How To Make Money Online From Africa and Asia [Legitimate Ways Only]
Finding a way to generate extra income online is not an easy task. It becomes a hundred times more complicated when you are not from the US, Canada or other developed, G7 country.
People looking to make money online from Africa, Asia or Oceania face numerous challenges:
– Too many scammy websites try to use the desperate need for money and limited web experience of developing countries residents. They promise easy (actually, TOO easy) ways to create income, mostly by bringing new members to the same website. These are a pyramid and Ponzi schemes that may run for several years and then disappear, leaving the latest joiners without their investment.
– Most of the legitimate and popular websites don’t accept members from African and Asian countries, to begin with.
– Common payment options used in the US (check, PayPal, Amazon gift cards and similar) are not available in many developing countries because of illiquid currency, inflation and fraud alerts.
So, what can you do if you don’t live in the US, Canada or another G7 country?
In this post, I’m going to list several options for making money online in South Africa, Kenya, Vietnam, the Philippines, and any other country worldwide.
I was inspired to create this collection by heavy visitors’ traffic from developing regions, coming to my Workmines Review post. Unfortunately, I see this website as a potential pyramid scheme, currently running and attracting thousands of new paid members, and I don’t recommend using it.
As an alternative, I’d like to offer several legit ways to earn extra income in Africa and other countries all over the world.
Let’s make it clear – most of the ways recommended below (except the first three) are not going to make anyone rich or able to quit the regular job.
The best part is that the websites I recommend are legitimate and run for several years, paying their members around the world. There are no pyramids, Ponzi scheme or other sorts of scam on this list.
Start Your Own Online Business – Become A Blogger
If you are good at writing in English and willing to put a lot of time and effort into building a sustainable online business, this can be a great option for you.
The best one-stop shop to start your blogging business is Wealthy Affiliates. This is where I started in May 2018. Wealthy Affiliate hosts my MoCashForYou.com blog that you are reading now. I had no clue about building websites before joining WA.
In a nutshell, Wealthy Affiliates provides all you need to create and monetize a blog and make passive income in the future.
This is an affiliate marketing university with the best world-class training and vibrant community of millions of entrepreneurs that help each other since 2005. You don’t need any technical, coding or web design skills to start – everything is in the step-by-step training and the tools provided by Wealthy Affiliates.
You can turn any passion into a thriving business with unlimited income potential. Just recently, Jerry Huang, a 22 years old college drop off from Taiwan, made $100,000 in ONE WEEK, after about two years of learning and implementing the knowledge he has got from Wealthy Affiliate. This is not a typical path, but it’s real, giving us a clue about the income potential waiting for dedicated hard workers with creative minds.
To learn more, you can read my posts below:
How to Start a Business on Tiny budget
What is Affiliate Marketing and How To Start Learning It For Free
Free Starter membership is available in any country, except Nigeria. WA has successful members from South Africa, Kenia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Eastern Europe countries and more. This community respects all its members, with no religion or politics talks allowed.
Let me say it again, as I want you to have the right expectation: blogging is NOT a fast and easy way to get rich. Don’t start with the goal of making thousands after several months. You’ll need persistence and hard work to succeed.
If you are ready to invest your time in learning new skills and want to check out this opportunity, click on the button below (no credit card is required):
Freelancing Jobs That Require Skills
There are many skills that can be used for working from home career or business. The range is really wide – from soft skills like communication to technical skills like website building.
Do you have any skill that can be turned into a freelance job? Check some options below.
In most cases, these skills can be built in quite a short period of time, with the right course and dedication from your side. I’m not talking about rocket science or any other domain that requires years in college and thousands and thousands of dollars.
Proofreading – Turn Your Love Of Words To Money
Maybe it’s not the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about working from home, but there is an incredibly high demand for proofreaders worldwide. It comes from academic researchers, writers, advertisers, bloggers and more.
Proofreading includes:
– fixing errors (spelling, capitalization, punctuation)
– checking consistency
– watching for formatting errors
– providing a final, completed document to the client
How much can you make as a proofreader? Of course, it depends on your efforts, but there are many who get to $40,000 annual earnings from the comfort of their home.
Who can be a good fit? Anyone with a high level of English, the love for correct grammar and an “eagle eye” for spelling.
But how you can become a proofreader? Where do you start? How to find clients?
It is really hard to figure out alone. But don’t be discouraged.
I recommend you check out this FREE 76-minute workshop by Caitlin Pyle who was so good at making money with proofreading that she created the super popular online course that can teach you everything you need to start this business.
Once you master it, proofreading can serve as a perfect foundation for future expansion of your business to copy editing.
Transcription – Turn Audio And Video Into Text and Get Paid
What is transcription? It’s typing down the content of audio and video records. There is a huge demand for transcriptionists in many industries like academia, marketing, films and more. Everyone needs printed content that can be put out and made searchable by Google.
This is not a “get rich” scheme, it’s a home based job. The average median annual income for a general transcriptionist is currently $45,000. If you know how to build the business and get clients, you can hire help and make even more.
As with any job, you must have the right skills and the required skillset includes much more than just the ability to type fast.
To learn more and find out if this type of work is the right choice for you, I recommend you trying the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers a Free Mini course by Janet Shaughnessy, the founder of TranscribeAnywhere, the school approved by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers.
Now let’s move on to side hustle ideas that you can try in your spare time, without any special skills.
Get Paid To (GPT) Sites – Do Small Tasks And Get Paid
The “Get Paid To” (or GPT) sites offer various easy tasks, like watching videos, taking surveys, completing offers, data entry tasks, product testing and similar. As you are not required to have any professional skills or take any training to do these tasks, the payment is relatively low.
I have a full-time job, three kids and this blog to keep me busy. And still – I love GPT sites and find little time slots here and there to use a bunch of these sites and accumulate enough points to redeem for gift cards or PayPal payments.
If I can do it, anyone can complete simple tasks while watching TV, waiting in line at the doctor’s office or chilling on a couch.
Swagbucks
It’s probably the most popular GPT site in the US. Swagbucks is available in most countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and in some countries in Africa (no specific list is published). The FAQ section on the site suggests you try and sign up with your email and they will let you know if they are already live in your country or when they plan to be.
The ways to earn include taking surveys, watching videos, accepting offers (most will be probably valid in the US), searching the web, shopping, daily polls and more. Swagbucks has a wonderful referral program where you can get $3 + 10% of your friend’s earnings for the life of their account, creating a passive income stream for you.
Minimal payment is $25 for PayPal or just $3 for Amazon gift card and several other cards.
Click here to join Swagbucks and get $3 signup bonus.
PayBud
PayBud is a new free international website and app where you can make money by playing hourly games of Trivia, Match Game and Spin wheel. Also, you can check in to hot spots or add more locations yourself.
You will receive points for the games and will be able to cash out to PayPal or Amazon and other gift cards.
Customer support of PayBud is very nice and helpful.
Clixsense
Another popular GPT site is Clixsense and it accepts members 16y old and older, residents of any country.
Ways to earn with Clixsense: surveys, offers, tasks, internet research, referrals.
Tasks are similar as offered by other crowdsourcing platforms – reconciliation, looking for business names, etc.
Here is a sample of best-paying surveys I’m getting. It can be different in your country. Please take into account that you wouldn’t qualify to each survey offered, but the disqualification usually happens fast, after several initial questions.
I randomly checked the earnings of several existing members that participate in the forum and they have made substantial amounts of money with Clixsense. Here are the results from two folks from Brazil and India:
Payment options: Skrill and Tango Card – minimum $10, Payoneer – min $20, checks (US and Canada only) – $10.
Click here to join Clixsense for free.
PaidViewPoint – Surveys Without Disqualification
Currently, PaidViewPoint is my favorite surveys site for a very important reason: with them, I never waste my time answering questions only to discover I’m not qualified to complete a survey. Once you join PaidViewPoint, you’ll fill out the form with your demographic and other information and you won’t be asked for this information ever again!
New members are accepted from any country where PayPal is available (about 200 countries). To signup, you’ll need an email address and a phone number.
Even if you are from the country that is not on this list, you can join, but you will have to ask a friend who has PayPal to receive your earnings. The minimum cashout is $15. You can also be paid through Virtual Incentives.
Here is the payment I’ve received from Umongous Inc, PaidViewPoint’s parent company:
The invitation to surveys are sent to your email only when you are in the target audience, so you will never be disqualified and always will be paid for your time. The surveys are usually short (up to 10-15 questions) and mobile friendly.
The downside is that you only get a few surveys per week or even less in certain countries. Support team told me that at some locations it can take more than one year to cash out.
From time to time, members receive Trait surveys that pay $0.10. The purpose of these surveys is to collect information about you and assure that your answers are consistent, meaning that you are a reliable person. Answering trait surveys adds points to your Trait Score, maximizing your future earnings potential.
PaidViewPoint.com has a referral program as well, allowing you to make up to $25 per referral.
Click here to join PaidViewPoint for free.
InstaGC
InstaGC is a website that promises to pay you for various small tasks: watching videos, trying new products, taking surveys, searching the web and more. Additional way to earn points is to use Point Booster Codes given on InstaGC’s FB page. The company exists since 2011 and its parent company “Day Online Solutions” has an A+ rating with Better Business Bureau.
Website is mobile friendly, which is important to anyone who plans to use a cell phone for completing the small tasks on InstaGC.
Accepted audience: Anyone of 18+ age from any country worldwide. Even minors (less than 18 years old) can be accepted with parental permission.
The minimum payout is only $1 for some of the gift cards. For direct deposit (in the US only), eCheck or prepaid Visa, it’s $5 minimum. You must accumulate $50 for cashout with PayPal.
Checking the reviews on the web, I see polar opinions about InstaGC, from happy customers to frustrated folks unable to get any customer service. Common complaints are low payment for surveys and other tasks.
I think you can give it a try and see how it works for you.
Click here to join InstaGC for free.
Your Surveys
This survey platform allows participants of at least 18y old (or from 13y old with parental consent) from all countries.
I’ve checked on several popular tracking sites: Your Surveys doesn’t have the best reviews but might be worth trying anyway, as everyone’s experience might be different.
Click here to join Your Surveys for free.
Final Thoughts
I’m in the middle of research for more opportunities to make money online from any location on the globe.
Bookmark this page and revisit in a few weeks – I’ll add more as soon as I collect them.
Few examples of what I’m planning to talk about:
- becoming a VA (Virtual Assistant)
- copy editing
- more GPT sites
Stay tuned!
Can I ask you something?
Dear friend,
If you are from a developing country in Africa, Asia or South America and know any additional legitimate website to make money online, please share your experience in a comment below. (Sorry, no affiliate links and email addresses are allowed, only the company/website name).
I’ll be happy to check out and add more legit websites to this list. Let’s help each other to earn money online in an honest way!
Mary
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Hi Mary,
Thank you for the excellent review.
there is one making waves now, https://www.sairuimall.com/
maybe a can take a look at it too.
thanks!
Then I have this recommendation for my African brothers. It’s legit at least from what I know and what I am seeing since I am making some money from it already visit Teksglobal.org or teksglobal.com
head office is in Cameroon, has branches in Nigeria and South Africa for now.
Well, you can take a look at it too for a review. Thanks!
Hi,
Thank you for the information. I’ll check if I have time.
Mary
Saya sangat menyukai ulasan anda tentang peniuan online.apalagi situasi seperti pandemi saat ini.banyak orang yang ingin penghasilan tambahan dengan bekerja dari rumah secara online.seperti halnya dinegara kami Indonesia merupakan potensi pasar yang berbasis online sangat banyak bermunculan.
Tolong ulasan tentang fingo yang rencananya akan beroperasi di Indonesia setelah dikabarkan sukses di malaysia.
Thanks,bahar
Thank you for reading. I’ll check later if I got time.
Hi, Mary
I was shocked by the article about Midjobs, But what I have heard that they are profiting well in my country.
By the way, I am from the Philippines, I am very thankful for your informative article above. Also a request can you find out something about a fast-growing company called ICT CROWD1
IS IT LEGIT OR SCAM?
Hi Alvin,
People profit from these scams for a while, till it shuts down. Then everyone cries “How can I get my money back???”.
I don’t think that crowd1 is good, but don’t have deep analysis.
I was asked several times about it and only looked a bit.
Mary
Hi Mary
I am from South Africa and subscribed to PayBud and I must say that it looks quite nice to do, but the only payout option is the PayBud Debit Card which is available to US Citizens only. What a disappointment….
Thanks
Gizelda
Hi!
Their payment options may change. I use Amazon gift cards. They also used to have PayPal.
Try looking for their official group on Facebook and ask questions there.
Or just try writing support team.
Mary
Hi Mary
Can you recommend any Proofreading companies?
Gizelda
Do you mean companies that hire professional proofreaders?
I have recommended a proofreading course in this post, you can try to check out their site. I assume they can recommend such company.
Thank you for asking.
Mary
Hi Mary,
Thank you for this valuable information. I live in South Africa and currently joined Mirror Trading International (MTI in short). Seems legit enough and they use Luno or AltoinTrader to fund your account.
I would love it if you take a look at it for me please?
My husband registered with MidJobs last week and is due to receive his first payment on Tuesday. After reading you blog however, I’m a bit scared. I will inform you if he actually receives his money as promised.
Hi Gizelda,
Unfortunately, I don’t do trading platform reviews. Maybe will be worth to look in the future.
Regarding Midjobs, they might keep paying for a while. But I won’t give them more than 2-3 months from now, knowing Workmines history.
Good luck!
Mary
Thanks mary, i really value your information.
I’m glad paypal is available to Nigerians, i’ll try these sites
Great!
I hope you’ll find something that works for you.
Mary
Hi Mary I have loved what u shared here please send me yr email bcoz I need alot of help on this affiliate marketing topic my name’s r Justine mooka
Hi Justine,
I’m glad you find this information useful.
Unfortunately, I can’t do private coaching.
Please try to use the information available in the posts here.
Mary
Thank you so much
I will try some of your suggestions out.
Lordson
Hi Lordson,
Hope you will be able to find what works best for you
Mary
Hello, Good day to everyone reading this, I am here to testify and let everyone know how to get loan without too much stress, I have applied with so many companies and banks and never got my loan, I cried to my pastor who directed me to a loan company, I contacted them and followed the instructions, I got my loan of 280,000 USD in less than 24 hours.. this is really amazing, I never believed that such companies still exist.. if you are out there and want a loan waste no more time. contact them on email and i can assure you of a successful loan.
Don’t spam here. It’s not allowed
Dear sir
Thank you for article for advice and information you provided us. Nowadays it’s not easy to earn online from africa .
I had to remove your links to just another fake site. Sorry
Great article Mary with a lot of details! If you want to get money online you have to get a payoneer account, PayPal or Skrill in my view the best one is “payoneer”. Need a simpler way to get paid from companies abroad please check this link.
Thank you for advice. Posting links is not allowed though.
Mary
Hi Mary
What a good information, I will sure join one or more of the above. Thanks again for guidance on how to observe the scam
Hi Kigel,
I’m very glad my posts helped you.
Let me know what sites do you like after you try them.
Your feedback is very valuable.
Thank you
Mary
Great post, I not only found your article very good but also very educative. Everyone wants money and people can make money online on Crowd1sa.
Thank you for compliments.
Sorry to say, but I don’t recommend Crowd1.
Crowd1 is under investigation for securities fraud in Norway. This is usually the first step in a series of events that leads to a crash.
STAY AWAY FROM CROWD1
Mary
Hi, Mary
Thanks for the information in this post
Am from Uganda where PayPal does not support
Is there any other website which supports bank transfer I could join in order to make money online
Try Paybud, they promise to be international. There are different options in their store, where you redeem points.
Mary
Hello Mary, this post was helpful but 99.9% of these sites use PayPal that isn’t available in Rwanda and so many other African countries, can you try to find if there are any sites with options like western union /money gram etc..
Thanks
Hi!
I know payment options are limited sometimes.
Check out PayBud, they have various cards and intend to be international.
I’m in the US so I’m not always able even see what is offered to others.
Mary
Good faucet popular options to make money with Bitcoin here:
I don’t allow spamming my posts
Mary
Hi Mary i’m a Nigerian i find it difficult to earn online because every people think any person from Nigerian is a fraudster. Please i need to know how to earn some money online.
Hi!
I think this post provided a few options for people like you.
The latest addition was PayBud – open internationally. It pays for playing easy games and checking in at different locations.
Mary
Paypal is available to Nigeria
Good to know!
Apes deh sya baru upgrade paket vip lansung hilang situs midjobs
I’m sorry you upgraded. It’s painful to loose such money.
Please be careful in the future
Mary
hi it seems like there are no products i can do in Swaziland because paypal is not used,please suggest what can i do in my country
Hi Mary,
You wrote “Free Starter membership is available in any country, except Nigeria.”
Please why the block on NIGERIA! ?
Hi Mary,
For Wealthy Affiliate you wrote, “Free Starter membership is available in any country, except Nigeria.”
Why??? Why do they block millions of positively minded legitimate Nigerians. Too bad indeed.
Hi,
This is not my decision, you know. The owners of WA had to make it after too many cases of fraud coming from Nigeria. They have to protect their business and other users. I think the paid option is still available.
Mary
Okay thank you for the feedback.
Is Clinsense not a scam? I am trying those surveys and it needs all of my details including my child’s details
Clixsense is a legit site. It brings surveys from different sources.
Let me tell you what I usually do if I don’t think comfortable giving my date of birth.
I just change it by 1-2 days. This keeps my demographic profile correct and protects my data.
Never give out information that you don’t want. Your peace of mind is more important than 50 cents you make from that survey.
Mary
Hi, I’m from Philippines, What other online home based sites that you recommend to earn? Thank You
Hi Reggie,
Did you try looking at this post?
I need some time to add more options there. Working on it.
Mary
Hi Mary.
This is Lenny from Kenya. Your review on Workmines saved me a lot of time, efforts and money. I had just joined but strangely I felt a red flag in my spirit, and I stumbled upon your review, which cleared the air and confirmed my suspicions. The site is down with people’s monies.
I guess I don’t need any expertise or experience to work with Wealthy Affiliate! I want to give it a try.
I will be a regular guest at your blog. Thanks a lot for the worthwhile info.
Hi Lenny,
Thank you for your kind words. Wealthy Affiliate is a totally different story. You don’t need any experience to start, but you will have to put in a lot of time and effort to succeed and I tell it in advance. You will have to LEARN a lot of skills. The training teaches all of them. I had no clue about building websites and blogging about a year ago. Now I have this website hosted by WA. It’s possible, but you have to do the work. No free money here.
Mary
Hi Mary,
Check the website called Walletsync & give feedback on your findings
Hi Francis,
I think the same people who created Workmines are behind Walletsync as well.
In short – stay away.
Mary
Hi Mary,
I live in Zambia and I signed up for clixsense can you guide me as to how it works? Where do I find the tasks?
Thank you
how do i make online money, am in Zambia i was with workmines, i wan to earn online, i need help
Hi,
Did you try checking this post:
How To Make Money Online From Africa and Asia [Legitimate Ways Only]
Hello Matthews,
I am from Malawi and I happen to be an affiliate marketer of a company in the USA it is awesome with all training materials you need to set up your online business and make money online. Me and my team can guide you through the process.
Hi Isaac,
This is not the right place to look for clients.
Please don’t try this anymore, I’ll delete all the comments from you.
Mary
Thanks for you post. i enjoy it very well. And i must look for time for beguin WA because I lost much money in businesses like Workmines.
And if possible, you can help me throught this e-mail
Hi,
I don’t send individual emails, but you can check in this post:
How To Make Money Online From Africa and Asia [Legitimate Ways Only]
Hi, I am Abdulai Buhari, I am a tech enthusiast and read almost about everything I find on my way online.
I have had interest in blogging and always had troubles identifying the niche and hosting website. Thanks for the above clarification about the establishment of a blog. I am gonna do that right away by Gods willing. However, needing a little guidance ?.
Helping us identifying the phoney websites and as well as the legitimate ones is absolutely demanding and helpful.
There’s this online networking business website I found, named Cashcowrobot.com! Situated in the Philippines which operates just as GPTs. I’d like, if you could do any review on that. Thank you
Hi Buhari,
Sounds like you have a lot of experience to offer. It’s great to have tech knowledge if you are planning to become a blogger.
For me, Wealthy Affiliate was the best place to start blogging, as I didn’t have any tech background for this. Try their step by step Level 1 training. It’s free.
Let me know if you need any help once you joined.
I’ll try to take a look at Cashcowrobot when I have some time
Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Wishing you all the best!
Mary
Thank you for the article mary,really helpful…was wondering if you’d also look into uefvideon.pw and check if it’s legit,I’m from zambia so most apps like zenny don’t work but it would be lovely to have one like it
Hi Joseph,
It’s quite impossible to find such app that will work in Zambia. The reason is that the advertisers look for the right audience that will spend money on their products or services. In most cases, this audience is in the US and Canada.
I’d recommend you to focus on learning how to provide services online, as VA or similar. If you do your job well, nobody cares where you are located. You just need PayPal or other providers to be available for you for money transfer.
Mary