How to Make Money Online in Africa

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Posted by Felix Okoli on Saturday July 30, 2011 at 17:18:59:

Africa is second largest continent in the world after Asia but is also the most populous. There is a lot of scientific evidence to even support that human life may have started in Africa or that Africa was the centre from which other continents emerged. Now, if Africa could have been so rich, how did it become poor in a lot of ways, such as stable government, structural development and economic strength. When it even comes to things like making money online, Africa seems to be lagging behind due to its slow pace of adopting emerging technologies such as the internet.

Well, it seems all these is already changing as the internet is already helping to grow a crop of successful online stories. Africa is rising, almost unruffled by the global recession and with staggering Internet usage statistics from African countries like Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa, Algeria, Sudan and Kenya, there has been no better time than now to get into online business.

In the Western World, internet usage is already in its prime and there are already established global giants making the big bucks from the web. It seems Africa had been left out but the surprise comes at about the right time, when many developed nations are still about recovering from recession, faster growing economies like Nigeria are already leading the pack in internet usage in Africa and has helped inspire rapid IT growth and democracy in the continent.

Although commercial use of the internet favours mostly bigger companies like Email service provider, social networks and online advertising networks, there still left a lot of room for smaller entrepreneurs like Bloggers, Forum Administrators, Freelancers, Online retailers and even Computer literates to make a living online.

Time and time again, you hear the slogan, "Make Money at home while you sleep". Is it for real or is it true?

Well, to tell it like it really is, people are already making a lot from the web and I'm talking about Africans. If you still don't know how they do it, then it seems that you still need to do a bit of research on how to make money online in Africa.

Do people make money online in Africa? If they do, how do they do it?

Before I start, let me first list a variety of ways in which Africans are becoming empowered to be able to receive money online from anywhere in the world

Here is a lit of payment options that are available in Africa:
- Alertpay
- Paypal
- Moneybookers
- Payoneer Mastercard
- Visa and Mastercard
- Liberty reserve
- International cheque
- Escrow

Now how do people make money from the internet in Africa despite the low level of facilities available?

In order to be able to make money online in Africa as people do from elsewhere, here is what you will need:
- Ability to offer something to people (product or service)
- Ability to receive payments online
- Internet presence (email address, website, online profile)

Examples of things people are already doing to make money online in Africa:
- Reseller web hosting
- Article writing
- Blogging
- Online retailing
- Web publishing
- Affiliate marketing
and lots more

If you are living in Africa and still not making money online, perhaps its time your let the internet do the work for you, while you sleep.

Comments:
Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Meneberework Getahun on Wednesday August 10, 2011 at 9:4:25:

I am from Ethiopia do you think i can find some other means to generate in come and i had reliable internet connection to do so. Thanks.

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Felix Okoli on Wednesday August 10, 2011 at 9:4:25:

You can also try online forex trading. What this involves is buying and selling currencies online by using a trading platform such as Marketiva's streamster. In order to do this, you just need to setup an account for free with Marketiva.com and get a free $5 in your account. You also get up to $10,000 virtual trading funds that allows you to do virtual trading, to test how the system works before going into real life trading.

You can learn more about forex trading by googling for it or going to tutorial sites like babypips.com.
The idea is to buy, sell or hold in speculation on when prices fall or rise so as to make a profit.

Another way which you can make money online in Africa is by selling ebooks. You create information ebooks and sell them on your website to thousands of people. The success of your ebook will depend on how many people are looking for that same information.

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Ola on Wednesday August 31, 2011 at 12:1:6:

I need more information on article writing as I am a writer and want to know how it can help me make money

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Emma on Thursday September 15, 2011 at 17:40:26:

You did a good job at this. Thanks for the tips

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Christiana on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at 13:18:41:

How does one receive money online in Africa?

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at 13:18:41:

I have listed most of the payment options available for Africans and may include more:
- International Bank wire
- Western union
- Moneygram

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by Centson Mutabazi on Thursday October 20, 2011 at 10:49:42:

Internet Marketing surely gives us Africans a level playing field as all the technical barriers are being erased. I am living in Uganda and I am already earning from the internet. I started by subscribing to infinity downline (www.infinitydownline.com/?id=centson). Here you get video and audio training on online business. I am now working on article marketing, thanks to one of the training module. There is really so much that can be done on the internet.

Article marketing is done by submitting articles to article directories with links to your website, contact and a product that you may be selling (yours or as an affiliate). You need to get a niche market first, then find products that you may sell to it, write an article and submit it. Please get in touch with me and I will send you some videos on this method. It is one that you can start with nothing and start earning some income, if you know how to do it.

Re: How to Make Money Online in Africa Posted by michael oyetayo on Monday January 2, 2012 at 11:53:18:

i just learned recently that 2 survive in my country (nigeria)u have 2 b able 2 out-smart d government and b pro active and self sufficient. i will b doing myself a big favor if i can learn how to make money off the net...