Nelly
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1. Selling Cereals
Cereal consumption in Kenya is ever increasing. The demand for rice, beans, groundnuts, maize, and wheat among other grains is high, especially in urban areas.
The business of selling cereals has been around for many years. Today, the prospects are even higher with the cereals.
You don’t need a huge capital investment. With just Ksh.15,000 – Ksh.30,000, you can run a cereals shop.
To ensure that you reap the maximum benefits from these grains, buy them during the high season. The prices are always cheap at this stage. Source for cereals from Nyamakima in Nairobi or other wholesale markets if you choose to involve middlemen.
2. Taking Photographs
You can undertake professional photography and earn money from it. The good thing about this venture is that it doesn’t have to rob your bank to acquire a good quality camera.
Investing in a good digital camera worth Ksh.15,000 can be a good starting point. The skill is required but it’s not complicated, you just need to be passionate and consistent.
Make sure that you deliver when afforded the job. Sooner than later, all the weddings, birthdays, graduations, funerals among other functions will be yours.
You can make a lot of money, especially on Saturdays and Sundays when most of these events are happening.
3. Craft Online Courses
The job market is oversaturated apparently but more experts (graduates) are being released from Universities and colleges. What this means is that there’s lots of expertise lying dormant out there unused.
You can use your expertise to create useful content and package them as online courses. This may require you to have a personal website or blog on which these resources may be posted.
If the quality of the content you offer is top-notch and consistent, people will be willing to pay any amount to get it. One thing you need to master is digital marketing – have a clear, result-oriented strategy for this.
4. Open a Coffee Shop
Coffee shops are not that expensive to start as many people think. Unlike in the past decades when coffee brews was a reserve for foreign visitors, Kenyans are liking the beverage.
And this presents a huge market for coffee prospectus. You can set up a small shop along a busy street, or marketplace, near a college or university.
For this business, you may only need to spend between Ksh.3,000 to Ksh.5,000 to start small.
5. Selling Women Handbags
Selling women handbags is one of the fast growing, small scale businesses in Kenya. Women are naturals when it comes to fashion and overall groom.
You can get your supplies from places like Eastleigh where prices of these products are affordable. However, as you advance, consider getting your stock from Uganda, China, United Arab Emirates or the U.S. Then open a boutique for bags in your estate.
Alternatively, use your Facebook pages or Instagram platform to advertise and market these bags. Make sure that the quality is top-notch and irresistible for potential customers.
6. Selling Baby Diapers
Baby diapers are a must-have necessity nowadays. Take advantage of large estates where you live and sell diapers from door to door. Of course, having located houses with babies.
As long as you find a reliable supplier with good prices, you will make money selling this baby product.
However, the competition is stiff from the mainstream shops. Although this may not be an issue if you are willing to go an extra-mile and provide the customers with better services.
7. Set Up a Laundry Business
This business idea can do well in urban settings. It involves offering cleaning services for clothes, footwear, among other forms of wear at a fee.
As expected, town dwellers can be extremely busy. This translates to big workloads when it comes to doing laundry and other home-based chores.
Make sure that you set up the business plan very clearly. Also, complete the necessary procedures including the legal dimensions of the business.
You will need to purchase the right laundry equipment. Then market your services to let customers know that you are out there to offer them timely solutions.
8. Sell Airtime and Newspapers
Another great idea is selling airtime. All you need to do is find a supplier – you can get the stock from Safaricom, Airtel, and Telecom.
To get something considerable from the business, you need to do wholesale. This business does not come with huge returns.
This means that you may think about selling newspapers alongside the cards to supplement the income. Or any other venture that’s profitable.
9. Save Shares in a Sacco
Saccos enable Kenyans to save money. The money you invest is going to generate interest (in the form of dividends) after a certain period of time, usually a year. This is called passive income.
There are thousands of Saccos in the country. It is super-important that you open your account with a reliable one.
Once you have an account with them, you start saving. After about six months or so, you may qualify for a loan three times the money you invested.
Besides enjoying the benefits of dividends, you can use the loan money to start another business in the field of your choice.
10. Repairing and Maintaining Computer Desktops, and Laptops
Nowadays, computers have increased considerably in number. You can take advantage of the scope and make money.
However, you need to have the right skills in computer repair and maintenance. So, either you are a computer guru or you are willing to undertake a short course.
In this business, you may land fat deals with schools, hospitals, individuals, and even local stores.
11. Start a Video Game Lounge
Gaming is thought to be one of the best ways to pass time or spend your leisure time. If you are an urban resident, this could be worth trying.
The gaming industry is preoccupied by largely young people. And the urban location is the perfect place for the much needed traffic.
Purchasing a full gaming lounge might be expensive. So for a start, you may decide to work with, for instance, a two-station gaming lounge with just two TVs.
Alternatively, you can opt to buy a second-hand system. You will thousands of shillings.
Cereal consumption in Kenya is ever increasing. The demand for rice, beans, groundnuts, maize, and wheat among other grains is high, especially in urban areas.
The business of selling cereals has been around for many years. Today, the prospects are even higher with the cereals.
You don’t need a huge capital investment. With just Ksh.15,000 – Ksh.30,000, you can run a cereals shop.
To ensure that you reap the maximum benefits from these grains, buy them during the high season. The prices are always cheap at this stage. Source for cereals from Nyamakima in Nairobi or other wholesale markets if you choose to involve middlemen.
2. Taking Photographs
You can undertake professional photography and earn money from it. The good thing about this venture is that it doesn’t have to rob your bank to acquire a good quality camera.
Investing in a good digital camera worth Ksh.15,000 can be a good starting point. The skill is required but it’s not complicated, you just need to be passionate and consistent.
Make sure that you deliver when afforded the job. Sooner than later, all the weddings, birthdays, graduations, funerals among other functions will be yours.
You can make a lot of money, especially on Saturdays and Sundays when most of these events are happening.
3. Craft Online Courses
The job market is oversaturated apparently but more experts (graduates) are being released from Universities and colleges. What this means is that there’s lots of expertise lying dormant out there unused.
You can use your expertise to create useful content and package them as online courses. This may require you to have a personal website or blog on which these resources may be posted.
If the quality of the content you offer is top-notch and consistent, people will be willing to pay any amount to get it. One thing you need to master is digital marketing – have a clear, result-oriented strategy for this.
4. Open a Coffee Shop
Coffee shops are not that expensive to start as many people think. Unlike in the past decades when coffee brews was a reserve for foreign visitors, Kenyans are liking the beverage.
And this presents a huge market for coffee prospectus. You can set up a small shop along a busy street, or marketplace, near a college or university.
For this business, you may only need to spend between Ksh.3,000 to Ksh.5,000 to start small.
5. Selling Women Handbags
Selling women handbags is one of the fast growing, small scale businesses in Kenya. Women are naturals when it comes to fashion and overall groom.
You can get your supplies from places like Eastleigh where prices of these products are affordable. However, as you advance, consider getting your stock from Uganda, China, United Arab Emirates or the U.S. Then open a boutique for bags in your estate.
Alternatively, use your Facebook pages or Instagram platform to advertise and market these bags. Make sure that the quality is top-notch and irresistible for potential customers.
6. Selling Baby Diapers
Baby diapers are a must-have necessity nowadays. Take advantage of large estates where you live and sell diapers from door to door. Of course, having located houses with babies.
As long as you find a reliable supplier with good prices, you will make money selling this baby product.
However, the competition is stiff from the mainstream shops. Although this may not be an issue if you are willing to go an extra-mile and provide the customers with better services.
7. Set Up a Laundry Business
This business idea can do well in urban settings. It involves offering cleaning services for clothes, footwear, among other forms of wear at a fee.
As expected, town dwellers can be extremely busy. This translates to big workloads when it comes to doing laundry and other home-based chores.
Make sure that you set up the business plan very clearly. Also, complete the necessary procedures including the legal dimensions of the business.
You will need to purchase the right laundry equipment. Then market your services to let customers know that you are out there to offer them timely solutions.
8. Sell Airtime and Newspapers
Another great idea is selling airtime. All you need to do is find a supplier – you can get the stock from Safaricom, Airtel, and Telecom.
To get something considerable from the business, you need to do wholesale. This business does not come with huge returns.
This means that you may think about selling newspapers alongside the cards to supplement the income. Or any other venture that’s profitable.
9. Save Shares in a Sacco
Saccos enable Kenyans to save money. The money you invest is going to generate interest (in the form of dividends) after a certain period of time, usually a year. This is called passive income.
There are thousands of Saccos in the country. It is super-important that you open your account with a reliable one.
Once you have an account with them, you start saving. After about six months or so, you may qualify for a loan three times the money you invested.
Besides enjoying the benefits of dividends, you can use the loan money to start another business in the field of your choice.
10. Repairing and Maintaining Computer Desktops, and Laptops
Nowadays, computers have increased considerably in number. You can take advantage of the scope and make money.
However, you need to have the right skills in computer repair and maintenance. So, either you are a computer guru or you are willing to undertake a short course.
In this business, you may land fat deals with schools, hospitals, individuals, and even local stores.
11. Start a Video Game Lounge
Gaming is thought to be one of the best ways to pass time or spend your leisure time. If you are an urban resident, this could be worth trying.
The gaming industry is preoccupied by largely young people. And the urban location is the perfect place for the much needed traffic.
Purchasing a full gaming lounge might be expensive. So for a start, you may decide to work with, for instance, a two-station gaming lounge with just two TVs.
Alternatively, you can opt to buy a second-hand system. You will thousands of shillings.