Knowing the way to make money as a Nigerian is the desire of many Nigerians as everyone loves the ability to cater for his personal needs. Many Nigerians have gone the wrong way, in search of how to earn legit monies. Some others have given up hope on this as they feel making cash as a Nigerian is difficult and capital intensive. There are 101 genuine ways to make money as a Nigerian; I will however list down some few. Sit tight and enjoy the ride!
1. Freelance Writing
We are in the social age now. The demand for freelance writing continues to be on the increase. Amazingly, you don’t even have to be an expert in whatever field you choose to write on.
You can start making money online by putting up your write-ups on publishing platforms such as Medium or Blogger to showcase your writing skills and knowledge which can open you up to writing gigs that will earn you little funds.
You can also make money by offering your writing services for a fee on freelancing platforms such as Upwork or Fiver. Writing is something you can start with gadgets you already have, such as your mobile phone or laptop instead of wondering about getting new appliances to work with.
2. Supplying Food Items
For example, eggs are the go-to protein for Nigerians. The number of eggs consumed nationwide daily by Nigerians we’ll need statisticians to calculate.
It is an excellent small scale business to go into as it requires minimum capital to start. You’ll have standby consumers ready to buy eggs almost as immediately as the hen lays them. You become a mini egg supplier within your peers and then maybe the food canteen around you.
You can upgrade to running your poultry when you notice how great the business is.
3. Sell Data and Airtime
Using mobile data is a daily need for everyone. Most Nigerians like to stay connected to their mobile devices. You can become a distributor of data for the various data needs of people. You can start up by signing up with small scale virtual top businesses and use your circle of friends and neighbours as your startup network. You sell airtime and data in bulk and start earning some stipend for yourself.
4. Organising Tutorials
You can make money by teaching. You can teach adults on a particular subject you’re good at, or offer lessons to the smaller ones around you.
If none of that is possible where you are, you can take your tutoring classes online. It’ll be exciting to know how much people are yearning to learn, willing to pay for that skill you know, but you think it is insignificant.
5. Becoming a Clothes Vendor
Nigerians are fashion-driven and would try their best to look the best all the time. You can go into buying clothes in bulk and become a retailer selling clothes at discounted prices so most persons can afford them.
6. Photocopy & Printing Business
Photocopying/printing is the most popular business you see most people(students and non-students) do on campus today because of its hot demand in various Nigerian universities.
It is also very easy to start and gives you the privilege to choose your work hours. Photocopy and printing business can be started with very low capital, some gadgets(printer and laptop) and a small generator.
If you intend to go into the business while in school, you don’t need to get a shop for a start. You can just squat anywhere with huge traffic on campus and do your stuff.
You can also employ someone to do it for you(if you own a laptop and a printer) and you both can share the proceeds according to the agreement made when starting the partnership.
8. Blogging
Blogging is one of the best online jobs for Nigerians.
If you can write great content (like the blog post you’re reading now) and manage a weblog successfully then you should be making some amount of money as your blog progresses.
To become a successful blogger in Nigeria you need to focus on a particular topic(often referred to as a Niche) and dish out great quality content for your readers.
Some popular niches which can fetch you income in Nigeria include health, technology news & tips, fashion, sports, food, education, general information e.t.c.
You can make money on your blog by applying for various monetization programs like Google Adsense, Propeller Ads, Media.net or you can choose to make money with affiliate marketing or selling physical products on your blog.
If you consider blogging as an option you can use to make money while at the university, do well to contact Seeks Digital for help to get your blog/website up and running in no time.
8. Programming
If you’re a tech lover or a computer science graduate (and other related courses), you might consider this as an option.
Programming is the art of building and designing a computer program with the sole purpose of solving a particular problem.
In programming, there are various sections in which you can choose to specialize in. These sections include web design and development, Android/iOS(mobile) development, embedded systems programming, game development e.t.c.
As a computer programmer you can choose to make money in so many ways as this skill is a very rare skill amongst Nigerians.
Some ways which you can make money as a programmer at the university include:
9. Freelancing
Create a mobile app or website and earn through ads
Doing assignments and final year projects for computer science students
Tutorials(online and offline)
Physical jobs for clients e.t.c.
10. Hairstyling
This type of business is a very popular one for those who have the skills. Barbing/hairdressing business is also a very lucrative one for both female and male respectively.
Hairdressing is very popular among female. If you’re skilled and know how to do various hairstyles, you’ll be making some amount of money as almost every female make their hair at intervals.
11. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is the process by which an affiliate earns a commission for marketing another person’s or company’s products. The affiliate simply searches for a product they enjoy, then promotes that product and earns a piece of the profit from each sale they make. The sales are tracked via affiliate links from one website to another.
So as an affiliate marketer, you need not own a product of your own or even a webite. You make money from promoting some brand’s products and this can even be done on your social media. Eazy Pizzy Lizard Squeezy!
Commission rates that brands offer to affiliate marketers diverses. While some offer offer between 5% – 12%, some brands offer even bigger.
12. Trading Forex, Cryptocurrencies or Equities.
The world is seriously evolving especially the financial markets. Monies are made through the many money markets across the globe. You can search online line about how to be a successful trader in Cryptocurrencies, Forex or Equities.
Here, I round up my list on Ways to Make Money as a Nigerian. I hope you enjoyed every bit of the ride. Let me know which of the above listed options you’ve decided to try out. Or have you already experimented any of them? Drop your own list of easy ways to make Money as a Nigerian in my email: orahjerome@yahoo.co.uk. I will be glad to send you a reply.
Orah Jerome is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JERAH CONSULT; A Lagos based FIRM with offices in UNITED STATES, SOUTH AFRICA and THE UNITED KINGDOM which specializes in all FINANCIAL, LOGISTICS and GENERAL CONSULTANCY and TRAININGS of BUSINESS and CORPORATE ENTITIES for SPEEDY GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT.
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