"If you're in Nigeria and thinking about starting on Fiverr, I want to share my honest experience. This is part of my freelance journey from a small town in Nigeria start there for the full backstory." I'm three weeks into having my Fiverr account live. I haven't received a single order yet. And I'm still here, still showing up, still learning. This post is for anyone who is about to start, or who started and got stuck somewhere along the way. The sign up was confusing When I first tried to sign up on Fiverr, everything was fine until I got to the verification step. That's where I got confused and almost gave up. I think a lot of beginners in Nigeria stop right at this point. The interface isn't always clear. The mobile app blocks you from doing certain seller things. You don't know if you're doing it right. You don't know who to ask. So you close the tab. I'm writing this post because I almost did the same thing. The Chrome desktop mo...

Why I Started a Freelance Business from a Small Town in Nigeria I'm writing this from Ussa, a small town in Taraba State, Nigeria a place most people on the internet have never heard of. The electricity flickers. The data is expensive. And yet, right now, somewhere in the world, someone is paying me to write social media posts for their business. This blog is about how that's possible and how, if you're reading this from anywhere with an internet connection and a bit of stubbornness, it can be possible for you too. Why I started The truth is, I didn't start because I had a master plan. I started because I was tired of the gap between what I could see online and what was actually available to me. Every YouTube video about "making money online" seemed to be filmed in a clean apartment in a country where things just work. Every freelancing course was priced in dollars I didn't have. Every success story started with "I already had a network of clients......