How Can a Student Make Money Online in Kenya?

You are probably wondering; How can a student make money online in Kenya?

Well, you are in the right place. 

Being a university student means taking on a side job that doesn’t jeopardize your learning.

The good news is the there are dozens of legit online jobs that you can do as a college student and still keep up with your studies.  

Today, I will show you profitable ways to make money online as a campus student in Kenya.

If you need to work online, from anywhere, and make a real income, then keep reading.

Benefits of doing online jobs as a student in Kenya 

• Online jobs are flexible. Doing online jobs as a student means that you can work around your academic schedule.

For instance, you can decide to work during the night hours or for a few hours during the day and still attend your classes.

Whichever working hours you set, you can be sure that it will work for you.

• Online jobs in Kenya pay well. You can generate a decent income as a college student doing online jobs.

If you put in the effort, you can earn a good income working part-time online jobs. 

• Some online jobs don’t need you to have prior experience.

You heard that right!

You don’t need the experience to start doing some of the online jobs.

There are endless free and paid courses online to help you navigate online jobs as a college student.

You can watch YouTube tutorials or sign up for free email courses for the skills you need.

For example, I have a free email course on freelance writing to take if you need to start working as an online writer in Kenya. 

• You don’t need a lot of capital to start working online in Kenya.

I know, as a student, you probably have little to enable you to start and run a side hustle.

With online jobs, you need little to no capital to start.

If you have the tools like a personal computer, you can invest a tiny amount to get stable internet. 

Online jobs for students in Kenya

Freelance writing

Freelance writing is one of the best and paying online jobs for students in Kenya.

If you can create blog content, web copy, email newsletters, ebooks, and anything in between, you can make a decent income working online as a college student. 

I’m a freelance content writer, and I know that you earn money writing online.

I made my first $1k writing as a beginner and within my first year as a freelance writer.

To get started, you need to get a personal computer and a stable internet connection.

Then you can create samples depending on the online writing you want to do.

For instance, you can create an article on Google Docs and publish it on Medium or Linked.

Better yet, you can create your website and post your articles—I highly encourage you to start with a writer’s website to make marketing easy. 

Once you have a sample or a website with content, you can reach out to potential clients through writing job boards like Pro Blogger, Indeed, Glassdoor, Reddit, and even social media sites. 

Here is how to find writing jobs for a beginner.

Also, you can check this post on how to get writing jobs on Facebook and Reddit.

And, here are websites that will pay you up to $100+ per article to write, even as a newbie.   

Transcription

Do you love turning audio to text?

Transcription is another online job for university and college students in Kenya.

You can take on transcription jobs as a part-time gig and earn money online.

Also, you can take endless transcription jobs like legal transcription, medical transcription, general transcription like captioning, and much more.

Do you want to learn to transcribe?

Many Kenyans work as transcribers, so it can be easy to find a team to network with and get mentors.

To get started with transcription, you need a computer, stable internet, and quality headphones.

You can find transcription jobs on;

• Allegis Transcription
•  Daily Transcription
• Casting Words
• Crowd Surf
• Go Transcript
• Babble Type
• Tigerfish
• Scribie
• Transcribe Me
• Transcriptions ‘N’ Translations
• Ubiqus on Demand

Blogging

Do you love blogging or perhaps writing articles?

You can part-time as a college student, monetize your blog content, and earn income without interrupting your studies.

Learning the ropes of blogging can be easy as there is tons of information on starting and monetizing a blog.

You can pick a blogging niche and create organic content around it and get traffic.

Once you have sizable traffic, you can monetize your blog through ads, courses, and affiliate marketing.

Also, you can start writing blog content for other bloggers and make money writing as a student.

To hit the road running, you need to start a blog which means you need to pay for a hosting plan.

Some web hosts offer the lowest rates in the market. 

For instance, you can use Host Pinnacle—Which I highly recommend because of their excellent customer service.

Once you publish content on your blog, you can look into monetizing it using different ways. 

Here are profitable ways to monetize a blog.

• Create sponsored posts
• Place advertisement
• Create and sell digital courses
• Offer paid membership programs
• Do affiliate marketing
• Flip websites

Additionally, you can offer blog writing services.

Job boards like pro blogger, blogging pro, all freelance writing, and LinkedIn can be excellent places to find blogging jobs for students. 

Digital marketing

Do you love digital marketing?

Can you run and manage ads like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads for other businesses?

Then, you can do digital marketing as a part-time online job. 

The good news there are endless free tutorials on digital marketing.

For example, Google offers digital marketing courses for free!

Focus on mastering SEO, getting the Google ads certification, mastering Google Analytics, learning Facebook ads advertising, and anything that will boost your digital marketing skills.

Where can you get digital marketing jobs?

You can start freelancing on job boards like Upwork and find jobs through Indeed, social media, and digital marketing agencies. 

Creating video content

Creating and monetizing video content is also another online job for university and college students.

If you know how to film and edit video content, you can start filming with your smartphone. 

Develop a YouTube channel and start posting your video content.

Youtube will allow you to monetize and earn money from your videos, depending on the number of video views you get. 

What’s more?

Video content creation will set you up for even more significant benefits like affiliate and influencer marketing.

This means brands can reach out to you to create sponsored videos. 

You can also post your content and earn money from other apps like TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. 

Dropshipping

You are probably wondering, does dropshipping work in Kenya?

The answer is yes!

There are successful drop shippers in Kenya who are minting millions without holding an item or having a warehouse. 

Dropshipping is entirely online, and you can do this as a student.

So what is dropshipping, and how does it work in Kenya?

Dropshipping is where you act as an intermediate between a customer and a supplier/manufacturer.

And that means that you need an eCommerce store to list your products and a reliable supplier who will fulfill the order. 

Once a customer places an order, you take your profit and pay the remaining amount to the supplier for order fulfillment. 

How do you start dropshipping in Kenya?

First, you need to create an eCommerce store or signup with dropshipping sites like Shopify, eBay, pr Amazon. 

Once you have your eCommerce store, you need to identify the winning products you want to sell and your suppliers. 

You can use Facebook, Tiktok, and Instagram ads to popularize your products and generate sales.

If you are new to drop shipping—which you probably are—you can start by learning drop shipping.

Here are free drop shipping courses, and you can also check dropshipping tutorials on Youtube. 

Influencer marketing

Do you have a following on social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or Tiktok?

You can do influencer marketing and earn money online in Kenya. 

So, what is influencer marketing? 

Influencer marketing is where you endorse brands and products for pay.

This works when you have followers and consider yourself an expert in a given niche. 

If you have several followers thanks to your memes, sill dance moves, comedies, or video content, you can reach out to brands and SMEs for sponsorship deals. 

Web and app designing

Do you know how to develop apps and design websites? Many businesses in Kenya are moving online and need apps or websites for their business. 

You can start offering web and app designing services as a college student and earn a decent income while at it. 

The exciting news is that you can offer these services virtually to anyone in the world. 

It can be a competitive advantage if you are taking web and application design courses. Nonetheless, you can learn these designing skills online and be a pro. 

For instance, you can check skillcrush.com for tech courses. 

Where can you get web designing jobs in Kenya?

You can check general job boards and other sites like mashable, krop, the muse, tuts+, and stack overflow. 

Also, you can use androids jobs and core intuition for app development jobs. 

Graphic designing

Are you excellent at or have a passion for creating graphics like

infographics, images, or any other visual content? Graphic design is another lucrative online job you can do as a university student in Kenya.

There is a demand for Pinterest graphics and other visual materials for digital marketing.

The good news is that tons of freemium programs like canva.com help you create your graphics.

Affiliate marketing 

Do you thrive at marketing? Affiliate marketing is the new and profitable way to earn income as a student in Kenya.

This type of online business where you help other companies sell their products or courses, and you make a commission. 

You can earn income from affiliate marketing by selling software, courses, products, and anything in between.

So how do you start an affiliate marketing business as a student?

You can leverage your social media followers or start a blog and drive traffic to it.

Affiliate marketing is convenient, flexible, and you can do it purely online. 

Course creation and selling

Are you great at creating courses?

You can create a premium course on any topic and sell it online. There are excellent course creation platforms like Teachable and Thinkific.

Sell digital products

Lastly, you can sell digital products online and earn money online as a college student.

For instance, you create and sell printables like planners and graphics. 

You can also sell ebooks, software, photos, videos, audio, and much more.

Earn money online in Kenya

Are you ready to make money online as a student?

From freelance writing to affiliate marketing, there are endless opportunities online for you as a student.

You can start with my free freelance writing course here.

Do you have other online jobs you recommend I add to this list? Would you please tell me in the comments?