If you have Ksh5,000 to start business in Kenya, there are many options. Here we offer the best ideas for starting business with 5k.

YouTube channel

YouTube is a business where you will start for free and earn money through AdSense. You will need Ksh5,000 for buying WIFI or data bundles.

To start earning, you need 4000 watch hours and 1000 subscribers.

You will be making Ksh150,000 to Ksh200,000 for every 1 million views.

Start selling eggs

If you live in Nairobi,look for a wheelbarrow and start selling eggs. The Ksh5,000 is enough for the business.

Sell bananas in Nairobi

Visit Nairobi streets and see how people are making money by selling bananas on the streets. You will need a wheelbarrow to move around or sell on a stool.

You will be buying ripe bananas from Gikomba

Sell kienyeji vegetables

Kienyeji vegetables in major towns like Nairobi,Mombasa,Kisumu and Nakuru will generate decent income.The only challenge is to identify a source. But once you start the business,it’s hard not to make money.

Hawking

Hawk hot coffee,njugu,watermelon,oranges and other items in Nairobi.

Sell mutura

Go to any butchery and ask for a space to sell mutura outside the butchery. Some of them will ask you to pay them money monthly. Mutura is a profitable venture and you won’t regret starting the business. You need a capital of Ksh5,000.

Mobile kinyozi

Buy the machine for cutting hair which costs Ksh800 to Ksh1,000, then move around homes to cut hair and get paid. You don’t have to rent a house when you own the machine. Nowadays there are machines you will charge with electricity and walk with it as you attend to clients.

Samosa,sausages ,smokies and boiled eggs business

You should also consider starting this business even if most people are doing it. You can choose to sell boiled eggs and smokies or all the products we have mentioned above.

Farming

If you live in the village, do farming business.Grow Sukuma wiki or kienyeji vegetables.