Meet Nigerian first Facebook user and learn how you can make $500 from 10 tweets

Kemi

For Nigerian social media community, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo she is controversial, arrogant and abusive. But the 50-year-old daughter of a former governor of old Oyo State, Omololu Olunloyo, says Nigerian youths instead misunderstand her and what she does on social media.

While many spend time abusing her on social media, the United States/Canada-trained pharmacist says she earns between $50 and $150 every time she publishes three tweets for her foreign clients who are mainly musical artistes.

In an online chat, Kemi, who has spent 25 years on social media, says Nigerian youths are missing the commercial side of the platform because they chose to abuse her and others who mean well for the country.

“In a good month, one can make between $2,000 and $5,000 or even more depending on what you are putting out on each platform,” says Kemi, who describes social media as her life.  

With good content, according to Kemi, young Nigerian tweeters, can monetise their accounts and earn decent living promoting companies and artistic works. Advising those who hopes to key into the “big opportunity”, she urges them to stop using their handles “in a negative way”.

“You may want to open a separate handle and launch it for a business. Twitter is the best avenue for young Nigerians. Look it up, Indonesia teens make $10 to 20 per post, tweeting for every small business out there,” she observes.

With millions of Nigerian youths spending several hours each week on soccer, Kemi says sports present huge prospects for those who want to commercialise their passion.

“Nigerian youths can do what Indonesians teens have done monetising soccer tweets. They spend so much time with soccer. Why not make money on it?” she asks.

While her critics say she is aggressive, Kemi says she is just being assertive, a major trait, which according to her, drives a successful social media entrepreneurship.

For the pharmacist, who spent 37 years in the United States, she is just beginning to get positive reviews from a few Nigerians who appreciate her for “being blunt, real and transparent” about all issues affecting the country.

“I have gone after the masses, pastors, politicians, educationists and others. Many Nigerians are silent about the issues they need to be discussing. Many are scared,” she adds.

Based on her huge following on MySpace, Kemi claims that the Facebook team contacted her to join the newly established university social network as “beta tester” in February 2004, making her the first Nigerian to sign up on the popular site.