For lawyers, notaries, surveyors, engineers and property managers
Get paying clients from the diaspora
Motherland connects licensed lawyers, notaries, surveyors, engineers, architects, valuers and property managers with diaspora clients and foreign investors who need work done on the ground. You stay independent and set your price within our ranges. We handle matching, booking and payment: consultations are paid out after the call, and document checks when the client approves your report.
What you get
Paying clients abroad
Africans in the diaspora and foreign investors who need someone independent on the ground.
Paid before you start
The client pays Motherland when they book. Consultations are paid out after the call; document checks when the client approves your report.
Scheduling and a report assistant
Every job has a written scope, a checklist and a deadline.
A public profile
Your name on the work you deliver, once your country is live.
Founding experts
Join before your country launches
The first 3 to 5 verified professionals in each country become founding experts. No fee to join.
- Founding badgeOn your profile, in the directory and on every booking
- Top placementFirst on your country page, and featured on the home page
- $50 per verified expert you referOnce they are verified and complete a first booking
- Terms locked for 24 monthsThe booking-fee model and your pricing rights stay as they are. You keep your full price.
Founding experts wanted · 3 to 5 per country
Be the expert people abroad trust at home.
Lawyers, notaries and surveyors: advise diaspora members and investors by video, check their documents, and keep your full price. No fee to join.
- A founding badge on your profile and every booking
- Top placement on your country page and the home page
- $50 for each verified expert you refer
- Your terms locked for 24 months
How vetting works
Verified before you take work
- 01LicenceConfirmed in the official register and through the contact details the register holds, never from a copy. Re-checked every year.
- 02BackgroundIdentity matched to a government ID and a sanctions screen for every expert. Court, disciplinary and police records for experts who check documents.
- 03ReferencesThree past clients and one peer, contacted and checked by us.
- 04IndependenceNo ties to the seller, agent or contractor, declared for every job and checked against the people named in the booking.
- 05CompetenceA case exercise and work samples, reviewed by a senior peer.
- 06Supervised startThe first three reports are checked before the client sees them, the first one by a person.
Who we're looking for
Rwanda first, then Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.
- Property lawyer
- Private notary (in Rwanda, accredited land notary)
- Land surveyor
- Civil or structural engineer
- Building inspector
- Architect
- Quantity surveyor
- Licensed valuer
- Property manager
- Accountant (landlord tax)