Graduates are every day complaining of a lack of employment in this country and other countries as well. Truth be told, the government cannot absorb all graduates. What the government does is to create a platform for us to prosper. From my point of view, there are many opportunities that we could explore, but we choose to be lazy.
Now, before you crucify me, I am going to share a few ways with which you can start making today. Others will be discussed on this forum on my subsequent posts.
Be an Affiliate
This is simple. You can now promote
Jumia’s products and earn a commission up to 11%, on all orders a customer makes within 30 days from clicking on your advertisement.
This means that if you promote a refrigerator worth Kshs.20000 you will earn
Kshs.2200.
Travel and Tourism Agent
Travel and Tourism Agent
Start a social media account preferably
twitter and telegram and accumulate followers. You do not need to have a
registered business for you to start. You can act as a broker where people who
sign up for your service can be referred to a registered business.
The business will then pay you a commission
for your efforts. Gradually, you will be in a position to register one of your
own.
Sell Old Notes and eBooks
Most probably, you are alumni of a
certain institution. It is also likely that members in these groups are still
ongoing students. Look for your old notes and sell them to. You can decide to
type them or you can scan them. These notes are helpful to “lazy” students, or
those that do not have time to write those of their own.
It goes along with eBooks. You can
resell them provided they do not infringe on the copyright of the author.
Start a Blog/Become a Freelance blogger
Start a Blog/Become a Freelance blogger
Starting a blog is something that
everyone should be thinking about. You can start a blog free of charge on
several platforms including WordPress and blogger. I prefer blogger for
starters and later on migrate to WordPress.
Your blog will be accepted for
AdSense (google’s ad service) after 6 months. However, you can still guest post
for other blogs and generate an income. Everyone has a story to share and yours
is also valid.
Academic Writing
Academic Writing
This is the most common way of
making money that is why it is last on my list. Most of you probably know what
it is so I won’t talk much about unless otherwise. Look for someone with a writing account and
start from there.
Let me know some of the other ways
that I might have forgotten.
