People illustrations by StorysetBefore I go into the details of this post, I will ask for a favour: kindly tag as many Nigerians on Hive as possible in the comment section of this post. I want to reach as many people as possible.
Also if you don’t enjoy reading as much as you enjoy posting, kindly view this post on peaked and listen to the audio version. This information is important, especially for the new Nigerians on the Hive blockchain.
Who should read this post?
If you are a Nigerian on Hive this post concerns you. If you're a Nigerian creator on Hive that is getting little to no exposure or upvote, you have to read this post. If you an OG in the space and you want to help your community in any capacity you should read this post as well.
So for those of you who do not know I am, my name is Nonso. I am a content creator on Hive. I have been on this blockchain since 2018. There are very few Nigerians on this platform who have been here this long, so there is probably something I am doing right (I guess)
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I know Nigerians love a good success story so I would share mine. In 2020, I made my first million (naira) on Hive. In 2021 I bought my first car courtesy Hive. Even in a bearish market like the one we are currently having, I have made a million naira. I am not trying to brag because these accomplishments are so insignificant when compared to the successes of other Nigerians in this space. I am telling you this, so you know it is very possible to achieve your financial goal by creating content about the things you care about and also supporting the hive ecosystem.
There are quite a number of Nigerians on Hive. We are probably the 3rd-4th largest community on Hive. Behind most successful communities on Hive are active Nigerian members. However, there isnt much to show for it. Most Nigerian creators are struggling, they probably do not have the right orientation about Hive and this is the problem I hope to solve, hence my journey as a community leader.
I do hate the term ‘leader’ because puts me on a pedestal. Rather than being called a leader I consider myself a community guide. I am here to provide you with relevant information and tips on how to go about your hive journey. So many Nigerians have benefited from my knowledge and have gone on to achieve amazing things on the chain even surpassing me in stake. So there is an 80% chance that if you listen to me you would end up a millionaire (in naira) by the next bull market. So here is what I have to tell you: Hivenaija is the community for you.
The thing about the Nigerian community is that we do not have structure, hence there are many individual successes and no collective successes. The issue with this is that we cannot propagate wealth or even our knowledge in our community and that makes whatever success we achieve individually unsustainable and limit our influence on the chain. It also makes our individual journey as we struggle to find support in other communities.
The reality is most Nigerians would rather support thriving communities than theirs because, at the end of the day, it is all about personal interest (to them). This is how many of us were raised, we cannot see the world past our purview, hence the sorry state of our nation which indirectly or directly impacts our lives. So individualism is a cancer in the long-run.
For instance, last week I was competing for 100,000 Hivepower delegations for the hivenaija community and it was just unfortunate that some Nigerians were trying to sabotage that by cheating and spying on my group. This is the delegation that would benefit more than 10 persons, including the persons cheating and not even me because I dont upvote my post with community stake. I can casually earn 2-3 dollars doing that but I don’t because I believe I can make that elsewhere. So these are the issues I want to address.
I understand it is tough out there and many people are just in survival mode. However, we can have a different approach to things that is sustainable and can propagate even after we leave this space. This is the legacy I want to leave on Hive and I want to invite everyone who this message resonates with to join the Hivenaija community.
There is so much the Hivenaija community has in the pipeline for Nigerians, but we need the numbers; we need people to participate in the building process. The reality is that this community is going to grow. I am working on a few partnerships. @deraaa (our current community leader) is doing amazingly well in trying to organise our community and also sourcing for new opportunities. So please do not miss out because in the long or short run, it is far more profitable to be active in this community than posting randomly and hoping for upvotes or visibility.
New entrants are coming into this space, so it is important that you take position and leverage the opportunities that already exist. In the next 6 months, the narrative would change and I won’t be the one asking you to join or participate so why not do that now? Engage in our weekly prompts. I plan to bring back the live sessions again by July. If we play our cards right we can be one of the strongest communities on Hive.
If this message resonates with you kindly reblog and tag other Nigerians in this space. Thank you.
If you have questions or suggestions, kindly leave them in the comment section.