How possible is it for an African to get regular international jobs/gigs or business employees?

Les79

prosean wrote: »

Lol.....I'm from Nigeria. Not a troll.

Well, you might or might not be.


The problem is that your English is really good; pretty much like a native speaker if I'm being honest...


- Contractions
- proper noun capitalisation
- use of commas (even just before the "and" which is old-fashioned but valid)
- Phrases like "deep biting"
- Use of "lol"


You have to be one of the following:


1. A troll
2. A fairly well educated Nigerian who can figure out some opportunities on their own.


Sadly, given you are in a totally different country there's little that a UK forum can do to help.... You've made a start by using the likes of Fiverr etc, but aside from those websites there's little else immediately springing to mind. You'll have to find a job in your country and/or cold contact companies abroad to offer your services (tip, be a bit clearer in what you can offer and your skills etc)

Silian

Les79 wrote: »

Well, you might or might not be.


The problem is that your English is really good; pretty much like a native speaker if I'm being honest...


- Contractions
- proper noun capitalisation
- use of commas (even just before the "and" which is old-fashioned but valid)
- Phrases like "deep biting"
- Use of "lol"


You have to be one of the following:


1. A troll
2. A fairly well educated Nigerian who can figure out some opportunities on their own.


Sadly, given you are in a totally different country there's little that a UK forum can do to help.... You've made a start by using the likes of Fiverr etc, but aside from those websites there's little else immediately springing to mind. You'll have to find a job in your country and/or cold contact companies abroad to offer your services (tip, be a bit clearer in what you can offer and your skills etc)

"The official and most commonly spoken language of Nigeria is English, the former language of colonial British Nigeria"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria

jonnygee2

The problem is that your English is really good; pretty much like a native speaker if I'm being honest...

:facepalm:

I am a young African dependent man who is still single though old enough to be married. No thanks to the deep biting unemployment situation that ravages my country.

Your business dealings with the UK or any other country will always be stinted. As someone who reguarly contracts work, I can tell you that even contracts in Europe are regularly frowned upon by the legal department. The problem is that, say, Greece does not have the same reliable regulatory framework the UK was an were my relationship with the contractor to go south, unless the company had holdings and registered companies in the UK I would have to go to a Greek court to get my money back. As a business owner I often have to make a decision - ignore legal and outsource to somewhere cheaper or source in the UK. Obviously, it's generally a question of risk / reward and where its significantly cheaper abroad we will take the risk.

There are more complexities - if we are a contractor or sub contractor (we sometimes are), then the clients legal department will also have a say and we generally have to declare any part of the work we are subcontracting.

Contracting work out to individuals in Nigeria = forget it. It would never be worth the risk. I'd only even consider it if it was a larger company with UK holdings and I'd be in fore a humongous battle with legal and probably the board.

So you might get lucky with a few small contracts, but unfortunately no business is likely to contract out large or important projects to individual contractors in markets like Nigeria.

Les79

Silian wrote: »

"The official and most commonly spoken language of Nigeria is English, the former language of colonial British Nigeria"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria

That's true.


But how does that fact (which I was aware of) make my point moot?


I stated that OP must be either:



1. A troll
2. A fairly well educated Nigerian who can figure out some opportunities on their own.


Sadly for you and jonnygee2, anyone who demonstrates a strong ability when it comes to English writing is generally "fairly well educated". I'm sure that you could find many examples of UK citizens who can't speak/type a lick of English?

jonnygee2

I think the problem was you said 'The problem is that your English is really good; pretty much like a native speaker'.

Definite face-palm moment. Sorry Les.

btw educated native speakers of English are entitled to ask for advice too.

Silian

Yep. I would also argue that an enterprising, well educated person would be far more likely to ask for advice/help than an uneducated one.

(I'm not saying that the OP isn't a troll - but their ability to speak English is not an indication)

OP - There isn't much I can do to help but I do wish you luck. :beer:

prosean

Silian wrote: »

Yep. I would also argue that an enterprising, well educated person would be far more likely to ask for advice/help than an uneducated one.

(I'm not saying that the OP isn't a troll - but their ability to speak English is not an indication)

OP - There isn't much I can do to help but I do wish you luck. :beer:

It's okay. Thank you.

prosean

jonnygee2 wrote: »

:facepalm:



Your business dealings with the UK or any other country will always be stinted. As someone who reguarly contracts work, I can tell you that even contracts in Europe are regularly frowned upon by the legal department. The problem is that, say, Greece does not have the same reliable regulatory framework the UK was an were my relationship with the contractor to go south, unless the company had holdings and registered companies in the UK I would have to go to a Greek court to get my money back. As a business owner I often have to make a decision - ignore legal and outsource to somewhere cheaper or source in the UK. Obviously, it's generally a question of risk / reward and where its significantly cheaper abroad we will take the risk.

There are more complexities - if we are a contractor or sub contractor (we sometimes are), then the clients legal department will also have a say and we generally have to declare any part of the work we are subcontracting.

Contracting work out to individuals in Nigeria = forget it. It would never be worth the risk. I'd only even consider it if it was a larger company with UK holdings and I'd be in fore a humongous battle with legal and probably the board.

So you might get lucky with a few small contracts, but unfortunately no business is likely to contract out large or important projects to individual contractors in markets like Nigeria.

Thanks for the advice.