How to Make Money as a Student in Cameroon: 10 Legit Ways

Thanks to technological advances, making money as a student in Cameroon, be it online or offline, is relatively straightforward. You just have to be smart.

Although the primary goal of a student is to study and carve a bright future for themselves, with tuition fees and living costs on the rise in recent years in Cameroon, most parents and guardians are unable to keep up, so Cameroon students are forced to look for alternative ways to make money legally in Cameroon.



As a result, an overwhelming majority of Cameroon students struggle to make ends meet.

The little money their parents give them is not enough to pay school fees, cover rent, buy food, print out assignments, etc.

Therefore, to survive, the students have to find alternative ways to make money in Cameroon legally.

If you are looking for legal business ideas to make money as a student in Cameroon, then you're in the right place.

See Also: Online Surveys That Pay Through Mobile Money.

Word of caution

Do not skimp on a school in favour of making money on university campuses or secondary schools in Cameroon!

How to Make Money as a Student in Cameroon: Legit Ways

Below are the proven ways to make money as a student in Cameroon:

  1. Tutor your fellow students
  2. Design websites
  3. Do freelance work
  4. Become a brand ambassador in Cameroon
  5. By Selling handmade stuff on Etsy Cameroon
  6. Volunteer for research
  7. Distribute Flyers
  8. Design and sell merchandise
  9. Turn your Lectures or class notes into cash
  10. Start a YouTube Channel in Cameroon

1. Tutor your fellow students

Are you good at a certain topic, subject or course?

Then you can make money on the campus as an undergraduate student in Cameroon tutoring your fellow students or even coaching high school or primary school kids.

2. Design websites

Designing or creating websites is one of the best ways to make money in university as a student in Cameroon.

As long as you have a computer, a stable internet connection, and some basic graphic and web design skills, you could very easily make money in Cameroon as a student.

A good place to find customers is freelancing platforms such as Fiverr, Upwork, and the like.

Read: Cost of creating a website or blog in Cameroon

3. Do freelance work

This is one of the most common ways of how to make money in campus online for a Cameroonian student.

The best thing about freelance work is you can do a myriad of st do on a freelance basis and get paid for it.



A simple search for freelance jobs will give you a feel of the options that are well paying.

You can also look at what you're currently doing in school.

Start off your search for freelance jobs in freelancing on platforms such as Fiverr, Upwork, Reddit r/ForHire, Linked In, etc.

4. Become a brand ambassador in Cameroon

Another easy way to earn money in a university in Cameroon as a student is by becoming a brand ambassador.



As a brand ambassador, you are basically paid to represent other companies. However, this is ever not a very straightforward path to riches as there is no outright procedure on how to be one on a side hustle.

5. By Selling handmade stuff on Etsy Cameroon

As a student in Cameroon, you can make money on campus selling traditional African jewellery on Etsy.

Personally, I believe it's one the easiest legal ways of making money quickly as a student when you're running low on cash.

In case you get stuck, you can contact us for details of how to get started.

6. Volunteer for research

Another easy way to make money as a student in a university in Cameroon is by volunteering for research. Your university will be looking for people to participate in the paid study.

The best place to look for these opportunities is through the university billboard as your student e-mail address.

7. Distribute Flyers

If you don't mind braving the Cameroon rain or sunshine, then you could be on your way to making money as a Cameroonian student distributing flyers for pay.

8. Start your own blog or Website

All of the above ways for students in Cameroon to make money on campus revolve around trading their time for money.

What if I told you that as a Cameroonian student you can also make money as you sleep? This is what is popularly know as passive income.

But to start a blog, you must create a website on a blogging platform such as Blogger or WordPress. Read this comprehensive guide on how to start a blog in Cameroon!



Starting a blog is one of the easiest ways to make money as you sleep.

Is there a concept or topic that you have in-depth knowledge about? At least more knowledge than the average guy on the street?

Or is there a challenge that you successfully solved?

Well, you could make money writing about these topics by starting a blog.

Starting a blog with Blogger takes about 3 minutes, and will cost you zero FCFA.

At the onset when you're still building an audience of course it will take a lot of time and work to put the content together. But once you have all this in place, it gets a lot easier and will require a little less of your time. And once you start getting decent traffic to your Website, you can then focus on monetizing it.

And there are tons of ways you can monetize your blog.

In my experience, the only way to build a successful blog is by either blogging about a topic or an issue that has never been blogged about before, or blogging about an issue better than the existing bloggers are currently doing it.

To get foot traffic to your Website quickly, you can also consider participating in an unusual but legal activity and blog about your experience. Who knows, some major print publication or Television station might stumble on your story and feature you.

temogroup is just one example of a successful blog or Website that I started a few years ago.

8. Design and sell merchandise

Another way to make money as a campus or university/college student in Cameroon is by designing T-Shirts, mugs, bags, etc and selling them online.

The beauty about this method of making money online in Cameroon is that you don't have to just focus on picture designs for your T-Shirts.

You can also funny memes or phrases that your target market can identify with.

Some popular sites to sell and design T-Shirts on include Merch by Amazon and Cafepress.

To start selling T-shirts on these platforms, simply create your product, upload your T-Shirt designs, and when customers purchase your product, the companies will take care of the production, shipping, and customer service on your behalf.

Great, right?

9. Turn your Lectures or class notes into cash.

Just like in normal non-student life, there is always that one person who will rather have their money work for them than sit in a classroom listening to a lecture. So, you can make money by selling your class notes.

There are two ways of going about this:

Write out your notes nicely, or type them out and sell them to your classmates. The main advantage of this method is that you get to keep 100% of all the revenue.

Alternatively, you could consider uploading your notes on platforms such as  Stuvia or Notesale, and then when another student downloads your notes, you get a cut of the price you set.

Read: Online Work-From-Home Jobs in Cameroon

10. Start a YouTube Channel in Cameroon

Another cool way to make money as a student in Cameroon is by creating a YouTube Channel. While vlogging your experiences or how-to guides, you actually get paid for doing so.

Suggested: How to Create a YouTube Channel in Cameroon

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