Last chance: Join Us in Nairobi Tomorrow Evening at 6pm!

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Here’s what’s in today’s email:

• 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month!

• 🇰🇪 Don’t miss our Nairobi meetup tomorrow

• 🤑 How to make your first $1,000 online

• 🚀 An accelerator for South African startups

• 🤖 This week in AI

•  🎯 This week’s remote jobs for Africans

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Before we begin, I just wanted to send a quick message to all our LGBTQ+ community members.

While June is a time to celebrate you and your culture, I’ve been reminded throughout the last few weeks of the ongoing struggle LGBTQ+ people are facing across the globe.

So, I wanted to tell a story of small optimism.

When I was born in 1989, homosexuality was criminalized in my home country – Ireland. Activists had been campaigning since roughly 1970 for gay rights, and in 1993, the Irish government was essentially forced to de-criminalize homosexuality by the European Union.

However, Ireland remained deeply homophobic and anti-gay. I was bullied and ridiculed for my perceived queerness as a teenager, and many of my male college friends with uncomfortable just being in a room with a gay man.

Skip ahead to 2015, and Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. 62% of voters – overwhelmingly young – had not only accepted the LGBTQ+ community, but decided they deserved equal rights and the freedom to express their love like everyone else.

I was in Ireland the day of the referendum, and it was a truly joyous celebration.

In 2017, we got our first openly gay prime minister (also the son of immigrants).

Over the course of my 33 years, I’ve seen queer rights in Ireland transformed. In one generation, homosexuality went from a criminal act to acceptance by the majority of society.

So, while it feels particularly bleak out there right now, just remember: things can (and do) change.

🇰🇪 Join Us in Nairobi Tomorrow Evening!

Just a quick final reminder that we’re hosting a small get-together for all our Nairobian community members tomorrow.

Come along if you want to spend the evening with fellow remote workers, consultants, and online biz owners. It’ll be an informal event, but we’ll also be hosting conversations on career-building and in-demand skills.

In previous meetups, we’ve had recruiters and startup founders looking for freelance help, and one person even wound up potentially getting funding from investors!

🤑 How to Make Your First $1,000 Online

Noah Kagan – prolific entrepreneur and YouTuber – has re-released his flagship course on “building a $1k per month business” from $600 to just $20.

The course provides step-by-step guides to starting a successful online business with no formal qualifications, skills, or investment.

Over 10,000 people have taken the course, and it’s got a 4.75-star rating from 139 reviews.

Accelerator Program for South African Businesses

ygap South Africa is accepting applications for its 12-month social impact accelerator.

If you run a small business focused on creating a positive impact in your local community and you’re generating some revenue, you should apply.

ygap has supported over 600 startups and has a 70%+ success rate.

This Week in AI

As always, there was way too much AII news to keep up with. But keeping up with AI is the most critical skill for freelancers, consultants, and business owners in 2023.

So, with that in mind, two courses jumped out at me:

• How to Write AI Prompts – A For Marketers (free)

• Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT 4 & Midjourney – with 2,000 prompts ($10)

Remote Jobs This Week

Content and Marketing Roles

Marketing Coordinator at RocketAir; $50-65k/year.

Freelance Writing Pitches at Magic at The Margins; $1/per capped $1,000 per article.

Part-time Media Producer at Wide Open Spaces; $30/hour.

Freelance Writing Pitches at Dirt; $0.30-0.50/word.

Freelance Travel Writers at Matador; focus on parks (from national parks to skate parks); $200/article.

Freelance Legal Writer at Gibney Attorneys; $38-53/hour.

Marketing PR Associate at Umurava; no compensation details.

Freelance Marketing Strategist at White Panda; no compensation details.

Freelance Digital Advertising Specialist at The Planetary Society; no compensation details.

Global Content Writer at Peppy; no compensation details.

Freelance Content Writer at Pedestal Search; no compensation details.

Part-time Digital Community Specialist at Fjällräven; no compensation details.

Freelance Wrestling Writer at Wrestling Inc; no compensation details.

Freelance Video Editor at Photon Digital; no compensation details.

Content Strategist at ProWritingAid; no compensation details.

Event Marketing Manager at Hygraph; no compensation details.

Social Media

Social Media Manager at Backstage; $90-100k/year.

Freelance Content Curator for Social Media at Agency FIFTY3; no compensation details.

Social Media Content Creator at Namecheap; no compensation details.

Administrative and Operations Roles

Expansion Manager - South Africa at Tether; no compensation details.

Account Executive at SafeBase; $75-100/year; no compensation details.

Product Support Specialist at Doit; no compensation details.

Community Manager at Worlds; no compensation details.

Technical Roles

Senior Product Designer at Uscreen; no compensation details.

Backend Engineer at Peoplebox; no compensation details.

Senior Technical Product Manager - Remote EMEA at Hygraph; no compensation details.

Finance

Junior Financial Analyst at Scopic Software; no compensation details.

Numerous Roles

WebFX is hiring dozens of roles in its Cape Town office and remotely.

Voicemod is hiring 6 roles in marketing, engineering, and product.

Fortis Games is hiring numerous roles in art, legal, product, and other departments – including roles specifically in the EMEA regions; no compensation details.

That’s all for this week!

Thanks,

Conor