I’ve been freelancing internationally for a while, and nobody prepared me for the hardest part.
It wasn't finding clients. It was getting paid without losing a chunk to fees and bad rates.
I'm documenting what works for African freelancers here.
Stick around.
The fastest way to tell if someone will succeed in tech:
Not intelligence.
Not certificates.
Not which programming language they use.
It's whether they can stay consistent when nobody is clapping for them.
The people who win are usually the people who simply refuse to quit.