Becoming a Global Citizen
Nigel Rogers from Harare, Zimbabwe writes about how his experiences in the WordPress community taught him how to be a global citizen.
Africa
Never give up on your dreams – Moet nooit jou drome laat vaar nie
Die opstel is ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans. For years and years, I always wanted to do websites. I dabbled in coding with HTML and CSS had one website go live within 3 months, but everybody who has done coding, also know, that it is very time consuming, something as a mom, I don’t have much…
From WordPress to Freedom
Hello there! Do you know that having a WordPress knowledge can change your life for good? Yes! It can. In the last half of 2020 which of course can be said as the pandemic year, I made more than $750 (₦300,000) creating websites with WordPress. Perhaps I could have made more even as a beginner,…
Hello World – Hevo Nyika
Unokwanisa kuverenga rondedzero iyi muChiShona So I chose a career in Web Development!! To be honest it’s kind of funny when I think about it and quite surreal to be here talking about my story. It has been a journey and I would like to share my story with you. I have been lucky in…
WordPress Saved My Life
This probably is the first time I will be telling my story because I have always lived a fairly secret live. I am from Nigeria where I was born and still live in. I know we are all stereotyped as scammers and thieves but trust me, a lot of us own and operate legit (online)…
WordPress Gave Me the Perfect Identity
How it all began… I remember when cybercafés started trending in Nigeria; I had just finished high school and was awaiting my results for admittance into the university. I would spend not less than 10 hours surfing the internet every day, all my pocket money went into buying bulk time at cafes. My first email…
Finding WordPress in Cameroon
My name is Michaël Nde Tabefor, I reside in Cameroon. I grew up in the economic capital of the country surrounded by so much diversity and culture. Yet I was still very young when I developed an interest in technology, back in Primary school I had a PC at home I used to play around,…
Community saved my life: Falling down, lifted up.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead This essay took me a long time to end; mainly because, in many ways, I am still writing it. My first essay for HeroPress was two years ago (“W-W-Waiting…
Notes From My Former Self
I’ve written and rewritten this essay so many times now I’ve forgotten what it originally looked like. In the beginning it was going to be the short(ish) story of my first year with WordPress and the lessons I’ve learned about myself. It always ends up being a long and boring story of a year of…
A Bottomless World of Possibilities
I started playing with websites back in 2003. I was in secondary school and Internet was relatively new to Somalia. It arrived in 1998-99 but only very few people had internet in their homes. Luckily there were internet cafes and I was introduced to this guy who owned an internet cafe. He had a large…