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Number 4 is Mindblowing and Poverty-Casting

by Minkail G. Olaitan
August 22, 2022
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Folks, kindly permit me to present  6 legit online businesses you can start with little resources in our contemporary times. 

We have made an effort to select business opportunities that are practicable in, and applicable to Africa. 

The rate at which unemployment has eaten into Africa has become so damaging and threatening. Had the world including Africa not successfully shifted into the digital age, poverty would have hit down the four walls of the African Continent. African countries would have become derelict and riddled with human symbols of poverty. 

All thanks to the immediate shift in age and standard of economy. 

It is so disheartening that despite the inarguably shift to the “skill economy” that the world has experienced, and the vast opening of a series of opportunities to anybody ready and willing to acquire skills quickly and implement them effectively to secure a better life, Africans are still lagging in the appropriation of these opportunities.

Thanks to poor technological infrastructure, archaic educational curriculum,  unfavourable business environment, weak judicial oversight, weak political leadership as well as poor political will, among others.

Unfortunately, there are lots of African Youths who cannot access technological solutions to their socio-economic problems. 

They still go about life with heads full of old ideas and archaic business orientation despite possessing smartphones in their hands that could link them to the global village and facilitate positivity in their lives. 

Meanwhile, there are many African youths, students and graduates who currently are searching for Ponzi schemes that will help them financially without them getting to work.

 Likewise, it is obvious during this period that there are great numbers of people who spend their internet connection on things that would not add value to their finances. 

It is high time we broke out of the chain of ignorance to the light of legitimate businesses. 

Many young Africans are still broke today because they are scared and find it hard to believe that fortune could be made online or that wealth could be made at any age of life. 

They also fail to realise that the requirement for making money or getting a high-paid job could be boiled down to “High-value skills, Internet Connection, lots determination and smartphone or laptop, among others. 

Maybe, the right question that must be directed to anybody that is still passive about making the best of this digital revolution is: 

Have you ever imagined yourself sitting in the comfort of your room, maybe on your bed as you rake in financial value closer to yourself with digital value?

Have you ever imagined yourself running a business campaign, designing web and graphics right from inside your room, and your account balance experiencing a steady increase with time?

These are snippets into what the digital world has in packages, although these packages are untouchable unless one is digitally smart with digital skills.

The world has gone digital and it is no more news that to be among those who will make most of this age one must build a business around digital skills, and be willing to transact digital value with financial value. 

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In an attempt to help the general public reduce the stress of combing internet spaces for the best business to go for at this period, irrespective of age, gender, religion, or language, we have come up with these proven and decent legitimate, and purse fattening business ideas that have set lots  of people free from financial bondage:

  • Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is one of the major online business of today that has dust life many from the verge of poverty and have rescued a good number of young people’s financial status.

This type of business is performance-based marketing where a business gives a percentage of commission to its affiliates for every product sold.

It is a perfect business for anybody who loves to talk, write, explain and persuade, implying that it is spot on for anyone ready to learn the science and art of selling.  

Here are websites where you can find products under multiple domains:

  • Expertnaire.com
  • Selar.com
  • Jumia.com
  • Clickbank.com
  • Shareasale.com
  • Jvzoo.com

  • Drop shipping Business

 

Drop shipping is a business model where a store sells a product to a customer. The product might not be necessarily produced by the store owner, but he just reached a partnership deal with the producer or buys the product from a third-party supplier for a lower price, and get it shipped from the supplier to the customer’s address.  With Dropshipping, all you need is to set up an online store, promote products and make sales, you need not worry about stocks, inventory, packing, shipping, or handling, as it is all under the third-party supplier’s care. 

Likewise, this business model is suitable for those who do not have money to invest in buying supplies in bulk or keeping a whole big business running.  Through this business, you are using customers’ money to purchase a product and make a profit without investing more than your time. 

Alibaba.com, 1688.com and shopify.com are among the platform for drop shipping. 

  • Freelancing

According to Bharath Sivakumar, Freelancing is a contract-based profession where instead of being recruited by an organization, the person uses his skills and experience to provide services to several clients.

In simple terms, freelancing is when you use your skills, education, and experience to work with multiple clients and take on various assignments without committing to a single employer. The number of assignments or tasks that you can take just boils down to your ability to deliver on them as asked from them.

Freelancing usually involves jobs (called gigs) that allow you to work-from-home situations. But don’t associate freelancing with the same as having a work-from-home job. All you need here is high-value digital skills like Graphics designing, Copywriting, Content Creation, Ghostwriting, etc

Here are the sites to search for:

  • Fiverr
  • Upwork
  • Freelancer, among others.

 

  • Start A YouTube Channel

You may know anyone who works as Vlogger on YouTube. Presently, the people who are fascinated with creating videos and visual content have turned to YouTube as their money machine. 

There are many notable Nigerian like Fisayo Soludo, Jackie Annia, Dinma Umeh MarkAngelComedy, and a host of many who earns crazily on YouTube.  Ryan Kaji is a 10 years old YouTuber earning a total of $48 million in two years. 

 

This business is perfect for those who love talking in front camera and shooting videos.  It does take the ability to create entertaining videos, the ability to edit videos using software tools and operate video recording tools. It is so easy to start, simply visit Youtube.com, set up your channel and start creating content. 

  • Become an Online Author On Amazon KDP

 

If you are a writer who is yet to find a perfect online writing job, this is for you.  People have stopped going through the stress of combing for resources on Google, instead, they now search for highly recommended books on Amazon. Hence, the massive demand for kindle eBook publishers to create resources for the audience.  All you need to do is create your content, put it on Amazon kindle Publishers, and use the power of Amazon and its growing reach to generate a stable income. Rachel Abbott and L.J Ross are two of the many who have made fortune by publishing on Amazon.  Dare today and get your book to live. 

  • Start Your Podcast 

Starting a podcast business is just as simple as owning and becoming an anchor of an audio program where you can speak on various topics such as Life, Start-Ups, narrate stories, politics, relationships, etc. This business is perfect for people who love to talk about things. Podcasting requires vast knowledge, particularly for the selected topic, and the ability to persuade or influence through both creative and logical reasoning.  

You can earn through your podcast by running advert business on your programs. You can also sell your podcast, but you must be sure your podcast is known for compelling content.

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I am Minkail G. Olaitan. I am an inspirational writer, poet and an emerging mind builder. A trailblazer by day and curious minder by night. When it comes to reading, I'm a tale of two sides of the same coin. I'm both sybaritic and abstemious, making me an oxymoronic reader, please bear with me.

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