Japa Compass
Which country fits you best? Ranks 10 countries for you on income, cost of living, safety, schools and the path to citizenship, with the visa route for each.
Start the Japa CompassFor Nigerians at home, abroad and in between
Live well in two worlds.
Planning to leave, already abroad, or thinking of coming back? Plan your money, family, career and retirement ahead of time, and get things done back home, all in one place.
Tools
See where each move leads before you make it, built on published figures. Your answers carry from one tool to the next.
Where will you stand?
Which class will you be in after the move? See where you stand at home today, and where people like you land abroad in years 1, 5 and 10, with what the tiers mean in local money.
See where you'll standStay or go?
Your household's money in 5, 10 or 20 years if you move, and if you stay, side by side in today's money. Counts your savings, property, debts, the cost of the move and what you send home, under three paths for the naira.
Compare staying and goingMake your money work
How much you need to stop needing a salary, and when you could get there. See what money at home, borrowing and giving would do to that date, with the bad case beside the good one.
Find my numberComing next
Where to retire
Where your pension and savings go furthest, at home or abroad.
Coming soonWho you'll meet
The people in each country: who lives there, and the Nigerian communities.
Coming soonFamily move planner
What to prepare when you move with a partner and children.
Coming soon
Services for Nigerians abroad
Businesses that get things done for you back home in Nigeria while you're abroad.
Land monitoring by drone
Drone footage of your plot every month or year, so you can see it's untouched.
No listings yetErrands in Nigeria
Someone trusted to collect documents, pay bills and run errands for you.
No listings yetProperty management
Tenants, rent collection and repairs on your property while you're away.
No listings yetBuilding project checks
Independent progress checks and photos while your house is being built.
No listings yet
Run a business that serves Nigerians abroad?
Get listed where Nigerians abroad look for help.
Listed businesses are independent of okjapa. Check any provider as you would before paying them.
Ask Nigerians who've done it
okjapa is part of Voucha, a community where Nigerians at home and abroad share what worked.