Joy, a Ugandan communications professional, and Mary, a Kenyan web developer, tell BBC Focus on Africa presenter Nkechi Ogbonna how they overcame their parents' doubts about their remote jobs and foreign income.

I think this settles the English accent debate in Africa i think uganda clears

African parents will pray for you to get a good job, then demand evidence when God answers their prayers through Wi-Fi.

Now if BBC African had hosted a South African. They would be White people 🥲🫲🏾

hey thats my girl joy some money youre even on BBC

That's true , how to we get connections to this online jobs 😀😔

Give us leads to remote jobs