The freelance economy is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Africa — Lagos, Nairobi and Accra have large communities ...
See top VPNs →The freelance economy is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Africa — Lagos, Nairobi and Accra have large communities of developers, designers and writers working for international clients. A VPN is a professional tool for this work, not just a privacy option. It protects client data in transit, secures access to company systems, and unblocks platforms that are geo-restricted or throttled in some African countries.
Upwork has been blocked or restricted in some African countries. A VPN routes your traffic through a foreign server, making geo-restrictions irrelevant. For developers accessing client infrastructure over SSH or VPN tunnels, a personal VPN adds an additional layer of security on public WiFi in co-working spaces in Nairobi or Lagos.