The testing layer Nigeria-first products deserve.
Most user-testing marketplaces treat Nigeria as a checkbox: a tag on a tester's profile, paid in dollars at a fraction of local market value. 9jatesters is the opposite of that. Built in Nigeria for every region of Nigeria — real Nigerians on real phones, paid in naira in 3 to 5 business days.
What we believe
Four principles that shape every product decision we make.
Real Nigerians, anonymous-by-default to buyers
Every session is run by a real Nigerian on a real phone and network — no emulators, no VPNs, no synthetic personas. Before anything reaches a client or AI buyer, we strip identifying details down to first name, state, and device. Real people upstream. Privacy downstream.
Pay testers fairly, in naira, fast
We pay testers fairly, in naira, for every approved task — the exact amount is shown before they accept, approved earnings credit their balance instantly, and payouts go to a verified Nigerian bank account, fast. That's how you keep a panel that actually shows up.
Nigerian-language native
Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, NG English. Not as a feature checkbox. As the languages our contributors actually narrate in.
Build in public, ship the small thing first
We'd rather ship one honest pilot than ten polished slides. We ran that way through beta and we still do — the platform is live and paid for now, and it keeps growing as the panel grows.
The story so far
9jatesters started from a frustration: every product team shipping to Nigeria — whether it's a Nigerian fintech serving the South-West, a Northern e-commerce platform routing on Airtel, a global SaaS opening up an Africa region, or an AI lab training Pidgin speech models — was either guessing at how Nigerians actually use their product, or sourcing testers through channels that pay poorly and verify poorly.
There's no shortage of Nigerians who would love to earn a few thousand naira a week giving honest feedback or recording voice clips. The hard part is doing it honestly: making sure each session is a real Nigerian on a real phone and network — not an emulator, a VPN, or a recycled persona — and paying them in naira, in 3 to 5 business days, on the same rails Nigerian fintechs use to move money.
The result is a small, well-paid panel that grows deliberately — and a platform that lets clients run a usability test or AI labs run a data-collection pilot in a few minutes, paid in their own currency.
Who's building this
Jay (Fredoline)
Founder · Lagos
Solo founder. Building 9jatesters alongside LocalAI (localai.ng), NGPT (ngpt.ng) and 9jaBench (9jabench.com) out of Lagos. Background in growth + technical SEO. Wrote most of the code you're reading right now. Reach me at [email protected] — I read every email.
Corporate entity
9jatesters is operated by Ranked Technologies Limited, a Nigerian company registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (RC 9522220). Mailing address available on request from [email protected]. For data-protection requests reach our Data Protection Officer at [email protected].