THE NAKED TRUTH OF CROWDFUNDING WEBSITES IN NIGERIA

Joshua Adebogun
3 min readAug 24, 2021

Which one is naked truth again, like this? Nigerians with their different Englishes sha. In all of this grammar, the good news is that the end will be better than the beginning, isn’t that good?

Naira

given out

balances the

joy within

of Two Hearts –

YOU, the giver;

seeing people happy

and

THEY, the receiver;

having needs met.

I am a

crowdfunder!

AJOO gives

to campaigners

because

YOU gave

for campaigns.

This is

our story:

That WE

without YOU

should not

succeed.

What we just read is the story of crowdfunding websites in Nigeria – they receive contributions (Naira) from the general public to give to the needy. For example,

Ajoo.ng is an online community where people with critical financial needs get the necessary assistance from well-meaning Nigerians. These needs include medicals, business, education, career, etc.

Ajoo.ng is one of the existing crowdfunding websites in Nigeria. Their story shows us that they provide help to people with critical financial needs. But these needs are met through the assistance that people, like you and I, render. You may want to ask that, “won’t Nigerians fake problems to Ajoo in order to be a beneficiary?”

Ajoo.ng, through the company’s volunteers spread across the nation, ensure that campaigns put on their platforms are genuine and true.

The naked truth, which we’ve been wanting to know, is that the success of crowdfunding websites is determined by the support that they receive from the general public – WE without YOU shall not succeed.

Farmcrowdy.com provides money and credit to farmers across several agricultural value chains. Since the inception of the company in 2016, this crowdfunding platform has been able to raise 15 Million USD for 25,000 small-scale farmers across Nigeria.

Farmcrowdy.com is crowdfunding website in Nigeria that made it possible for people to donate in agricultural businesses. Their success story is not void of our tireless contributions. If you and I say “NO to donations”, there will be no Ajoo, Farmcrowdy, Quickraiz, Naijafund, etc. The naked truth is that crowdfunding websites depends on the crowd for successful raising of funds.

Conclusively, “we shall know the truth, and the truth shall …” I hope you completed it correctly because it is actually, “we shall know the truth, and the truth shall make us free.” This means that every levels of knowledge are meant to make us a kind of person (positive or negative). Having known the naked truth of crowdfunding websites in Nigeria, hope you will now be made a great supporter, fanatic and giver? Let us arise o compatriots to ensure that no huge cause goes unfunded.

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