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  • Data Entry Job Ideas for Freelancers in Africa

    Data Entry Job Ideas for Freelancers in Africa

    What is Data Entry? Data entry is a broad term that comprises the work done by several occupational categories. The individuals who perform routine data entry tasks include electronic data processors, typists, word processors, transcribers, coders, and clerks. The data entry tasks carried out by these people is often remotely; either from home or at…

  • Freelance Web Design Roles You Should Know

    Freelance Web Design Roles You Should Know

    Freelance web designers are creative, digital professionals who fashion out the overall vision and plan for a website. From another perspective, note that freelance web design is less about employing coding or programming to give life to a website. Instead, a web design specialist considers a site’s layout, colour palette, font sent, and visual themes,…

  • Find Jobs Online on This Website

    Find Jobs Online on This Website

    African Freelancers is an online community of freelancers in Africa to find jobs online. The platform functions as an ecosystem that provides the environment and resources for Freelancers on the continent to hone/sharpen their skills/gifts. The website’s ultimate purpose, among other things, is helping African Freelancers find jobs online and other engagements. Users of the…

  • Find Jobs Online with These Simple Strategies

    Find Jobs Online with These Simple Strategies

    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…

  • BEST WEBSITES FOR FREELANCE JOBS IN AFRICA

    BEST WEBSITES FOR FREELANCE JOBS IN AFRICA

    As Freelancers in Africa, both new and existing, it is expedient to understand that what makes a Freelancer is really not the name ‘freelancer’, but in the creative output and services rendered that makes the name. Therefore, getting jobs that fit the services your brand provides is one of the many ways a Freelancer in…

  • Online Directories For Start-Up Freelancers

    Online Directories For Start-Up Freelancers

    As a newbie in freelancing, if you’re probably looking for online directories to pitch your services on, but don’t know how to get started. Then this article is for you, it will give you a head start on how to begin and ways to go about it. Making sure that you have a presence everywhere…

  • HOW FREELANCERS CAN GET THE MOST FROM LINKEDIN

    HOW FREELANCERS CAN GET THE MOST FROM LINKEDIN

    In contrast to other social media platforms, LinkedIn came into being as a place where professionals can share ideas, generate leads, and make new contacts. In other words, LinkedIn is all about business. The platform boasts of over 500 million users, with about 40% of that number estimated to be active on the platform daily.…

  • HOW FREELANCERS CAN PITCH TO EDITORS

    HOW FREELANCERS CAN PITCH TO EDITORS

    Being a freelancer in Africa often means that you’d need to solicit for jobs and other engagements. Earning a regular income from your freelance writing entails having a steady stream of tasks. However, the world of freelancing is cutthroat, and often, only the best get selected. Freelancer Writers receive writing engagements by way of pitches.…

  • 10 Websites Every Freelancer Needs to Bookmark

    10 Websites Every Freelancer Needs to Bookmark

    While some may argue that offline gigs are still a contributory factor in getting engagements, many others agree that the Internet possesses a much broader spread and reach. Consider websites as the information cavalry of the World Wide Web. These sites deploy fast at a moment’s notice and never go on vacation or take afternoon…

  • How To Take care Of Your Finances As A Freelancer

    How To Take care Of Your Finances As A Freelancer

    It is a respectable decision to earn income from your art, but to think that you can turn a blind eye to your finances and it will sort itself out is a “big fat lie” you have been telling yourself. As a freelancer, you are also a business owner, and you need to tend to…

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