20 Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria for 2023 – Get Started Now!

Whether you are a 9-5 worker or a student, it will get to a point when you will need extra cash to foot your bills and there is where Side Hustles come in. In today’s article, I will be sharing with you 20 Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria to Make Extra Cash from. Long ago, I wrote an Article on How to Make Money as a Nigerian Student. Those methods are still working today.

Now these methods have been harnessed by lots of persons and you are to choose any that suit what taste. You can get started with more than one Side Hustles also.

In the 21^st Century, lots of things are done online, which means most of these Side Hustles in Nigeria will be connected to the internet.

Now you don’t need to be a Tech Expert before you sign up for them, if you need to learn, I will share with you where you can get some of the resources needed on that field.

Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria for 2023

Content Writing

This is one of the most popular side hustle. On Upwork you can see a client wanting to pay $50 – $500 for Content Writing services. So what is content writing all about?

Content writing is the process of writing, editing and publishing contents in a digital format. This can be Blog articles, YouTube scripts, Product description and lots more.

You don’t really need lots of skills to get started, all you need is an understanding of the subject and your ability to make research.

How do you get gigs after knowing how to write?

Platforms like Fiverr, Upwork, komitity, People per hour are all Freelancing platforms that you can register. You can check out other Freelancing Platforms in Nigeria.

Thumbnail Designer

One sure way of increasing your Click Through Rate (CTR) is by creating beautiful and captivating thumbnail and there are lots of YouTubers out there wanting to employ people for this job.

Thumbnails are those design you see before you start watching a video. This is the first thing people see and that is the reason it should be so nice.

Do you know there are more than 50 millions YouTube channels currently so getting a job here is very easy. All you need to do is acquire the skill by downloading Photoshop and checking out videos on how to use the software.

Once you are grounded in Thumbnail design, you can reach out to your favourite YouTubers via mail showing them a sample of your work and telling them you can start working for them.

Dropshipping

So Dropshipping is another business model where you sell products which are not actually yours. All you do is advertise, make sales and the producer of the product sends or ships it to the buyer. There are lots of online store where you can display this products but one of the popular one is shopify.

You create a Shop on Shopify, display product and attract visitors. You can sell a product for $50 when the actual cost is $40 now the $10 difference happens to be your profit from this business model.

How do you get started? Get a Niche and create a store. Its that simple right?

Gadget Repair

Almost every home in Nigeria has a Gadget (be it Phone, Computers or other accessories), there are chances that these Gadget will get faulty someday. If you have acquired the skill on how to fix them, then making money from it will be very easy.

You can meet up with an expert in this field, become an apprentice then from time to time, your knowledge on it will develop.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Amazon KDP is a passive way of earning some cash online. There are lots of categories you can dive into, be it Children Story Books, Financial Content and lows more. What you do there is to sell your Book and Amazon does the printing and delivering.

This is another great side hustle because once you have written just one book, that book can have up to a 100 sales. So imagine the book giving you $5 per sale multiplied by 100 that is $500 from just a book.

You can start writing lots of books and start earning passive income. Some of you are thinking you must get a Course before excelling in this, the truth is that you don’t really need a paid course. You can check out videos on YouTube and other platform.

Event Planning

In my country Nigeria, Saturdays are mostly for events, be it Wedding, Burial, Birthday, naming ceremonies and so on. Now most of these events are in dire need of an event planner.

One of the things I have been seeing event planners do is plan how the event will go. You don’t need any qualification, all you need is an understanding of the event and making some decisions. Now you can get started with planning for a friend or family member.

POS Agent

This is one of the fasting growing Side Hustles in Nigeria for 2023 because in every street, you see a POS Agent. These persons are making the banking work more easy to both customers and bankers.

You can withdraw or deposit as much as N100,000 from a POS agent and pay a fee (this varies depending on location).

Getting started is quite easy. All you do is get a POS Machine and register or link with a bank account. If you need money to start operating, I won’t recommend you getting the cash from Loans Apps in Nigeria reasons because the interest rate might be too much. You can approach a bank or friend for startup capital. Depending on your location, you can get N30,000 as profit weekly.

One advice I will give is that you should do this business in a University Environment as this will increase your chances of getting customers.

Affiliate Marketing

It is amazing how I see lots of persons wanting to get a course on Affiliate Marketing before understanding the concept. Affiliate marketing requires you to make sale using your link and you get some commission.

As an affiliate marketer, what you should focus on is what will my audience love, how to I build my audience. Now there are some Affiliate Programs you can get started with just like Digitstem Affiliate Program and the rest of them.

For a start, you can share your affiliate link on your WhatsApp page and also Facebook page but try to make sure these persons love that product you are marketing.

Short form Video Editor

YouTube Short being a short form section of Youtube was launched in 2021 and since then lots of Content Creators have been getting millions of views because of their amazing contents.

Also, Tiktok users has been increasing massively because of the short contents being displayed there. One of the secret of the rising of the short videos is the Video editing.

All you need is a video editing software (Adobe Premier pro, Camtasia and the rest of them) and also some video tutorials. These videos are like 60 seconds and it can take you 1-2 hrs to edit. You can reach out to Short Content Creators to secure a job, or you can create your own YouTube or Tiktok Channel and start posting videos.

Starting a Blog

So I started my first website Emachem which was hosted freely on Blogspot, later on I signed up for a WordPress site. I must say, Blogging is one of the ways to make money online and be your own Boss.

You don’t get to do much but write articles and also do some keyword research. Then from time to time, your blog will start getting tons of traffics.

YouTube Channel

Starting a Blog is not as expensive as starting a YouTube channel. YouTube Channel just needs you to have a Google Account and you start making videos. Now you should have an idea of how the whole thing works.

Get a Niche and start uploading contents. It can be a faceless Channel from the beginning (the early stage of Wasplight TV, it was a Faceless Channel).

Home Made Food Delivery

Ladies are good at this Side Hustle in Nigeria because they have some of male friends that don’t really know how to cook and they make good use of the opportunity to advertise their brand.

African love Home Made food, so if you are an expert in making them, you can start up your Food business and deliver to customers.

Making and Selling of Oil Perfume

Long ago I was thinking it was companies that make Oil Perfume and give it out to vendors which then make profit from their sales, only for me to discover that lots of individuals have now entered the business of making the perfume.

Oil perfume is known and loves by lots of Nigerians, you can start selling or making one yourself as a Side Hustle.

Fashion / Designing

It’s not just enough to be a good tailor or seamstress, you need to get customers. Getting customers is easier when you are a designer and start showcasing your cloths online. Creating an Instagram Account for this purpose is very very important and it will help you.

Barbing

Barbing is a business that will still be trending in years to come because almost all boys and some girls need a nice haircut. If you can deliver that to them, they will keep coming.

As a student in a university, you can sign up for Hostel service where you can go to their rooms and barb their hairs. Home service charge is a bit higher than normal service.

Earning Apps

There are some Apps that can pay you some cash after you have done little tasks like surveys, downloading and other tasks. This is one of the Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria but it can’t make you a millionaire. You can use it to foot some of your bills.

Real Estate Agent

People are out there looking for properties to Rent or Buy for a certain amount of money. All you do as Real Estate Agent is show them the property and get some commission once they make person.

Your job is to connect Property owners to buyers. In doing this, you should be honest because one key virtue in business is to be honest.

Check out – Best Mortgage Lenders in Nigeria

Mini – importation

As the name implies, this is you importing small quantity of goods to sell to your customers. These goods could be bags, shoes and some other things you see people love. You can start advertising them on your profile on social media and start earning some cash.

Crypto Arbitrage

This is the buying of a coin for a lower fee and selling higher than you bought it. Before starting this, you need to find platforms where the prices are not the same. For instance, then on Luno App, the price of coins are very high, one can buy on Binance and get to withdraw it on Luno App and make lots of profit from it.

Unfortunately, Crypto got banned by the Federal Government resulting to people using P2P methods to exchange their coins. But this Arbitrage is still possible.

Investing

This is one of the Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria because it demands you to join be with your phone, get some portfolio and wait till it appreciates. You can invest in stocks or even Crypto. But you should check out some information about that portfolio before going ahead to get it.

Reasons you should do these Legit Side Hustles in Nigeria

The reason for this is very simple, to make extra cash and also foot some of your bills. If you rely only on your salary then there will be lots of expenses and only one Income. So you should build your Income Statement and reduce your Expenses Statement.