Steemit And Mainstream Adoption In Africa And Especially Nigeria!
The number of Nigerians on steemit is rapidly growing and as @gavvet shows constantly with his map-like statistics, Africa is starting to hold sway on steemit.
Cryptocurrency has always been in existence in Africa but like is common in many developing countries, there is usually fear, misconception, misinformation when it comes to blockchain or crypto-activities and in many cases limited know-how, on how to get into the world of crypto.
Unlike popular beliefs, Africa also holds the perfect type of audience for blockchain and cryptocurrency and steemit is easily becoming the gateway into this world and very easily taking the place of bitcoin as a more potent face for cryptocurrency.
A major setback to mainstream adoption of the internet, crypto and in today's case steemit, however, is living conditions and especially financial inequality. Access to internet is not as easy as it is in more developed country. People get internet data bundles and these things are expensive, so there is need to preserve data and make it last long. This is not very effective for people who want to be on steemit daily.
Social amenities like electricity can be a thing of luxury in more rural regions and in many parts of the urban regions, power is limited. In some case, it is "one day power and the next day no power"; so you basically, you'll have power for as much as 175 days in an entire year.
Too, corruption does exist and many imbibe these ways, so an average African is cautious of things that they come across on the internet and have to make in-depth research, to be fully convinced of the authenticity of a website.
Many live on hope and to hope non-stop becomes tiring, thus, when a new opportunity arises especially on the internet, there is a tendency to regard it as "another false hope".
All these setbacks however, can't rule away the fact that there are many talents in Africa and that steemit has a role in discovering these talents and bringing them to fullest potency.
The number of Africans on steemit, grows at a steady pace! More recently, there have been many Nigerians flocking in too. We know of @giantbear a teacher, who brought almost her entire class from South Africa on steemit. These are very young kids ranging from 14 to 18 and they are here on steemit constantly exploring their creativity under #gedwriting. We also know of @onetree from South Africa and a number of Nigerians endeavoring to bring about change to their communities! Thus, we offer a hub for them right here; to gather them together; strengthen and support them and make steemit growth a reality in Africa.
We implore every African to follow this account! We want to know you! Let's discuss! Let's help bring out the best version of you, out of you; so that you can bring in more of your family and friends on steemit. The time is now!
We will be looking out for quality content and celebrating it. We will be showcasing it, resteeming it, flaunting it and the sky is the limit. Let's bring Africa a good name through steemit and Naijans, "you can do it!"
Leave a comment below!
Mention any African Steemian you know in the comment and we will start by following these accounts. Knowing our number is essential and a huge part of our growth.
Incase you bring in a new steemian on steemit today, bring them here to join us.
Feel free to use #afro-naija within your great quality posts, so we can check them out! We will also constantly visit #gedwriting and looking out to support Africans in general as well as Nigerians, who endeavor to create quality content!
For discussions and probable questions, leave a comment below or join:
Welcomed development. Create a channel in steemit.chat it is easier to chat there. Thumbs up @afro-naija-trail
Nice initiative @afro-naija-trail ,
@pai-cens
@djsholy
@opeyemi
These guys i brought in, but only @pai-cens is semi-active recently.
Great! We may simply need to wake them up! Can you make sure of the spelling for @pai-cens. It leads to an empty url!
i think there is "i" ..... @pai-ciens
@woleybabz @trillex @gbenga @arkintea @mz-fisteganos @timoshey
Greatness!
I love it...im also from South Africa...the idea of seeing cryptocurrency changing Africa has always been my dream...let Africa rise from poverty and corruption
Nice one.
Can't wait to see you evolve with this trend with some hotcake down-to-earth steemit post!
upvote and RS for u
Great of you! Awesome. Will follow you so we can get to visit you soon. Remember the tag #afro-naija in case you get to talk about Africa
I think Africans are uniquely supportive of each other, and Steemit has so much to offer Africa. I think this is a wonderful initiative. I have recently helped one of my staff members, to open an account. He experiences all the problems you outlined above. Other South African Steemit members that I can think of are @themagus @jacor @naomi.louise and @sweetpea @dube @yogidream.scapes @thatguyjono
Sweet effort here by mentioning many! Will check them all out and follow too so we can access their posts more often and encourage them. Please remember #afro-naija. Will inform the others!
I hope to go to beautiful Africa someday and see where we all came from... Keep up the good work.
@victorvazco please follow, upvote and reply to me so we can all make money!
Support us by using the #afro-naija tag when you get to speak about Africa. Already followed you, thus, we will definitely find you on our feed but always feel to drop a link here as well
I read a Nigerian Steemers post the other day- sorry can't recall his name but pretty sure I followed him- anyhow he was stating how you could easily earn enough on Steemit to earn a good living in Africa. Very cool indeed and if I lived in Africa I'd be taking some hikes and posting up pics of that awesome continent and it's people.
Making life better for folks around the world- another reason to love Steemit!
You are one great person. Thank you for the support. We follow you too! Incase, you remember the individual please give him a mention in the comments here and be on the look at too! You can support always to by using the #afro-naija
@afro-naija-trail ,
@pai-cens
@djsholy
@opeyemi
Malem are you African too? Did you read the post to completion? Thank you for all the mention. We would like to know if you are African as this will help our vision!
great initiative! I too hope more people from Africa can find their way to Steemit!
It is bound to happen!
С "МММ" разобрались,..теперь Steem..)))
Though we didn't understand this. Thank you for getting on here. Enjoy your steemit journey!
Thank you. This is a brilliant initiative. I really appreciate the effort. I am telling all the kids to follow you.
Great! Will to follow them all too so we can visit them and motivate them more often!
Fantastic!
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Great post... following you on this for more :)