- The current escalated rate of employment has led Kenyans to get creative by starting businesses.
- However, not many people have a lot of capital to start their desired businesses.
- This is where we come in to help you have options for businesses to start when you are short on capital.
Vacuum cleaning
- With Ksh. 10,000, you can buy a second-hand vacuum cleaner that you can use to begin a small business cleaning people’s carpets, cars and sofas at a fee. With this, your target market would be a lot of households, especially those with young kids.
- You would therefore need to market yourself in various estates and carry out logistics where you dedicate given days to given estates.
Mitumba camera business
- This business is quite common for small traders who sell second hand products after they are shipped to Kenya. The clientele is the middle-class person who seeks luxury brands at a bargain who is not willing to go to the markets where these clothes are sipped at the wee hours of the morning from around 4.00am.
- The concept here is to get up early and eye these ‘camera’ clothes. with about Ksh. 8,000, you can get quite a stock of clothes which you can resell at a profit after marketing them using just your phone.
Office lunch deliveries
- The pandemic is not over but physical services are mostly back to normal, and most offices do not have a lot of options for workers to buy lunch. The 10K capital could be used to print out cards to market your services and the menu.
- Make the meals at home and deliver them to clients who would have of course made pre-orders them to allow you time to freshly make the meals.
Laundry business
- When you think of mama fuas, you think of less money for laborious work. But, the opportunity with these women is managing the business for them since they are not able to duplicate the business model for lack of management skills.
- You can spot the most industrious ones and manage them through a website or social media page, and this would require about Ksh. 10,000 or less.
Home cooking
- The fatigue and time constraints that come with modern-day 9-5 jobs does not allow them to make their own meals, and most opt for take-outs, which is not a healthy option.
- The hustle of employing a house help is expensive, and so are hotel options. this creates a niche since these people need home-cooked meals, yet they cannot make them themselves and neither can they get an in-house cook.
- With 10K, one can brand and market their business where you can go to client’s homes and cook for them multiple meals for a fee which they store in the fridge or freezer.
There are several businesses one can start with limited capital of 10K, and these are just a few to give you a rough idea. Good luck!!
