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AI Training Jobs in Kenya

1,561 open AI training roles accept applicants in Kenya right now, on . They typically pay $35 to $150 an hour. Mostly remote work, pulled live from each platform's job board every hour.

1,561
Open to Kenya
797
Open to every country
764
Limited to some countries
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Live remote roles you can apply to from Kenya

Updated 11 Nov 2026, 09:07 UTC

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Which AI training platforms take applicants in Kenya

30 platforms have roles open to Kenya on their job boards right now, and 9 say on their own pages or records that they do not take people there. Pay is measured from each platform's roles open here; payment methods come from its own payment terms.Ordered by what applying is worth, lifted by a referral boost for the platforms that pay us a referral fee; it never changes what a platform pays you.

Not open to Kenya right now

Platforms whose own page or record rules Kenya out, and platforms with no role open to Kenya today.

What AI training jobs pay in Kenya

Typical pay for the roles open to applicants in Kenya is $35 to $150 an hour, with a median of $50 an hour. It is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each advertised range) to the 90th-percentile advertised ceiling, measured over the 1,305 roles that state a rate.

Rates are posted in US dollars, and some platforms quote a rate for US-based workers or vary it by location, so check each posting.

Open roles and typical pay by kind of work in Kenya
Kind of workOpen hereTypical pay
Law, Medicine & Finance588$50-$170/hr
Transcription, Audio & Speech323$20-$150/hr
Multilingual & Localization191$30-$65/hr
Coding & Software Evaluation138$35-$125/hr
Math & STEM83$45-$200/hr
Data Annotation & Labeling67$25-$120/hr
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments56$50-$120/hr
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)56$30-$120/hr
Red-Teaming & AI Safety27$45-$120/hr
Writing & Content18$35-$120/hr
Robotics & Physical-AI Data9$20-$70/hr
Research Studies & Surveys5$55-$125/hr

Roles in Swahili

Platforms hire native speakers to write, rate and check AI answers in their own language. Open roles right now:

Swahili · 2

Getting paid from Kenya

Tax, in the platforms' own terms

What the payment terms of the platforms hiring in Kenya say about tax, from our research on each:

  • Babel Audio: You work as a contractor and handle your own taxes.
  • Pila8: Taxes are yours.
  • Turing: You file a W-9 or W-8BEN; no paid leave.

Who looks for this work in Kenya

Kenya's row in AI Training Talent: Supply and Demand, our research over 14 Oct 2026 to 10 Nov 2026, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the roles it counts, and each table its place among the others in the report.

People per open role, by country

In which countries do the most people compete for each AI training role open to them?

CountryMembers per open roleMembersRoles open to residents on 10 Nov 2026
Kenya
0.20
3071,559
17,625 people with a profile by the end of 10 Nov 2026, in countries with at least 3; the roles open on 10 Nov 2026 that a resident of each may apply to. AI Training Talent: Supply and Demand, figure 3, live data 14 Oct 2026 to 10 Nov 2026.

AI training jobs in Kenya: common questions

Can you do AI training jobs from Kenya?

Yes. 1,561 of the 4,417 open AI training roles we track accept applicants in Kenya right now. 797 are open to workers in any country, and 764 more are open in Kenya but not in every country. The work is done online, through each platform.

Which AI training platforms hire in Kenya?

Right now the most roles open to applicants in Kenya are on Alignerr (339), micro1 (301) and AfterQuery (202). In all, 30 platforms have roles you can apply to from Kenya. Each platform's page shows what it pays and how it works.

Which AI training platforms do not work in Kenya?

Mercor does not take on contractors located in Kenya. Its supported-countries page leaves Kenya out. Handshake AI takes workers only in the United States. DataAnnotation takes workers only in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States. Prolific does not take on people living in Kenya. Its help centre lists the countries it takes participants from, and people anywhere else can only join its waitlist. Mindrift cannot onboard people in Kenya. Its eligibility page lists Kenya as restricted or not supported. Outlier (Scale AI) does not take on people located in Kenya. Its working guidelines list the countries you may work on it from, and Kenya is not one of them. Anthropic takes workers only in the United States. Headway takes workers only in the United States. AITraining.jobs projects takes workers only in the United States. Remotasks shut down in Kenya in March 2024; its owner Scale AI said it was discontinued in some locations because of enhanced security protocols. Each line comes from the platform's own page or a dated report, listed under Platforms.

Are there AI training jobs in Swahili?

Yes. 2 open roles mention Swahili right now. Platforms hire native speakers to write, rate and check AI answers in their own language.

How much do AI training jobs pay in Kenya?

The roles open to applicants in Kenya typically pay $35 to $150 an hour, with a median of $50. Each role sets its own rate, usually in US dollars per hour or per task. Some platforms quote their rate for US-based workers or vary it by location, so check the posting before you apply. See live pay by kind of work.

How do AI training platforms pay people in Kenya?

By the methods each platform names in its own payment terms: bank transfer (Babel Audio, Welo Data, OneForma, Appen, TELUS Digital AI, OpenTrain AI, RWS TrainAI Community, Turing, Claru and AfterQuery); PayPal (Babel Audio, Surge AI, Alignerr, OneForma, Appen, TELUS Digital AI and RWS TrainAI Community); Stripe (RemoExperts, Aligned Labs, Alignerr, Pila8, Pasiflora AI, OpenTrain AI and AfterQuery); Deel (Fleet AI, micro1, Turing and SuperAnnotate (SME)); Dots (Babel Audio, Pila8 and Appen). A platform that cannot pay Kenya is marked under Platforms.

How do I avoid AI training job scams in Kenya?

Apply through the platform itself: every role here opens the hiring platform's own listing. Genuine platforms do not charge you to apply or to get an account, and buying or renting someone else's account breaks platform rules and can get it removed. To check a message really comes from a platform, see the real web and email addresses each one uses: RemoExperts, Babel Audio, Alignerr, Fleet AI and Perle Labs. The US Federal Trade Commission warned in April 2026 that an unexpected job offer by text is probably a scam.

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