Kazi.Direct

Get paid for the work you actually finish.

A client posts a job and pays us upfront. You do the work. Once it's approved, we pay you — in your local currency, same day. The client never handles your payout, so there's nothing for them to delay or withhold.

Free to browse jobs. No payment details needed until you're selected for one.

Payout · Completed Today, 10:42
$34.91
Paid to Achieng' W.
JobBlog article, 1,180 words
Client paid (escrow)$36.75
Platform fee5%
The actual problem

Most freelance sites leave the money between you and a stranger.

The client posts a job, you deliver, and then you're waiting on a person you've never met to send a transfer from a foreign account — or just go quiet. If they don't pay, the site isn't the one holding the money, so there's nothing it can do.

We set this up differently: the client pays us before any work starts, in full, including our fee. The money is already sitting in the platform's account by the time you're assigned the job. Approval releases a payout we already have — it isn't a request we're forwarding to someone else.

How a single job moves

Four steps from "posted" to "paid."

01

Client pays the platform

The full budget, plus our fee, is charged to the client in USD and held by us before any seeker is confirmed for the job.

02

Client picks a writer from the applicants

They review who applied — skills, experience, cover note — and select one. Everyone else is notified they weren't chosen for that job.

03

Writer delivers, client reviews

Work comes back to the client for approval. If it needs changes, they say why and the writer gets up to three tries to fix it — no restarting from zero.

04

We pay the writer — not the client

The moment the client approves, we convert the held USD to your local currency at that day's rate and send it to your M-Pesa or bank account.

For Job Seekers

Work that's already been paid for.

Every job you see has its budget sitting with us already — you're never the first person asking a stranger for money.

Build a profile with your skills, qualifications and experience, apply to jobs in your categories, and get notified the moment a client responds.

Free to apply to a few jobs a month. Go Pro for unlimited applications and a day's head start on every new posting.

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For Employers

Vetted talent, held to a review process.

Post a job with a category, budget and required skills. Applicants come to you — compare experience and cover notes before you choose.

Your payment is protected in escrow until you're satisfied with the work, with up to three rounds of revision built in.

Pay in USD; we handle getting the seeker paid in their local currency on your behalf.

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What's being hired for

All kinds of remote work, by category.

Online Writing Web & Software Development Design & Creative Data & AI Digital Marketing Virtual Assistance Translation & Transcription

For Job Seekers

Free
A few applications a month, new jobs after a short delay
$0
Pro
Unlimited applications, see new jobs first
$2 / mo

For Employers

Basic
Up to 5 active jobs at a time
$19 / mo
Pro
Unlimited active jobs, featured placement
$49 / mo