used for people with African accents

With Intron Health you earn a minimum of $5 for every hour of recording. This means that if your total recordings are equal to 1 hour then you make $5 which is around 500 Ksh. If you are over 40 years old you make $10 for every 1 hour of recording. 

One thing to note is that your first 30 recordings will not be paid because they will use them to check the quality of your recordings before they upgrade you to a paid labeler. This will take no more than 24 hours after you have recorded. 

Things to Note About Intron Health

1. $5 to $7 per hour of recording.
2. You need a bank account to receive payment.
3. You get paid after the quality of your recording has been checked
4. Payment is released after every two weeks around the 15th and 30th of each month. This will give you time to make as many recordings as you can.
5. If you do a lot of recordings your account will be kept on hold so that they can be reviewed first before you can continue.
6. It is hard to make a lot of recordings because your voice gets tired and you need a quiet environment.

After using this method myself, I made around 250 shillings the first time and 600 the second time. If you would like to try it out then you can sign up at speech.intron.health.

The site is verified by the Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta and by Meridian Hospital Nairobi.

3. Cambly

Cambly is a site where you can make money by talking to people in English. All you have to do is sign up to become an English tutor do a short English test and get approved. When signing up you will be asked whether you want to talk to adults or to children. For adults you get paid $10 an hour and for your children you make $12 an hour.

You do not need any experience to become a tutor but you need to be an English speaker. The thing to be careful with is the introduction video. You need to make a video that is at least one minute long introducing yourself to your future students. This video will be reviewed by Cambly so take special care with it.

You can check their YouTube to see what you shouldn't do in your video.

Things to Note About Cambly

1. The introduction video is very necessary and important.
2. Payment is through PayPal every Monday.
3. You are paid more to talk to children than to adults.
4. There are many tutors so it can be competitive.

4. Upwork

Upwork is a freelancing website that has become very popular, especially after the pandemic. It is a place where employees can find part-time workers and freelancers from all over the world. You do not need to have any requirements to join you just need to sign up and get started.

However, Upwork can be difficult to get started with for a beginner. You will go through a lot of proposals before someone accepts you. The trick is to not give up. In Upwork, a freelancer is given 100 connects when they sign up. You use these connects to submit proposals for a job. 

Once they are done you might have to buy more so be careful with how you use them. Don't apply for jobs that have preferences because the employee will not see your proposal. Also when making your proposal you do not have to be too formal just be sincere.

Upwork has the option to receive payments with Mpesa, PayPal, and directly to your bank account. The Mpesa option is the best because it is almost instant. Just make sure that the name you use to sign in to Upwork is the same name on your Mpesa number or else they won't accept your number.

Things to Note About Upwork

1. You get 100 connects when you sign in so use them carefully.
2. They are very strict with credentials like names and accounts so they must all match.
3. Payment is released 5 days after a job or a milestone is submitted.
4. Work on your profile and make it appealing.
5. Don't apply for jobs that have preferences because the employee will not see your proposal.

Final Thoughts

The sites and apps I've mentioned above are guaranteed to pay you and they are a good way to earn some money on the side. However, keep in mind that they are not an alternative to a job and they are not enough to live on. 

Watch out for scammers and pyramid schemes who are now rebranding themselves as apps and sites where you can earn to follow YouTube and Instagram accounts.