advice for a starting freelancer

hi, my name is Adenuga David from Africa, Nigeria, i am on my part to starting my own freelancing career i learned frontend website design for a year (shopify and Wordpress) in which i could perfectly offer these services, the challenges i am currently facing now would be how to monetize my skills, i tried fiver, my account got blocked over 20+ time, at this point, i refuse not to be frustrated and i am not giving up on my career, keep the advice coming in, its all genuinely appreciated, thanks