Join the SmartSurv panel

4 min Anyone aged 18 or over in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or Côte d’Ivoire

Sign up in a minute from your own phone: by the join page, a QR code, or by sending JOIN on WhatsApp or SMS.

What you will learn

  • Join the panel on the web, with a QR code or with the JOIN word
  • Know what the details you give are used for
  • Know what you are agreeing to, and how to leave again

The SmartSurv panel is a group of people who agreed to receive short surveys. Companies and organisations pay for the surveys. You are paid for each survey you finish. Joining is free.

The join page: mobile number, gender, age, region, a tick box and the Join the panel buttonJoin the SmartSurv survey panelJoin the panelAnswer short surveys on WhatsApp orSMS and get airtime or Mobile Moneyfor each one you complete.Mobile numberGenderAgeRegion☑ I agree to receive surveys fromSmartSurv…Join the panel
A simplified drawing of the screen. Your screen may look slightly different.

Step by step

  1. Open the join page: api.smartsurvafrica.com/join. You can also scan a SmartSurv QR code from a poster, or tap a friend’s invite link.
  2. Type your mobile number (for example 024 123 4567 in Ghana).
  3. Choose your Gender, Age and Region. Pick “Prefer not to say” if you like.
  4. Read the consent text and tick the box. You cannot join without it.
  5. Tap Join the panel.
  6. Or join by message instead of the web page:
    • Send JOIN to SmartSurv on WhatsApp or by SMS.
    • If a poster, radio advert or friend gave you a code, send JOIN CODE, for example JOIN RADIO1.

What you will see

  • “You’re in!” and the number we will send surveys to (partly hidden).
  • A link to See your rewards and data: your own page, My SmartSurv.
  • If you came from a friend’s link, the page shows “Invited with code …”.

Check yourself

Pick an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Nothing is saved or sent.

1 What must you do before you can join?
2 A radio advert says “send JOIN AKWA1”. What do you send?