WITH SH.300,000 YOU CAN START A MINERAL WATER DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS AND MAKE OVER KSH.20,000 WEEKLY
With an estimated 50,000 graduates that Kenyan universities produce every year not to mention other graduates from vocational training institutions, unemployment is becoming a real disaster.
It follows therefore that there is need for business ideas that can help, especially the youth to get engaged in and make a living and the bottled water distribution business is one.
In Kenya, bottled water market continues to thrive with sales estimated at Sh.12 billion per year and over 100 brands available can provide a niche market for distributors.
Being one of the essential commodities in every society, water actually falls under fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) that sales quickly and at a relatively low cost.
With Sh.300,000 you can venture in the distribution of bottled mineral water and be sure of making cool cash on a weekly basis.
First, you can start by buying some two second hand motorcycles which are relatively cheaper as compared to tuktuks or band new ones.
There are several online sites in Kenya where you can find people selling secondhand motorcycles at between Sh.35,000 and Sh.55,000.
For instance, a Tornado of 125cc and still in high performance can be found at Sh.35,000 on pigiame.co.ke while a Boxer Bajaj of 150cc goes at Sh.40,000 on the same site.
Let us assume you settle on two that costs Sh.40,000 each of which you can operate one as you employ another person to help you with the other, you will still remain with Sh.220,000 that can enable you to go for some bottles of water.
At Sh.15 each (wholesale price), you can actually buy 14,666 bottles of 300ml which you can distribute at Sh.17 per bottle and make an extra Sh.2 per bottle.
This will arrive you at Sh.249,322 translating to Sh.29,322 gross profit a week.
If you minus about Sh.9,000, your operation costs which include fuel, labor and other expenses weekly, you will remain with Sh.20,000 in a single week, Sh.80,000 net income in a month‬.
You can make more than this if you can stock and distribute more bottles in a month.
However, this will depend on the effort put to realize daily goals as with business you need to be timely and consistent to match or even outdo your competitors.
Even if the wholesale price of the 300ml mineral water bottles can be increased to Sh.25 from Sh.15 given the fluctuation nature of the Kenyan market, you can still make some profit just at a distribution rate of 2 bob per bottle.
In business, it is that small margin that will make your service be sought-after by your clients and hence have an edge over your competitors.
Remember, in every business there are risks but it takes a leap of faith to invest in ideas which are well calculated, planned and implemented to realize good returns.
In fact, this idea can also apply well with Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other soft drinks which are in the category of FMCGs.
*Finally*
As we always tell you, there’s no marathon race that has ever been won by those who did not start the race.
Nothing good comes on a silver platter.
If you like the idea discussed above and you have what it takes to actualize it… then don’t wait to start… just do it.
Start small and dream big.
Also, don’t forget to join our training on Poultry Farming.
We have received many calls and WhatsApp messages in the past months from different Agripreneurs.
Some of these people (unfortunately) called us after they had already made some serious mistakes and there was nothing or little we could do to help them.
We have met so many Kenyans making mistakes in poultry farming business and losing their money.
How can people work hard (for 5 to 10 years) to save money, then put the money into a business, only to make mistakes and lose it all?
That’s painful and I don’t want it to happen to you.
That’s the reason why we have organized for a Poultry Farming Training to educate you and to help you with our years of experience in business and poultry farming world.
We have created a WhatsApp group called *POULTRY FARMING TRAINING*
In this group we are going to train and teach you for 30 days on how you can start, grow and profit from poultry farming agri-business in Kenya.
You may not know much about business or poultry farming but this training will enlighten you.
If you go into hens rearing business you may fail, but if you go after this training you could use the knowledge and experience shared in this training and succeed.
One good thing about this training (which most don’t have) is that, it contains marketing and business aspects of poultry farming.
Our goal is to make you a poultry entrepreneur.
By
Timothy Angwenyi
Justine Nyachieo
Business Man & Mentor
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