The Old Dog Reports: In Africa, Steemit is Changing One Life At A Time. Meet @fisteganos
I am so excited! I just got off of a FaceTime call with @fisteganos. He's the Steemit member that completed my 50 SBD transcription gig! He did a fabulous job and he deserves all of the success in the world!
The Old Dog Decides: It's Time To get Serious! Let's Up The Ante! 50 SBD Steem Gig!
50 SBD is worth $86.50 as I write this. Not bad here in Europe or North America but for @fisteganos, who lives in Lagos Nigeria it's life changing! Let's see why as we examine the facts!
@fisteganos is a great guy! He's humble, very bright, he's got a sharp wit and he considers himself blessed to have found Steemit by accident. You see, he was already blogging because he loves writing but with Steemit he's living a dream! Check out @fisteganos's blog. He knows how to paint pictures with words and looks deeply into himself and bares his soul!
How Life Changing Are Steemit Economics To a Steemer in Nigeria?
Let me give you just the basics because @fisteganos is going to let you in on the story behind the story in his next post!
- The minimum salary in Nigeria is about 18,000 Naira a month and there are 300 Naira to the Dollar
- That makes the minimum wage about $60 a month.
- After getting ripped off on exchanging his SBD he was left with 32,023 Naira (should have been 40,000 he said)
- Friends, 32,000 Naira is close to two months minimum wage in Nigeria!
- @fisteganos has also earned SBD's by doing graphics jobs for fellow Steemers! This guy's a talent!
- @fisteganos has an income stream by blogging!!!!! How cool is that!
Here's What Some More Research Shows!
The latest survey, provided by SalarySurvey, shows the statistics of salaries in Nigeria. According to the study there are 23 job categories with different salary rates. According to the estimates, the average yearly salary in Nigeria is 658,324 NGN (USD3,596), with the maximum of 5,000,000 NGN (USD27,320) and the minimum of 37,000 NGN (USD202). Source
Of course That's if you have a job!
54 Per Cent of Nigerian Youth Unemployed – Official Report
Check Out @fisteganos's Steemit Wallet As He Strives to Live His Dream of Writing!
Check it out: @fisteganos has accumulated a value of $1618.44 in his wallet. That's almost half the average yearly salary in Nigeria. Keep in mind that he's been spending his earnings all along as he did with his 50 SBD earnings!
What is The Moral of The Story!
I meet a lot of Nigerians passing through Switzerland. They are strong, courageous, joyful, industrious and very spiritual. They would love to be back home but they came to Europe in search of work. In search of a better life! Almost always their search ends in despair, their dreams shattered. @fisteganos is at home fighting to make a living and having fun doing it! Bravo @fisteganos bravo!
What Do You Think?
- Can Steemit change more and more lives?
- Can you use steemgigs, gifting and following to help others?
- Are you excited about what Steemit can do in countries that are less advantaged economically?
I hope that you enjoyed this article about how "In Africa, Steemit is Changing One Life At A Time!"
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
Remember, I reward the best comment(s) on each of my posts with my "The Old Dog is Throwing You a Bone" program! So please re-steem and follow so that we can spread the wealth!
All true @kus-knee ,from Lagos, Nigeria - 50 SBD is a month salary of some people.Way to go brother @fisteganos !!! You made momma land proud.
Another NIGERIAN!!! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Trillex the man!!!
@kus-knee this is the guy you were talking about!
Yes mate.....Lasgidi is home.....Mushin is the condo!!!
Are you for real? You're like crawling distance from me! Surulere!
currently in Ojodu berger now,looking for a base away from the Noisy hassles.....
Niceeee one bro! IB chilling
Nile Oluyole
washere! Awa niyen o.
now following
Followed back padi me
Great! I'm waiting to see your posts about the meetup in Nigeria!
Yo! I hail o!
Let's keep doing that. One step at a time.
Now following ;)
Tuale!!! i followed back brother!
We need more and more in Africa to climb aboard the Steem train!
The game is on,got two guys from Lagos on steemit day before yesterday and yesterday.They still trying to figure out the way it works.Only if they send me their handle names as i told them and follow the introduceyourslf guideline i gave them on whatsApp.....
The barrier to entry is somewhat high and it takes perseverance! Get them to read the @fisteganos experience. Motivating!
will do boss.....i'm on it ATM!
Nice!
Some developers from Nigeria are on the way here. A group of teens!
This is the beginning of some serious growth!
hi @kus-knee, the video editing one, is that done yet?
No the video editing job should be ready for Monday if all goes as planned. Actually you would have been great for that.
Wow. I'm missing all the action. As the first Nigerian to be on Steemit, it's so amazing to see you guys @fisteganos @oluwoleolaide @trillex @ogoowinner @ogochukwu blossoming on Steemit . You guys are all awesome.
I remember being one of the few Africans last year June. It's nice to Steemit being discovered by others...
@kus-knee . Thanks for writing this post. Reminds me of how Steemit turned my life around.
@stellabelle. We both know you rock ;)
@steemgigs - your zeal inspires :)
@oluwoleolaide @fisteganos I'm minutes away from you guys. Closer than you think. If you guys ever need any help organizing Lagos Steemit Meetup, pls holla at me. I wouldn't mind footing all bills(advertising and refreshment et al) . I'm bad at social events so its the least I can do.
We (Nigerians) should probably all gather in a steemit.chat group. If y'all interested, I can get that created very soon.
Hey! I'm just seeing this. Following you already. Would be nice to meetup with you soon. Creating the channel will also be a nice thing.
🙌🙌🙌 the idea sounds very interesting!!! We have couple of other Nigerians on here....still trying to understand how the whole thing works @infovore
Thanks for the kind words
Yes the meet-up needs to happen. If I can help in any way that would be great.
That will be awesome, i won't mind visiting from Enugu @infovore
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Great job you did . Just to admit there are also europ countryes with so lol payments . The pension here is around 70 $ per month . And yes Steemit really change lifes !
Wow, thanks for the information!
@kus-knee - many good points!
fisteganos is doing much better than those who are here indeed
they all thought its heaven here till they came along and live the reality of going through a needle's hole ey - can't help but feel sorry for the many specially those who are really diligent and honest
Isn't it that Steemit has been doing that for a long time already?
You're damn generous Old Dog that's why the universe blesses you back much too!
Thanks so much for your kind words @englishtchrivy!
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Wow thank you so much :)
When unemployment gets high enough, the only jobs available tend to be terrible (I'm not from Nigeria but I think that's true worldwide). I'm glad that Steemit can give people a much better alternative and with success stories like this, more and more people will get onboard. That's not just good for Steemians, that's good for the world.
You bring up some good points. Your comments are precious!
Thanks (for sharing the story as well)!
Just followed you. Writer, artist and singer how could I not!
Thank you :D (I've just followed you as well)!
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Remember: I reward the best comments on all of my posts so continue to follow me and tell your friends!
Thank you! 😁
Oh yeah Steemit is a life changer for us Africans! thanks a lot for this wonderful community.
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Great to hear form you and to have you with us on Steemit!
It's a blessing to join Steemit! and im glad you shed some light to us :)
If we succeed it will be together!
One for all, all for one :D
Hey, another African! where in Africa are you from?
Hi, im from Algeria not far from you :)
That's so cool! I'll definitely visit Algeria once I begin my tour of the world!
That would be awesome, maybe we can meet up when you come here.
Cool. Will put that in mind!
I smell the change in the air!! I love to follow and upvote for help. Steemit is the SUN which is coming out after a very long and ugly storm all over the world (as in your previous article). Great job @kus-knee :))
Yes, it was such a pleasure for me to work with @fisteganos! Did you see his latest post about our experience?
Yes I read it through. He has done an excellent job to transcript the video though the conversion rate was 1 to 10 from video to text!! Tough man.
Good big job, interesting information steem on!:)
This words for good day and your mood
And I want to give you a poem good word!
Kindness need all people,
Let more more will good.
No wonder they say before meetings:
"Good day" and "Good evening."
And not in vain because we have
Wishes "in good time".
Kindness - she of the century
Decoration person ...
Thanks for your gift expressed in words!
Very please @kus-knee!
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Very thank you!
Incredible. Steemit can create an actual Nigerian prince, one post and one vote at a time.
Congratulations on the hard work and dedication @fisteganos
Yes he's getting there!
Haha!!! There are actual Nigerian princes tho! Too many of them. (That's in the sense of being rich af!) but yeah, i'm on my way there!
Thanks a lot! :)
Steemit can be life changing also for the countries like my India, where unemployment is a burning problem..
Are you in India? I'm in good contact with @funnyman Try and connnect with him as he's been at this for a while!
Yeah @kus-knee ..Glad to know.. i'm from Assam.. From which city do you belong, @funnyman ?
Not sure if he'll see this but just leave a comment on his blog or pm him in steemit.chat
Alright .. I'll catch him at steemit.chat .. Thank you :)
Drop me a line there two maybe we can do something together in the future. I worked on a post with @funnyman and it was a lot of fun and very successful!
I am from India as well. In fact me and @iamsgr used to be room mates :p
That is very cool! Let's see if we can do a project together in the future. Let me dig into your blog some more!
Sure why not. I'd love to work with you :)
This is brilliant. It makes me very excited for the development of the lives of individuals. Being able to reward people for their original content and having that translate directly into the real world is what it's all about.
Let's continue to support a healthier distribution of wealth :)
Keep on steeming on.
Your right. We have the chance to make a difference!
This:
Such a good post to read. So happy! :)
That's it! So many people believe that they are powerless and one individual cannot make a change. However, this is not the case. The more we become empowered and realise our potentials, the more we are able to re-write the whole economic system (that may be a little while away, but it's okay to dream haha).