Well, I live in Lagos Nigeria, the financial capital of Nigeria. Well, the minimum wage here is $51 which is highly unrealistic. I think for an average Lagosian to have a standard living $300 would do. I can survive on less-- I am now, but it's really going be a hand-to-mouth situation and people do not grow or develop in such conditions. As a steemian--a full-time steemian, I'm usually short each week when it comes to the amount I earn. And data is quite expensive and that usually takes up to 50% of my earning most times. What makes it easy is the fact that I have the support of my mum. But basically, if I can earn $300 monthly I can afford to live a decent life here.
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Thanks for the breakdown. $300 is emerging to be the consensus for Nigerian towns (if it's good enough for Lagos, I imagine it's great for other cities too).
Most people in London can access free or cheap data. It's interesting the things we take for granted here.
Thanks for the breakdown. $300 is emerging to be the consensus for Nigerian towns (if it's good enough for Lagos, I imagine it's great for other cities too).
Yeah with $300 you can do stuff and actually save some change, which is very important.
Averagely I spend close to 25steem every week on data. Given what I earn here that's pretty a lot. Free wifi is actually a dream for me. Lol, I have not even factored electricity. Lol make that $500
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Hahahahahahahah
Hmm...
Would this be a viable business idea in Lagos. Steem Powered Free Wifi.
A workspace / cafe where you can access free wifi if you delegate Steem to the Cafe account. So rather than spending that 25 Steem, you delegate it.. and access the free wifi for as long as you're delegated?
I've thought about a steem cafe in federal unis across Nigeria. The best place to get young minds who are more open to techy things. People can come to lounge, eat and pay in steem... And of course, use free wifi for delegating to the project. It will certainly create a lot of buzz around major campuses
Great idea. I just did some quick googling and it seems one can get "unlimited" data (4G) for about $55 in Nigeria, throttled after 80GB. That would be sufficient for about 10 people pooling $5.5 together for the month.
This is starting to look like a viable business :) . The issue would be that of where to locate the place. It would have to be low cost or free.
If it's in a university setting they will finish in hours. Students have no joy! But it is doable. Maybe data limits can be set for each individual.
There is a place in uniben called bukah. It's a combination of several restaurants where student goes to ear. The mifis can be stationed in a few selected stores. So students who have steem or have delegated to the project can go there to eat and have access to free wifi. I think the store owners won't mind since it would bring customers to their stores. But I'm just brainstorming. A lot of detailed work and planning needs to be done to actually make something like this possible.
Some banks in social do stuff like this. The wifi is not restricted and student abuse it. So for this to work some sort of cap needs to be put in place.
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