More power to you. I spent some time in an online education program for NW Kenya in a refugee camp, where US unis help. And if the internet there sucks enough to make it miserable, I can only imagine destabilized parts of Somalia.
So, if someone is interested, and please do not take offense, I am curious: how stable is the net where someone can expect to Skype and chat with you 8-10 hours a day? I am embarassed, but even as an expat living in the MENA region, I might be stereotyping Somalia, but if it is Kenya it is really luck of the 3G draw.
Life in Somalia varies depending one where you are. Most of the danger most people associate with the country happens in the south. I live in north in a autonomous region called Somaliland. Pretty peaceful, don't have to worry about bomb blasts or whatnot.
I pay for 512k connection for $40/month and the speed is as advertised mostly since my download clock in around 50kbps mostly. 1mb/2mb/3mb/4mb go for $100/$200/$300/$400 but I don't bother paying for it since I have access to fast internet at the office.
My biggest worry about remote work is that employers would want me online all the time but my internet may go down more often than they'd tolerate (not to mention electricity going down). But for the most part the net and electricity only go down for minutes per day.
The best thing would be to work via email with someone who knows what they want and knows how to describe it well but I don't know if that would be acceptable to most.
Well I wish I could refer you somewhere, but I do brick-and-mortar in person IT stuff. I wish you luck, sir. I met a lot of Somalis (I am familiar with Somaliland of course, but you would not be surprised I have not met many refugees from the north, well because it is stable).
Good luck, I do hope people like you make it. It is what makes the internet cool.
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More power to you. I spent some time in an online education program for NW Kenya in a refugee camp, where US unis help. And if the internet there sucks enough to make it miserable, I can only imagine destabilized parts of Somalia.
So, if someone is interested, and please do not take offense, I am curious: how stable is the net where someone can expect to Skype and chat with you 8-10 hours a day? I am embarassed, but even as an expat living in the MENA region, I might be stereotyping Somalia, but if it is Kenya it is really luck of the 3G draw.
Life in Somalia varies depending one where you are. Most of the danger most people associate with the country happens in the south. I live in north in a autonomous region called Somaliland. Pretty peaceful, don't have to worry about bomb blasts or whatnot.
I pay for 512k connection for $40/month and the speed is as advertised mostly since my download clock in around 50kbps mostly. 1mb/2mb/3mb/4mb go for $100/$200/$300/$400 but I don't bother paying for it since I have access to fast internet at the office.
My biggest worry about remote work is that employers would want me online all the time but my internet may go down more often than they'd tolerate (not to mention electricity going down). But for the most part the net and electricity only go down for minutes per day.
The best thing would be to work via email with someone who knows what they want and knows how to describe it well but I don't know if that would be acceptable to most.
Well I wish I could refer you somewhere, but I do brick-and-mortar in person IT stuff. I wish you luck, sir. I met a lot of Somalis (I am familiar with Somaliland of course, but you would not be surprised I have not met many refugees from the north, well because it is stable).
Good luck, I do hope people like you make it. It is what makes the internet cool.