THE BRIDGE

With high rate of unemployment in place, many unemployed Kenyans have resorted to online writing .They do such jobs either through their smart phones, tablets or even laptops. Some treat such jobs as either full time or part time job and they really make a fortune. Mpesa payment is actually more convenient, first and reliable as compared to other forms of payments hence making it easier to transact after completing designated tasks.

Unfortunately, most of the sites and even clients who offer these jobs only pay through PayPal, skrill and other payment method hence disadvantaging many. It is as a result of this, that other sites in Kenya such as Kenya writers integrated online writing jobs that actually pay through Mpesa.

Some of those online writing jobs include:

E-BOOK WRITING

In this generation where everything is digital, most of the people prefer reading books online to reading the actual books physically. Most writers therefore, have taken this as an advantage and they actually get a good pay which mostly is done through mpesa by clients who are in demand of such books. Currently E-books in the Kenya sell at around Ksh50 per book.

RESEARCH WRITING

It basically entails doing a study on a specific topic and presenting it through writing to various clients who are mostly in need of them. The clients in Kenya mostly prefer to pay for them through mpesa.

BLOGGING

Currently creating content in a blog is one of the paying writing jobs in Kenya. One can either create a blog or even be a visitor in another person’s blog and create a desired content.

CONTENT RE-WRITING

Another online writing job that is seen by many writers to be easy and actually pays through Mpesa is content re-writing. Basically it does not require a writer to create a new content, instead it only requires one to re-write and existing content and also avoiding copy and paste.

ONLINE MARKETING/COPY WRITING

Most of the merchandisers in Kenya today have turned to the online way of doing business. This is through writing important descriptive information relating to their products so as to enable their customers do purchase and Pay through Mpesa.

GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN

People who have knowledge in designing have been so advantaged since majority of them have been hired by various companies as freelancers and designers. Some of those companies pay good money through Mpesa.

TRANSCRIPTION

This involves converting an audio into written information which is readable. Most transcribers in Kenya are paid per minute. Transcription services are also paid through Mpesa and many transcribers earn a living out of it.

ACADEMIC WRITING

It refers to creation of content mainly for scholarly purposes. It is mostly done for students and other academic institutions. The pay varies from client to client and it also pays handsomely.

Social media basically refers to websites and applications that allow people to share information and even interact with others freely. However, social media has got various impacts which can be termed as both advantageous and disadvantageous to its users.

Some of the advantages are as listed below

Reducing communication barriers: Through various social media platforms such as Facebook, watsapp, instagram and twitter, various barriers that existed in the past have been eradicated hence making communication easier.

Promoting businesses: through various platforms, many SMES and other bigger enterprises get a platform which is cost free that enables them to promote their businesses through advertisements and other promotional programs.

Educative platform: Social media also contains any kind of any useful and educative information that can enable one to acquire and even develop their existing knowledge.

Presence of the likes of Facebook and watsapp has also enabled bloggers and other online users to have a variety of platforms to choose from as a media of communication.

Social media has made the world continents to appear as one since people can easily communicate with friends and their relatives who live abroad without any difficulties. This has been made possible by the presence of sites such as watsapp, Facebook and the likes.

Social media also enables people to develop and acquire new skills which make them to carry out various operations faster and easier. As a result they become more creative and innovative.

Social media also creates platform that enables the marginalized in the society to fight for their rights and also air their feelings towards some issues in the society that maybe affecting them.

On the other hand social media has got a number of negative effects on its users:

First, it is addictive in nature as one cannot stay for long once they get used to social media platforms since they get used to the platforms and its applications.

It also leads to unhealthy sleeping patterns since its users stay awake up to very late into the night just to keep up with their friends and also to keep up with the current issues.

Social media also causes depression and anxiety among its users hence leading to increased cases of suicide and stress. This as a result has a very diverse effect on the human population and the society as a whole.

Social media also makes many people to share lots of information which at the end may pose as a security threat to their personal privacy. Such information may also result into cases of hacking and other cyber related crimes.

Social media also leads to sharing of information which may not be useful to a certain age group such as children.Such content may promote violence and other immoral behaviors in the society.

Therefore from the above, it gives a real insight into the impact social media has to both its users and non users.

Being wealthy and rich may sound familiar but in reality, they are two different things and can actually end up confusing. Most often do most people believe that he who is rich equally wealthy; however that’s not the case. It is for that reason that I have decided to highlight on the exact opposites of these two financial terms and status.

Being wealthy simply means having a great deal of money, resource or assets that can be sustainable for a longer period without running short of them. On the other hand being rich simply means having a lot of valuable possessions or money but in reality, they can’t actually sustain one longer.

Wealthy can be as well termed as having knowledge while rich on the other hand can be termed as only being able to generate money. Wealthy people can use their knowledge to create long term wealth that can last for several years through what is known as asset investments and generate more income.

Rich people however, can get quick and instant money through luck in lotteries or even inheritance but due to lack of proper know how, the money can easily get out of hand without actually bringing in other income from investments which could have been made but due to lack of know – how, they weren’t.

In conclusion ,being wealthy refers to having a sustainable resource in the long run while being rich just means having money which if not used well may vanish quickly.