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Joining

Joining the Network

You join by invitation. When paid work in your language is full, you join a waitlist. Your first money comes fast, and you never pay a fee.

By invitation
No fees, ever
01

By invitation

You join the Nzinga Network with an invite from a member who knows you. The person who invites you vouches for you.

Invite code
8 characters · works once

Members start with a few invites and earn more as their work is accepted. An invite bonus goes to the direct inviter only. It is capped, and it is paid only after the new member’s work is accepted.

Communities come first: women’s groups, youth groups, cooperatives, radio stations, universities and faith groups. Each is planned to have a paid community steward.

02

Seats follow paid work

Seats open for each language and dialect as paid work comes in. When the work in your language is full, you join a waitlist.

This keeps earnings real for the members already in, and nobody is invited into a network with nothing to do.

Status

Planned. The demo app accepts any invite code and has no waitlist.

03

Your first ten minutes

Joining is designed to take under ten minutes, from your invite to your first recording.

first ten minutes
target
Invite code and phone code
1
Your languages
2
Plain-language consent check
3
Your first one-minute recording
4
Pending review
5
Activation target: under 10 minutes

The consent check asks a few plain questions, so you know what the four choices mean before you record.

04

First money, fast

The target is your first money within 48 hours: your first recording is reviewed, accepted and paid to mobile money or your bank.

In your first week you get a daily one-minute prompt, a commissioned task or a request when one is available, and a circle of family or friends to record with.

Not built yet

Payouts through a payment partner. The demo shows the payout flow, and no money moves.

05

Levels

After accepted work with good scores, you can move up a level. Each level opens new kinds of paid work.

levels
planned
Contributor
record
Reviewer
check recordings
Evaluator or tutor
rate AI, teach
Specialist
expert work
Steward
lead a community
Verifiable credentials for each level are planned
06

No fees, ever

Nzinga never asks you for money. There is no fee to join, nothing to buy and no deposit. Nobody earns from recruiting.

If anyone asks you to pay to join or to earn, it is a scam. Tell us through GitHub.

Planned

To lower your costs: zero-rated data with telecom partners or payouts in data bundles, a voice line for feature phones, and opt-in phone financing repaid from earnings.