The freelancing industry continues to grow every year and is anticipated to represent 43% of the workforce by the end of 2020. This comes as no surprise given its many gains, one among which is its capacity to help people earn extra money. Nonetheless, making money through freelancing can be sometimes challenging. More than 50%.
The present Nigerian workforce is filled with different categories of people making ends meet through various ways and one of such ways is through freelancing. More and more people are entering the Nigerian gig market on a daily basis and freelancing has become a force to reckon with in Nigeria. With this surge of people.
Freelancing is on the rise in Africa as many people are now offering their services out to freelancers instead of the companies. There are many advantages of freelancing both to clients and freelancers. Here are some tips on how to get freelance jobs in Africa. Freelance platforms Today, there are many freelance platforms where.
Introduction The African freelancer works as a part of the online gig economy. The online gig economy is growing by leaps and bounds. More and more businesses are outsourcing certain aspects of their operations to freelancers. The overall of this strategy is to cut costs and have access to quality work from skilled freelancers. In.
The continent of Africa is making giant strides in the global digital economy. Countries like Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa are leading the way in the creation of value chains and solutions for the financial, health and educational sectors, among others. Many of these solutions ride on the back of mobile applications and database systems..
Hello African Freelancers! Navshika Beeharry- but fondly known as Shika – a Blogger, TEDx Speaker and the Founder of BecomingAfricquainted. We had a chat with her and here is what she had to share with us! What services/products do you offer? In no preferential order: (1) Providing bespoke sustainability strategies to African NGOs that are.
The life of a freelancer usually involves sending off your freelance pitches to editors and waiting on a response, but what you should also consider as a freelancer sending out a pitch is that other people also send thousands of articles on a daily basis. What will make your freelance pitch stand out not fall.
As a result of spam ads and misleading websites, African freelancers’ search to find jobs online can be difficult. It makes it even difficult because most international clients are sceptical about hiring African freelancers, especially Nigerians, on freelance job boards like freelancer.com, Fiverr and upwork. There is also a lot of competition that is why.
African freelancers are members of a gig economy that commands billions in revenues and has millions of members. These members send pitches/proposals to thousands of clients. These clients, in turn, must choose from a growing list of competent and skilled freelancers, regularly. The scenario above lays credence to reality: there is keen competition in the.
Negotiating freelance rates is one of the integral skills any freelancer must have, especially in this 21st century where a lot of employers do not mind employing the services of freelancers for a token worth nothing compared to the value received. Therefore, freelancers have to be wise, smart and intentional about demanding their worth without.