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Medium expands its writer payment Partner Program to 20 African countries
Medium has announced it is expanding its Partner Program eligibility program to include writers from over 75 new countries, including 20 African nations.
The newly included African countries are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Tunisia.
Medium’s Partner Program allows writers to earn money for the stories they publish based on engagement and activity from Medium members. Including every country Stripe supports, now writers in over 115 countries around the world can earn when members read, listen, and engage with their stories.
“At Medium, we believe there are great stories everywhere,” said CEO Tony Stubblebine.
“We are trying to build a better internet because we want to be a home for perspectives from as diverse a set of countries, demographics, cultures, and lived experiences as we can. In expanding our Partner Program, we hope these new voices will help deepen our collective understanding of the world through their writing.”
Other changes to Medium’s Partner Program include the expansion of Medium’s Boost Nominator Pilot Program to include more editors with diverse expertise, cultures, and backgrounds from all Partner Program countries.
Medium has also updated the Partner Program dashboard with revamped features that show earning history, tax withholding, and Stripe account fees. Writers can also monitor payout history and rollover balance, see a breakdown of monthly and lifetime story earnings, and update payout settings all in one place.
Founded in 2012, Medium is the online publishing platform where anyone can share their story and find an audience—without building a mailing list or a following first.
The company says over 100 million people currently read, connect and share their content on Medium every month.
