How I Started Freelancing From a Cyber Café in Nyeri — and Landed My First 1K Gig. When COVID hit, I had a small cyber café in Nyeri. Business was good — I was designing business cards, church fundraising cards, and even eulogies. But when the lockdowns came, everything died overnight. Now, the only thing I had left was my skill — graphic design. Back in university, I had learned Photoshop and Illustrator, so I decided to try posting my services on a platform called Jiji (formerly OLX). My ad wa