Comments on: Is Google Adsense working for Africa?

By: Bobi from Ghana

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:19:54 +0000

I have read all that you guys have written and greatly impressed by how much you have shared here. I myself has always believed in Africa having a big market for online business with current focus on out sourcing. Google adsense is no different. I have recently been trying my hands at it and blogs like this help a lot since conditions over here differ slightly from our western counterparts. I have went on to read a couple of ebooks and hopefully with the knowledge gained it will be a success. Will keep sharing about how things move on.

By: Oluniyi David Ajao from Greater Accra, Ghana

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:23:53 +0000

Rita, IRS also stands for Internal Revenue Service in Ghana and it is the government agency in charge of collecting income taxes among other things. Visit http://www.irs.gov.gh/ for more information.

By: Rita from Nigeria

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:18:35 +0000

What is the full meaning of IRS? I thought that had something to do with the USA and not Ghana?

By: Oluniyi David Ajao from Texas, United States

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:40 +0000

I suggest you seek advise from the IRS.

By: Rita from Lagos, Nigeria

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:43:13 +0000

I was wondering, if one is making dollars in Ghana from Google adsense, does he need to pay Personal income tax and if so, how does he translate and calculate it?

By: nii from Greater Accra, Ghana

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:59:41 +0000

I make not less than $100 a month. I live in Accra Ghana. The main thing is to provide something RELEVANT. Google would reward u for that , becos u r HELPING them Google .Mambe is not providing anything UNIQUE. Checked out his blog and I don’t think he is doing anything different to deserve anything more than $2/day. In my opinion I think he should get less than $1/day. I was in Limbe & Buea,Cameroon last year(Aug 2008) and I tell you there are alot of things he can blog about that can make him more than $50/ day! Tell you what,am planning on moving to Cameroon soon.

By: Efe from Nigeria

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:01:00 +0000

I wonder why anyone would say adsense doesn’t work for africans. Adsense feeds, cloths and pays my rent. I run three blogs. Average uniques visitors per day:1800. Generates 4000 page impressions. Traffic is the key. Search for the phrase: nigerian job vacancies, workerspace.com is 5th in google. We need more Africans online though!

By: Nigerian Entrepreneur from Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:14:37 +0000

Challenges are part of Life. The ability to surmount hurdles is what makes one a hero. I am into Google Adsense and I am beginning to see result. Even though the result is small for now, but it is an indication that if I develop the necessary skill, I can easily improve my earnings. Nice post.

By: Abubakar from Mascara, Algeria

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:52:24 +0000

Hi i am a google adsense publisher base in northern part of africa but a nigerian by birth, google adsense is for every continent is just that the problem with us in Africa is lack of internet awareness and education, with time as african get to know the greatness of working at home and making cool $ through the internet then you will start seeing real african traffic from all direction.

By: Albert from London, United Kingdom

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:41:17 +0000

I was having this discussion the other day with another Nigerian blogger based in USA. His verdict in a nut shell: the narrower your niche, the less you earn. Most advertisers on Adsense are from abroad and thus target foreign audiences. If your contents don’t focus on wide reaching issues, the content sensitive ads offer you only crappy and cheap adverts.