I have been thinking about how to earn money online in Kenya. Because as you all know I am from Kenya and I really like helping my fellow Kenyans learn how to make money online. These days jobs are not easy to come by and in Kenya, we have so many well-educated people with no jobs, yet there are so many opportunities online.

Now more than ever we need to get online and take advantage of online opportunities. How to earn money online in Kenya, the truth is there are more job opportunities online now more than ever before. This is because many companies are moving their operations online. Remote work has become the new norm.

So let’s Take A Look At How To Earn Money Online In Kenya

There are so many ways that you can earn money online even if you are from Kenya. All you have to do is get online and start researching, depending on what you are happy doing online. For me, I am a content creator so I am happy creating content.

So if you are like me and like creating content, then there are many ways you can monetize your content and make money. Number one in my opinion is affiliate marketing. I mean this is the easiest way to monetize your content and make money the reason why I love affiliate marketing, is that it’s beginner-friendly, it’s easy to start, and it carries no risk whatsoever.

How To Earn Money Online In Kenya With Affiliate Marketing

One of the things I found is that many affiliate programs don’t accept publishes from Kenya in their programs. And that is really sad because we got lots of content creators who are capable of promoting products and bringing in lots of sales. That being said, I have done lots of research and found a list of very good affiliate programs with high commission rates that accept Kenyans.

But before we get into that what is affiliate marketing? the best way to describe affiliate marketing is by telling you that affiliate marketing is selling other people’s products for a commission. Basically, you find a product or service you would like to promote, it could be a product or service that you have used yourself or a product that you have thoroughly researched.

Once you find the product, you join its affiliate program, and then you will get a special link that will contain your affiliate ID, then you can promote your link. For example on your website, YouTube channel, or even on TikTok. Every time a customer clicks your link and buys the product, you get a commission.

Can I Learn Affiliate Marketing In Kiswahili?

Well, although most affiliate courses are in English, I have actually created a course in Kiswahili, and it’s on YouTube. I came up with the idea of explaining what affiliate marketing is in Kiswahili after realizing most Kenyans are not sure what the difference is between affiliate marketing and multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes.

So every time I mentioned affiliate marketing especially on TikTok, I had comments saying things like yeah I join your team so you can take a percentage of my commission. Or others who said no thank you, I am not interested in pyramid schemes.

Because of these kinds of comments, I decided to launch a free course on my YouTube channel where I have created 5 videos that explain in detail what affiliate marketing is, how to start an affiliate marketing website, and how to join affiliate programs, all is explained in Kiswahili.

What Are The Best Affiliate Programs For Kenyans?

I must start with the main program I promote on this website, and if you have been reading my articles, then you know what program I am talking about. Wealthy Affiliate Is the program, I love the fact that they accept people from many countries including African countries.

They also give you a chance to earn money by promoting their services even if you don’t sign up as a paying member. Some affiliate training programs require that you first buy their premium membership before you get access to affiliate links.

But with Wealthy Affiliate you just create a free account with just your email address, no credit card required, and you get access to your affiliate links and you can start promoting the program as soon as you sign up. Take a look at the commission rates on the image below.

More Affiliate Programs For Kenyans

Other affiliate programs include ClickBank, I know there are many popular affiliate programs in Kenya like Jumuia, HostFiti and others but I really want our Kenyan affiliates to target international customers by joining programs that will send international customers to the products, so for that reason, I want to include affiliate programs like BlueHost which pays up to $100 per sale Fiverr affiliates.

Also, there are affiliate networks that accept Kenyans, but what is the difference between affiliate programs and affiliate networks? Affiliate networks are companies hired by different companies to run their affiliate programs, for example, if you want to promote Grammarly(which I think you should) their affiliate program is run by an affiliate network called ShareAsale. This particular network runs thousands of affiliate programs.

I have good news for you, ShareASale accepts Kenyans. And once you get in you might not even need to join any other network because they have everything no matter what niche you want to get into. Fashion, beauty, and skincare. Digital products, health, and fitness, you name it.

How To Earn Money Online In Kenya As A Social Media Manager

Many companies are hiring people to run their social media pages, and working as a social media manager has become very lucrative for many young people who are familiar with different social media platforms. Apart from working as a social media manager, you can also work as a virtual assistant.

The truth is many companies are cutting down on expenditure so they are hiring remote workers to perform different tasks that can be performed remotely. The best sites to find these kinds of jobs are upwork.com

glassdoor.com although on glassdoor and didn’t find as many jobs as I found on Upwork but you can just create a profile on both to increase your chances.

Earn Money Online In Kenya As A Freelancer

This is another great way of generating income online. Freelancing gives lots of opportunities to creators, writers, web developers, and photographers just to name a few, chances to make money online by offering their services for a fee. As a freelance photographer, you can be hired to take product photos, or you can be hired to provide photos for different projects.

Or you can offer your work on sites like Fiverr or Freelancer. If writing is your thing, you can charge people to write blog articles, speeches, or other written material. As a web developer, especially a WordPress expert, you are in demand now more than ever as businesses are trying to get their businesses online. Logo and graphic designers, are also in high demand so you need to get on Fiverr and freelancer now.

Another way to make money as a freelancer is by joining a website called Rev, where you can work as a transcriptionist, where you will listen to audio files and type what you hear, or you can work as a subtitle writer where you watch a video and create subtitles for it by typing what you hear. Also, on Rev, you can find other jobs like translation jobs.

Conclusion

There are many opportunities online for Kenyans, you just need to know where to look, and I hope in this article you have found inspiration to join the online world and learn a skill that can generate you income for many years to come. In my opinion affiliate marketing is the best way to make money online because you are not limited.

You can make as much money as you want as long as you work hard and be patient. The good thing is, you can actually start an online business and still do freelancing jobs, so when you are waiting for your job applications to be reviewed and either be approved or rejected, you will be working on your affiliate marketing business, so you are creating several streams of income online how cool is that?

Anyway, I really would love to read your comments on this. Please tell me below what you think about these opportunities I talked about today.

Thank you so much for your time, if you liked the article, please share it on your social media so it can reach more people.

Rose.

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