Turn spare hours into real payouts, anywhere on the continent.
GTask pays students and job-seekers across 19 African countries to complete small digital tasks — data tagging, surveys, transcription, app testing. Get paid weekly in your local currency via mobile money or bank.
From sign-up to your first payout in four steps.
This is the actual order every worker goes through — there's no shortcut, and each step unlocks the next.
Create your worker profile
Sign up with your phone number, pick your country and preferred payout method.
Pass a 5-minute skills check
A short quiz matches you to task categories you're ready to start earning from.
Pick tasks from your queue
Browse available batches, see the pay and time estimate up front, then get to work.
Get paid weekly
Completed and approved tasks are totalled and paid to mobile money or bank, every week.
Twelve categories of work, all doable from a phone.
Tap any card for a sample task and a realistic pay range before you sign up.
See roughly what your week could look like.
This is an estimate based on average approved-task pay, not a guarantee — actual earnings depend on task availability and approval rate.
Built around how work actually happens across the continent.
Continent-wide payouts
Get paid in your own currency through mobile money or bank — no foreign account required.
No laptop required
Most task types run fully on the mobile app, even on a modest data connection.
Verified clients only
Every task on the platform comes from a vetted research firm, lab, or company — no scraped listings.
Skill badges
Consistent quality unlocks badges that open higher-paying batches over time.
Weekly payouts
No minimum withdrawal threshold and no waiting weeks for approved earnings to clear.
Support in your language
In-app help in English, Swahili, French, Amharic and Hausa, seven days a week.
Paying out in 15 countries, and counting.
Tap your country for local task volume, typical pay ranges, and supported payout methods.
However you already get paid, GTask probably supports it.
What people are actually earning and saying.
“I fit tasks between lectures. Three afternoons a week covers my transport and lunch money now.”
“The audio transcription queue never runs dry, and payouts actually land on the day they say they will.”
“Being paid in CFA francs without a foreign bank account was the whole reason I signed up.”
“I started with survey tasks and unlocked app-testing batches after two weeks — the pay range jumped a lot.”
“Recording short scripts in Amharic pays better per minute than anything else I found online.”
“Support actually replies. I had a rejected batch reviewed and repaid within a day.”
Bring your classmates on, earn a cut of what they make.
Share your personal link. Every student who signs up and completes their first task adds a bonus to your next payout — with no cap on how many people you refer.
- ✓ Unlimited referrals, no monthly cap
- ✓ Bonus is paid on the referred worker's first approved task
- ✓ Top campus ambassadors get early access to new task categories
- ✓ Quarterly leaderboard prizes for the most active campuses
Frequently asked questions
GTask is a marketplace that connects verified clients — research firms, AI labs, app developers — with people across Africa willing to complete short digital tasks for pay.
Yes. Creating a worker profile and taking the skills check costs nothing, and we never ask you to pay to unlock tasks.
You need to be 18 or older, or 16–17 with a parent or guardian's consent on file, depending on your country's labor rules.
Payouts run weekly to mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, Orange Money) or bank transfer, in your local currency, with no minimum withdrawal threshold.
GTask currently pays out in 19 African countries. Check the coverage map below — we add new countries every quarter.
No. Most task types, including surveys, transcription and image tagging, run fully on the GTask mobile app.
It depends on hours and task type, but most active workers doing 10–15 hours a week earn the equivalent of KES 6,000–18,000 a month. Use the calculator below for an estimate.
We only collect what's needed to verify you and pay you, and we never sell worker data to third parties. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.
You'll see the reviewer's note and can appeal from the task page. Most appeals are resolved within 48 hours.
In-app chat is staffed in English, Swahili, French, Amharic and Hausa, seven days a week.